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Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends

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Celebrating the launch of USP's SCORI on 22May23
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Head of the Caledonian Union Daniel Goa
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Dismissed Madang MP Bryan Kramer
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May 29, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Port Moresby
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India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP

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OPM leader Jeffrey Bomanak
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A low resolution new image of New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens
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Five Eyes uncovers hacking attack
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Highly secretive Five Eyes alliance disrupts China-backed hacker group

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May 27, 2023
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Some of the Girmitiyas, indentured labourers in Fiji
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‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling

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May 26, 2023
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Uprooted trees on the island of Rota, Northern Marianas
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After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam

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May 26, 2023
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Sir Bob Dadae and Bryan Kramer
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PNG’s Governor-General signs off on dismissal of Bryan Kramer as MP

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May 26, 2023
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The Great Council of Chiefs review team holds a public consultation
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Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy

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Veteran Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru
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PNG anti-corruption drive
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New Caledonia's Congress President Roch Wamytan
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Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult

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May 24, 2023
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"Unfree flags" . . . Kanaky New Caledonia (from left), West Papua and Aboriginal.
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Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’...

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May 24, 2023
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Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is expected to form a coalition with the Democratic Party
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Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition

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May 24, 2023
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Fiji's President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere (front centre) arrrives on Bau Island
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Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs

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May 24, 2023
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby
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Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests

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French Interior Minister Gérald
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May 23, 2023
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PNG Prime Minister James Marape sign the US-PNG Defence Cooperation pact in Port Moresby 22May23
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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

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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

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

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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