Please stay home' - Guam governor pleads with public; Vaccine trial move tests PNG's relationship with China; Yachties urge more countries to follow Fiji's Blue lanes pathway;Pasifika Covid-19 response gets massive boost; The Bougainville vote over, count start still days away; Fiji PM slammed over broadcast intervention; Solomons govt urges seasonal works to stay on in New Zealand; Oceania Football partners with English FA to help Pacific mentors.

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Pacific health leaders concerned for community around Auckland covid cluster; Academic urges Pacific people to check in with each other during lockdown; Fiji declares an outbreak of dengue fever and leptospirosis; Samoa has had enough of lengthy delays in decisions by judges; Eleven killed in yet another prison escape in PNG; Cooks Deputy PM promises changes to water system set up; Asia Pacific Dragons in the running to join Super Rugby.

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Guam's governor and her deputy have both tested positive for Covid-19. We have updates from there, Papua New Guinea and Auckland - scenes of worrying spikes; Hopes of a Cook Islands travel bubble fade fast; Renewed calls for action against sorcery-related violence in PNG; And, is more diversity the answer for the beleagured Warriors rugby league team.

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A major drug haul in Papua New Guinea is being hailed by authorities in Australia as a victory over trans-national crime; a momentous election for Bougainville is almost underway, election season kicks off with Wellington debate on Pacific travel bubble, Civil society organisations call for changes to Fiji's governance and economic management.

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Covid-19 'widespread' in PNG capital; mystery PNG plane crash linked to suspected drug run; Fiji's $US1.7bn Budget comes under heavy scrutiny in Parliament; The ADB offers economic projections for the Islands region; A Samoa chief convited of slavery and trafficking sent to jail; Research on how climate change affects Pacific peoples' identities underway; Big shoes to fill for Solomons new police commissioner; Sense of warming attitudes to women candidates in Bougainville.

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Papua New Guinea authorities scramble to contain a covid-19 outbreak in the capital; Covid-19 surging among Pacific Islanders in the US; An economist notes that Fiji over-reliance on tourism hasn't been addressed by the government's new budget; Fiji opens up to boats in a bid to get some tourism rolling; New modelling aims to improve cyclone predictions; Bilingualism concerns over NZ plan for Pacific education; Otago student developing Pacifica fitness programmes.

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Tributes for the former longtime premier of Niue, Sir Toke Talagi, who died this week after a lengthy illness; The Cook Islands and New Zealand appear to be closer to a travel bubble - but no date's been set yet; The harsh economic effects of the coroanvirus pandemic really start to bite; Saving Samoa's Manumea; And, the politics of dance.

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Nuclear waste dump in Marshall Islands deemed safe by US government; PNG laws to stop violence against women need enforcement, NGO's; Released Balikpapan Seven member says he will keep speaking out about injustice; Spotlight on Samoa corrections system after one inmate was found to have been kept in jail for nearly five years longer than he should have been; ILO works with unions and employers to support redundant workers in Fiji;New Zealand robotics firm X-craft is trialling an autonomous seacraft to police the Pacific's fisheries; The first ever Pacific art gallery space has officially opened this week in New Zealand.

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Lives on the line for observers of the lucrative Pacific fishery; a humanitarian crisis emerging in Fiji due to the pandemic; Unlocking the potential for off-field roles for Pasifika in NZ rugby; Fiji govt targets growing drug threat; Canadian company touts seabed as path to green transition; Te Papa appoints first Pasifika head of Pacific/NZ cultures and histories; Bougainville elections could bring fresh impetus to post-referendum process.

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Fiji attempts to frontfoot a Pacific travel bubble with it's own Bula Bubble - but the reaction's been mixed; A group of absconding Air Force personnel upset Guam's progress in eliminating coronavirus; Tonga announces it's largest ever deficit; Slow progress in tackling racism towards Papuans; A three-horse race to become secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum.

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