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KUNAK: Kunak Assemblywoman Datuk Norazlinah Arif said JKKKs and village chiefs need to be proactive in ensuring that the needs of residents, as well as any development applications in the village, receive attention and are documented properly.

Whether in the heat of her homeland of Vanuatu or in the chill air of New Zealand’s south island, the tenor horn still sounds the same and connects people for

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Wellington’s overtures to the Pacific Island nations are starting to see results as its new approach to the region sees relations improve allowing for more in-depth defence engagement.

A milestone has been recorded for the Samoa Police, Prison and Corrections Services (SPPCS) with a local policeman winning an international music award in New Zealand.Constable Carmen Tausili was nominated by the Police force as their representative to the New Zealand Mutual Assistance Programme ...

Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s Captain Peter Morlen is normally more at home teaching the techniques of jungle warfare in the heat of his home country, but is warming to his task passing on his knowledge to New Zealand soldiers in the colder ...

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From the point of view of a long-term campaigner for the self-determination rights of the Timorese and the people of West Papua, this is outrageous. There still hasnt been any accountability for the Indonesian militarys role in the deaths of some 200,000 Timorese during twenty-four years of brutal occupation. In West Papua, Indonesian security forces have been linked to alleged grievous human rights violations for nearly six decades, and act with impunity against those who dare to protest, howe...

From the point of view of a long-term campaigner for the self-determination rights of the Timorese and the people of West Papua, this is outrageous. There still hasnt been any accountability for the Indonesian militarys role in the deaths of some 200,000 Timorese during twenty-four years of brutal occupation. In West Papua, Indonesian security forces have been linked to alleged grievous human rights violations for nearly six decades, and act with impunity against those who dare to protest, howe...