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Pacific Island Leaders Weigh Trans-Pacific Bubble With Australia and New Zealand
By Joshua Mcdonald
Some Pacific leaders support the proposal, while others have said it's way too soon.

Pandemic in the Pacific: COVID-19 to Hit Pacific Economies Hard
By Joshua Mcdonald
The Pacific’s lucrative tourism industry could collapse amid the lockdown on international travel.

Measles Outbreak Brings Samoan Government to Standstill
By Joshua Mcdonald
Samoa shuts down its government amid a deadly measles outbreak and an anti-vaccine campaign.

Paying Attention to the Blue Pacific
By Grant Wyeth
Pacific Island countries want to rebrand as “large ocean states,” custodians of large swaths of the Pacific Ocean.

Samoa Officially Becomes a Christian State
By Grant Wyeth
The constitutional change is aimed at avoiding religious unrest.

Australian Foreign Minister Island Hops Around the South Pacific
By Grant Wyeth
Julie Bishop will visit the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Vanuatu over the course of two days.

Sacred Ink: Tattoos of Polynesia
By Jonathan DeHart
After 150 years of religious suppression, tattoos have returned to their rightful place as cultural symbols of Polynesia.

New Zealand's Mass Surveillance of Pacific States Exposed
By Ankit Panda
New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau conducts mass surveillance of several Pacific states.

China Banking on Pacific Islands
A new report on China’s foreign aid programme to Pacific islands shows a new emphasis on loans, not grants.
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