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One of the kidnapped Papua New Guinean schoolgirls talks about her ordeal
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PNG gunmen ‘kidnapped, raped’ 17 schoolgirls before freeing them

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PNG police . . . another reported kidnapping in the Mt Bosavi area
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RNZ and "Russian propaganda" claims
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Girmitiyas - Indentured labourers - in Fiji
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Papuan students accused of ‘treason’ over raising Morning Star flags

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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown
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PNG police at the governance workshop in Port Moresby yesterday
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Mayor Wayne Brown's backdown
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PNG's stood down Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko
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Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

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Vanuatu PM Ishmael Kalsakau
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The US military continues Guam build-up
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Guam’s indigenous people ‘feel less safe’ over US military build-up

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Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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