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Comedian, actor Rob Schneider to perform on Guam in November
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1980 September 3, Tokehega Day, Tokelau
Australia to send more police to Solomon Islands, extend mission
Queensland company accused of bribery in Nauru says charge should be dropped as fair trial ‘impossible’
Northern Mariana: Time to close China’s backdoor into the U.S.
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Most Australians oppose constitutional Indigenous panel, poll shows
Leading Aboriginal elder ‘Riverbank Frank’ declares why he’s voting No to the Voice and how it will set back race relations: ‘It’s repugnant’
Victorian Aboriginal truth-telling inquiry calls for major overhaul of justice systems
Akuo Set to Construct France’s Largest Battery in New Caledonia
Asia and the Pacific: El Niño Humanitarian Snapshot – Focus on Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea
Suicide attempts in French Polynesia during the era of COVID-19: a prospective analysis over three years
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Are social media dance trends the key to keeping the Tongan language alive?
‘Sets us back decades’ – Wiradjuri researcher if Aussies reject Voice referendum
Manchester Museum to return Aboriginal artefacts in special ceremony
Australian Aboriginal child separation at ‘devastating rates’: Commissioner
New Vanuatu prime minister wants to ‘revisit’ security pact with Australia
Solomon Islands MPs demand answers over ‘replica’ guns from China
China ‘gifts’ and cost concerns: Pacific Games stir controversy in Solomon Islands
Citing ‘God of Israel,’ Papua New Guinea becomes 5th nation to open Jerusalem embassy
Wisconsin Guard, Papua New Guinea strengthen partnership
NASA researchers measure sinking land in American Samoa
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US lawsuit could force Marshall Islands to open up its secretive flag registry
Passengers give up seats to others as Niue-NZ flights lack capacity
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Australia and China open their first high-level dialogue in 3 years in a sign of a slight thaw
China, Australia hold first high-level dialogue in three years in Beijing
Australian PM to visit China soon as both sides hail progress
South Korean cult Grace Road Church members arrested in Fiji
Papua New Guinea to bring criminal charges over UBS loan
The land and sea routes to 2030: a call for greater attention on all small islands in global environmental policy
‘Occupied by the US’: wildfires renew Native Hawaiian call for sovereignty
Native Hawaiians grapple with generational trauma in wake of Maui fire
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Australia backs Philippines over claims in South China Sea
Leadership change creates new opportunities for Vanuatu–Australia security relationship
Marape: PNG no right to comment on abuses in West Papua
Basketball for Good Making Waves in NMI
Marshall Islands: All vessels must carry a medicine chest onboard
Tonga volcano triggered seafloor debris stampede
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Cook Islands NOC thanks Australian couple for donating football equipment
New Zealand crushes Fiji in Oceania Olympic qualifying final
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Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous language from extinction
Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows
Q&A: Australia’s Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
Show us what you’re doing for Māori Language Week – Commissioner
Security raid on Chinese academic fuels concern over Australia-China exchanges
Vanuatu claim historic victory at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 EAP Qualifier
Peace by Peaceful Means: Unarmed Australian Personnel on Bougainville 1997-2003
Sea-level rise could sink small islands like Tuvalu. Can they use ocean law to save themselves?
