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Komnas HAM also warns about the risk of mass displacement of Papuan villagers
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Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

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Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.
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Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

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Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea
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The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"
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NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

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Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party

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The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"
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Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

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‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

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New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

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The landslide occurred on Sunday in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province
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The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities
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Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

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The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
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Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

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Vanuatu national women's football team playing Fiji last week in the FIFA 2027 World Cup Oceania Qualifiers
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

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