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Cook Islands Hawaii Niue Tonga
Fed. States of Micronesia Kiribati Northern Marianas Tuvalu
Fiji Marshall Islands Palau Vanuatu
French Polynesia Nauru Samoa Wallis and Futuna
 

American Samoa

CIA World Factbook: American Samoa
American Samoa Governor's Press Releases Samoa News
Google News: American Samoa
(aggregated external sources)
Talanei.com

Cook Islands

CIA World Factbook: Cook Islands
Cook Islands News Parliament of the Cook Islands - News & Events
Google News: Cook Islands
(aggregated external sources)
Prime Minister's Office Media Releases

Federated States of Micronesia

CIA World Factbook: Micronesia, Federated States of
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 92/100 | status: free Free
Federated States of Micronesia Government News PMN (Pacific Media Network) Federated States of Micronesia News (Auckland based)

Fiji

CIA World Factbook: Fiji
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 69/100 | status: partly free Partly free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 press freedom score: 71.20 (ranked 40th of 180)
Fiji Government Media Centre News Fiji Times, The
Fiji Live Fiji Village

French Polynesia

CIA World Factbook: French Polynesia
FranceInfo: Polynésie la 1ère TNTV News
Tahiti Infos   

Guam

CIA World Factbook: Guam
KUAM News Pacific Daily News

Hawaii

CIA World Factbook: United States
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 84/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 United States press freedom score: 65.487 (ranked 57th of 180)
Hawaii Tribune Herald (Hilo) Maui News, The
Honolulu Star Advertizer West Hawaii Today (Kailua-Kona)

Kiribati

CIA World Factbook: Kiribati
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 89/100 | status: free Free
BPA News (Broadcasting & Publications Authority) Kiribati Government

Marshall Islands

CIA World Factbook: Marshall Islands
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 93/100 | status: free Free
Google News: Marshall Islands
(aggregated external sources)
Marshall Islands Journal, The
Marshall Islands Government Press Releases   

Nauru

CIA World Factbook: Nauru
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 75/100 | status: free Free
Advance Nauru (from the office of the President) Republic of Nauru Government Media Releases
Google News: Nauru (aggregated foreign sources)   

New Caledonia

CIA World Factbook: New Caledonia
Caledonia Actualités Google News: New Caledonia
(aggregated external sources)
FranceInfo: Nouvelle Calédonie la 1ère Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes

Niue

CIA World Factbook: Niue
Government of Niue Media Releases Television Niue
PMN (Pacific Media Network)
Niue is Us
 (Auckland based)
  

Northern Mariana Islands

CIA World Factbook: Northern Mariana Islands
Marianas Press Saipan Tribune (publication ended Dec. 2024; extensive archive going back to Nov.1998)
Marianas Variety News & Views

Palau

CIA World Factbook: Palau
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 92/100 | status: free Free
Google News: Palau (aggregated foreign sources) Tia Belau - This is Palau
Island Times   

Samoa

CIA World Factbook: Samoa
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 84/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 press freedom score: 69.28 (ranked 44th of 180)
Newsline Samoa Samoa Observer

Solomon Islands

CIA World Factbook: Solomon Islands
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 75/100 | status: free Free
In-depth Solomons Solomon Islands Government News
Island Sun, The Solomon Star News
SIBC - Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation Tavuli News

Tonga

CIA World Factbook: Tonga
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 80/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 press freedom score: 68.39 (ranked 46th of 180)
Google News: Tonga (aggregated foreign sources) Prime Minister's Office Media Releases
Matangi Tonga Online TOT - Talanoa o Tonga

Tuvalu

CIA World Factbook: Tuvalu
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 93/100 | status: free Free
Google News: Tuvalu (aggregated foreign sources) Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Tuvalu Central Statistics Division

Vanuatu

CIA World Factbook: Vanuatu
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 82/100 | status: free Free
AP News (NYC based) Government of Vanuatu Website Directory
Buzz FM Vanuatu Nightly News Prime Minister's Office: Latest News
Daily Post, The VBTC -Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corp.

Wallis and Futuna

CIA World Factbook: Wallis and Futuna
FranceInfo: Wallis & Futuna la 1ère Les services de l'État et du Territoire à Wallis et Futuna: Actualités (official news & communiqués)
Google News: Wallis and Futuna
(aggregated external sources)
   

Polar Territories

Antarctica Arctic Norway Arctic USA Greenland
Arctic Canada Arctic Russia      
   

Antarctica

CIA World Factbook: Antarctica
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole SouthAtlanticNews.com: British Antarctic Territories
Antarctica New Zealand News (NZ government) United States Antarctic Program
Google News: Antarctica
(aggregated external sources)
  

Arctic Canada

CIA World Factbook: Canada
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 97/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 Canada press freedom score: 78.75 (ranked 21st of 180)
Arctic Today: Canada Nunatsiaq News (Nunavut)
Northern News Services Limited (Yellowknife)   

Arctic Norway

CIA World Factbook: Norway | Svalbad
Freedom House 2025 Norway freedom score: 99/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 Norway press freedom score: 92.31 (ranked 1st of 180)
Arctic Today: Norway (based in Anchorage, AK) Svalbadposten (world's northernmost newspaper)
Barents Observer, The (Kirkenes, North Norway)    

Arctic Russia

CIA World Factbook: Russia
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 12/100 | status: not free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 Russia press freedom score: 24.57 (ranked 171st of 180)
Arctic Today: Russia (based in Anchorage, AK)   

Arctic USA

CIA World Factbook: United States
Freedom House 2025 country freedom score: 84/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 United States press freedom score: 65.487 (ranked 57th of 180)
Alaska Beacon Chilkat Valley News
Alaska Public Media News Daily Sitka Sentinel
Anchorage Daily News | Arctic Sounder, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Arctic Today: USA Juneau Empire

Greenland

CIA World Factbook: Greenland
Freedom House 2025 Denmark freedom score: 97/100 | status: free Free
Reporters Without Borders 2025 Denmark press freedom score: 86.93 (ranked 6th of 180)
Arctic Hub, Nuuk (science news) KNR (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation)
in Greenlandic
| Danish
Arctic Today: Greenland (based in Anchorage, AK) Reuters: Greenland News (London based)
Google News: Greenland
(aggregated external sources)
Sermitsiaq (national newspaper)
in Greenlandic
| Danish