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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown's party has won a slender majority in preliminary election results, capturing 12 of 24 parliamentary seats. Final results depend on voting in Nassau, delayed by adverse weather.
New Zealand has detected its first H5N1 bird flu case in a migratory seabird near Wellington. The country is now vaccinating 300 critically endangered birds to prevent extinctions, as the virus threatens species that evolved without natural predators.