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New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank

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Pro-France New Caledonian politician Nicolas Metzdorf, a deputy in the French National Assembly
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The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
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Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

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The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women
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Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit
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The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year
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The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape and the Solomon Islands leader Matthew Wale
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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"
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

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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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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