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Amidst voting chaos Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill looks to be returning to power, a new World Heritage site declared in French Polynesia and where are Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonen – really?

The Earhart photo as it appeared in a pre-war Japanese book. Photo: supplied.

Looking for the remains of Amelia Earhart at the Fiji Medical School in Suva 1999. Photo: Mike Field.

Taputapuatea. Photo: P.F. Amar.

Taputapuatea. Photo: D. Hazama.

Taputapuatea. Photo: P.F. Amar.

Taputapuatea. Photo: T. Maric.

Taputapuatea. Photo: J.-B. Herrenschmidt, GIE Océanide.

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