Tuvalu, Antigua seek climate protection from court
Sinking Islands Turn to Court as They Fight for Climate Survival
PMA Life Member and Service Awards awarded to Cook Islands health leaders at 2023 PMA Conference
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China’s navy starts largest-ever exercises in Pacific Ocean
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and CNMI agencies successfully conduct joint search and rescue exercise
Alef Education to transform the public education system in American Samoa
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Human error led to ‘serious damage’ to French, Canadian planes in Guam this summer
Tuvalu declares nation will remain, even if it disappears due to rising sea levels
Justice Department Secures Settlement with American Samoa Government in Employment Discrimination Case Involving Harassment of Transgender Woman
LATAM Brings Back Daily Services To Easter Island
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Language learners try Edmonds te reo Māori cookbook
SPREP conducts training for Vanuatu negotiators for COP28
Searching for Peace in Solomon Islands
Australia’s Defence Force leads multinational team to support Nauru
Frontline workers in the climate-affected Kiribati better prepared for future emergencies, with UNFPA’s MISP training
Navy’s Triton drone squadron returns to Guam
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September 15: International Day of Democracy
Moana vocalist in push to revive threatened Pacific languages through song
Learn the whakapapa of a historic Māori phrasebook this Mahuru Māori
Interest in learning te reo Māori grows amid goal for one million speakers
Court suspends controversial shark cull in New Caledonia
PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua
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1975 September 16: Papua New Guinea Independence Day
America’s potential Achilles’ heel in a cyber battle with China: Guam
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Fiji score historic win over Australia at Rugby World Cup
War flashbacks in Guam as China projects power in the Pacific
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EPA Announces Completion of Naval Base Guam 12-year, $130 million Infrastructure Update
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1893 September 19: New Zealand allows women to vote in parliamentary elections
Former Pacific leaders hope Australians ‘find conscience’ to pass First Nations referendum
American Samoa, The Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam at the forefront of US-China tensions
Koa Moana Marines Renovate Kosrae Hospital
Pacific islands nation Niue sells stakes in ocean to fund conservation
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Northern Mariana Islands seek to manage reliance on Chinese tourism
Microsoft: China-based hacker groups turn attention to Guam
Pacific Multi Country Strategic Plan 2023-2027
The Unique Classical Music Journey Of Rapa Nui Pianist, Environmentalist & Educator Mahani Teave
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The Voice: how do other countries represent Indigenous voices in government?
Biden’s Marshall Islands cliffhanger
Australia delivers Guardian Class to Federated States of Micronesia
GAO: Guam got $2.7B pandemic funds
Niue, a Pacific atoll, seeks sponsors to protect its vast ocean territory
Kiwa Initiative opens new call for local projects in the Pacific region
Cook Islands schools to get wired broadband
Amata welcomes testimony on importance of fishing rights to American Samoa
Why corals in American Samoa are thriving despite warmer oceans
Samoa announces theme for the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Oceania Cruises Announces Seven New 2025 Summer Sailings to French Polynesia and Hawaii
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Joint Statement on the Partners in the Blue Pacific Foreign Ministers Meeting
In search of a decolonized Jesus
Record numbers of Australians enrol for referendum on Indigenous recognition
Bougainville send-off first batch of seasonal workers to Australia
Maui wildfires highlight Hawaii’s economic dependence on tourism
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September 23: International Day of Sign Languages
Federated States of Micronesia: Drought Imminent 2023
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Trump: ‘Guam isn’t America’
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1922 September 25: Hammer DeRoburt Day, Nauru
Biden meets Pacific island leaders for 2nd summit to counter China
Enhancing the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership
US recognises Cook Islands, Niue as Biden hosts Pacific Island leaders
Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he’ll act on their warnings about climate change
Polls show Australia Indigenous referendum support slipping, likely to fail
Air Vanuatu passengers stranded as sole 737 plane is grounded, again
Nauru Airlines set to secure US foreign air carrier permit
U.S. weighs stationing Patriot air defense systems in Palau
Statement by President Biden on the Recognition of Niue and the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
US recognizes Cook Islands and Niue as independent states
US recognizes Cook Islands, Niue during Pacific summit
Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Joint Statement Signing Ceremony with Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi
