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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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Australian covid-19 testing decision
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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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Fiji Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua
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Fiji Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Lynda Tabuya and her assistant minister Sashi Kiran
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Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it...

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Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal
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A hīkoi in Dargaville was held amid the stoush between Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson and Māori ward councillor Pera Paniora
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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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
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

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