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The objective of France's national gendarmerie
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The UN General Assembly
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Students gather at Auckland University's city campus to rally against Israel's war on Gaza
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"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version
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Papua New Guinea celebrates 49 years of independence from Australia

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Idle trucks at Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea
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PNG police chief Manning declares emergency for Porgera

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"Tiger cages" at Vietnam's War Remnants Museum
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Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels

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Fleeing Porgera women
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PNG's Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby Cardinal Sir John Ribat welcomes Pope Francis during his four nation Pacific and Southeast Asian tour
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By April 2024 Israel had dropped over 70,000 tonnes of bombs on Gaza
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United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) vice-president Octo Mote
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West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’

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Samoa's Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Agafili Shem Leo
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Samoa Observer editorial
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Anthony Swarbrick
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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape
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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
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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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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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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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