Statement by President Biden on the Recognition of the Cook Islands and the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
US to open embassies in the Cook Islands, Niue
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New US Army Chief’s first stop is Indo-Pacific Region
Bougainville seeks limit on independence debate
Snubbed by Solomon and Vanuatu, Biden renews pledges to Pacific islands
Going Local: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Blinken’s Meeting with Representatives of Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau
US under pressure to conclude compact agreements in the North Pacific
Pacific Climate Change Centre Completes Knowledge Brokerage Training for Micronesia
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Indigenous Perspectives: Voices from the Asia Pacific on Truth and Reconciliation
Glencore to stop funding New Caledonia nickel mine as Indonesian supply surges
Solomon Islands renews commitment to CITES following joint mission
Papua New Guinea ratifies ILO Conventions on labour inspection, tripartite consultation and violence and harassment in the workplace
Why you will never hear an Australian leader call out Indonesia on West Papua
State Department Hosts Agreement Signing between the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Republic of Kiribati
World Bank Provides US$11.5 Million Grant to Boost Tuvalu’s Climate and Disaster Resilience
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China drops barriers to Australian hay as trade relations improve
Bougainville unveils multibillion-dollar plan to deliver ‘transformative benefits’
China builds roads, provisions its research ships – in US ally Micronesia
Kiribati: Banaban Islanders displaced by past phosphate mines protest new agreement
US Backs Underwater Cable to Guam, Central Pacific Islands
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Election 2023: Māori leaders call on politicians to condemn racism
Bougainville chief calls for inquiry into alleged human rights violations during civil war by PNG military
US Pacific Security Deal With Marshall Islands at Risk Over Nuclear Payments Description
Marshall Islands set to renew security compact with U.S.
US and Micronesia Sign the 2023 Federal Programs and Services Agreement
NZ Defence Force ramps up efforts to find families of World War II Pacific coastwatchers
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Fiji beat back Georgia, Australia on brink of Rugby World Cup exit
American Samoa gives generously
Native Hawaiian neighborhood’s survival seen as testament to Indigenous resilience
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1978 October 1: Tuvalu Independence Day
1994 October 1: Palau Independence Day
Banned Books Week
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Safeguarding Tuvalu language and identity
Cook Islands cultural festival a ‘raging success’
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Election 2023: Māori priorities in policies from Labour, National, Greens, Act, Māori Party, NZ First
New Caledonia: Independence leader wins French Senate seat over Macron favourite
Pacific Defence Ministers to meet in New Caledonia
West Papua Liberation Army fighters linked with kidnapped pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens killed in clash
After killing rebels in Papua, Indonesia pledges more crackdowns
EU and Kiribati agree on a new fisheries protocol to their sustainable fisheries partnership agreement
Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 03 October 2023
Tuvalu outlaws discrimination on basis of sex, disability in new constitution
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The notion of Indigenous peoples having a Voice is not unique — just ask Pacific countries
Top Pacific diplomat says a Voice referendum Yes vote could bolster Australia’s reputation on world stage
Asylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australian government only months after last detainees were removed
Sam Bankman-Fried’s younger brother tried to buy the Pacific Island of Nauru
Remote Easter Island’s Global Crusade Against Plastic in the Pacific Ocean
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Australian Aboriginal leader threatened ahead of referendum on Indigenous rights
Neo-Nazi threatens Lidia Thorpe and burns Aboriginal flag in vile video
Voice referendum: Indigenous rights vote is a reckoning for Australia
New Zealand crush England in World Cup opener after explosive run chase
Australia-Papua New Guinea Defence Ministers’ Meeting
US Policy on Marshall Islands Nuclear Test Compensation Must Change – China Is Watching
European Union strengthens drought preparedness efforts in Micronesia
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Voice referendum: Lies fuel racism ahead of Australia’s Indigenous vote
As vote nears, ‘horrific racism’ mars Australian Voice referendum campaign
Austal Delivers Patrol Boat for Papua New Guinea
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1970 October 10: Fiji Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
2008 October 15: International Parliamentarians for West Papua launches in UK
1974 October 19: Niue Constitution Day
October 27: Peniamina Gospel Day, Niue (1846 October 26)
1821 October 26: National Gospel Day, Cook Islands
1932 October 26: Angam Day, Nauru
2001 November 10: Indonesian Military assassinate West Papua Independence Leader Theys Eluay