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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney-General Siromi Turaga
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabukavideo
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Mohammed Riyaz and his family after voting at Conua District School at Kavanagasau, Nadroga, in last month's Fiji general election
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Fiji's former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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The University of the South Pacific's Laucala campus in Fiji
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PNG's Oro Governor Gary Juffa
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Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka
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Australian covid-19 testing decision
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January 1, 2023
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Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".
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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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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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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
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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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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

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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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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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