Since 1983: Realm of New Zealand, area in which the Queen of New Zealand is head of state, comprises New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica, and is defined by the 1983 Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor-General of New Zealand
Wildfires in New Zealand:
Palau -
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History of Palau
Papua New Guinea -
Geography of Papua New Guinea -
History of Papua New Guinea -
Demographics of Papua New Guinea
Economy of Papua New Guinea:
Economy of Papua New Guinea, main industries include copra crushing, mining (gold, silver, and copper), crude oil production, petroleum refining, construction, natural Gas extraction, palm oil processing, plywood production, mining (gold, silver, copper), wood chip production, livestock (pork, poultry, cattle), dairy products, spice products (turmeric, vanilla, ginger, cardamom, chili, pepper, citronella, and nutmeg), fisheries products, and tourismOctober 2018: 12 October 2018: Papua New Guineans have reacted with anger at its government importing a fleet of 40 Maserati luxury cars, which cost between $200,000 and $350,000 each in Australia, to drive international delegates around the Apec conference next month, amid a health and poverty crisis, struggling economy, and ongoing efforts after a devastating earthquake -
15 October 2018: Papua New Guinean opposition MPs have called for a nationwide strike this week amid growing anger after the government, which as well as hosting Apec is also dealing with a devastating earthquake recovery, a nationwide medication shortage, a polio outbreak and worsening TB rates in addition to generally high rates of poverty, last week imported 40 Maserati luxury vehicles via charter plane from Italy -
16 October 2018: Papua New Guinea has reportedly added three Bentleys to its controversial fleet of luxury cars purchased for the upcoming Apec leaders’ summit, each costing more than $230,000
1988-1998 Bougainville Civil War: 1988-1998 Bougainville Civil War, a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea between PNG and the secessionist forces of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, and between the BRA and other armed groups on Bougainville, described as the largest conflict in Oceania since the end of World War II with an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Bougainvilleans dead -
Since 1994 Sandline affair, a political scandal that became one of the defining moments in the history of Papua New Guinea, and particularly the conflict in Bougainville, bringing down the government of Sir Julius Chan and taking Papua New Guinea to the verge of a military revolt, as the event was named after Sandline International, a UK-based private military company force
Papuan ethnic groups and languages: The indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea - and Western New Guinea - commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single landmass called Sahul and, much later, a wave of Austronesian people from the north who introduced Austronesian languages and pigs about 3,500 years ago. -
Languages of Papua New Guinea - New Guinea is one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world, and besides the Austronesian languages, there are
some 800 languages divided into perhaps sixty small language families, with unclear relationships to each other or to any other languages, plus a large number of language isolates -
Papuan languages are a subset of languages of Papua New Guinea of the western Pacific island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands, that are neither Austronesian nor Australian -
Austronesian languages, a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia, are spoken by about 386 million people
The Kuegler family in Papua New Guinea since 1979: The 1972 born author Sabine Kuegler had an uncommon childhood from age 7 to age 17, living with her parents and two siblings in the jungle of Waropen, Papua province with the remote tribe of the Fayu. Her parents were the first whites to live with the newly discovered tribe of about 400 people, who hunted with bow and arrow, ate snakes, insects and worms, and practiced intertribal warfare and revenge killings. The Kueglers were there to study the tribe's language. Her mother, trained as a nurse, performed midwife duties with the tribe -
Child Of The Jungle: The True Story Of A Girl Caught Between Two Worlds, Sabine Kuegler, 2007
Floods and landslides in Papua New Guinea:
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Demographics of French Polynesia
Samoa -
Geography of Samoa -
History of Samoa -
German Samoa 1900-1920 -
1920-1962 Western Samoa Trust Territory -
Mau movement was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the early 1900s -
1962 independence of Samoa -
Demographics of Samoa
American Samoa -
Geography of American Samoa -
History of American Samoa -
Demographics of American Samoa
Elections and politics in American Samoa: Elections in American Samoa
2010: November 2010 American Samoan constitutional referendum -
November 2010 American Samoan general election
Foreign relations:
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Colonization of the Solomon Islands - German protectorate over the Northern Solomons, British Solomon protectorate over the southern islands -
British Solomon Islands protectorate 1893–1978 -
Demographics of the Solomon Islands
Economy of the Solomon Islands: Economy of the Solomon Islands, agricultural, fishing and forestry's products include cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs, fish, timber
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History of East Timor (Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) -
Demographics of East Timor
East Timor/Indonesia relations:
April 2021 Tropical Cyclone Seroja, impact on East Timor and Indonesia: April 2021 Tropical Cyclone Seroja is a currently active tropical cyclone that was responsible for a series of significant and deadly flash floods and landslides in East Timor and southern Indonesia and currently threatening Western Australia near the Gascoyne Region,
impact on East Timor, as a landslide and floods displaced more than 8,000 people and led to the deaths of 42 in total,
and on Indonesia, as on 8 April, the death toll in the country had risen to 165, and 45 are still missing, and as the high death toll was most likely because most people were sleeping when the cyclone made landfall, meaning that it was unexpected
Tonga -
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Demographics of Tonga
Tuvalu -
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Demographics of Tuvalu
Natural disasters in Tuvalu:
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Natural disasters in Oceania
Vanuatu -
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History of Vanuatu -
Demographics of Vanuatu