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NZ's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and deputy Carmel Sepuloni
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While the Marshall Islands was under US trusteeship, the US government detonated 67 atmospheric and ground weapons over a 12 year period
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NZ's Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni
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Fiji First MP Hem Chand welcomes former attorney-general and FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark
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Outgoing NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Newly appointed Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) chair Ajay Bhai Amrit (centre)
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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"
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In the Eye of the Storm
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

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