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No debt in China deal
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22 January 2025
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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RAC to address mosque legality
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Pacific
Tabuya ‘an ideal Minister for Information’, Fiji’s PM says
Fiji's Prime Minister is set to restore a backbencher to cabinet after she appeared in a private video dancing naked.
Diesel fuel aboard sunken Manawanui still unaccounted for
New Zealand Defence Force figures show more than half a million litres of diesel fuel aboard the Manawanui when it sank has not been taken off it.
Pacific going down the plug hole off Oregon coast
USA – It appears as if the Pacific Ocean is being drained away down a giant bottomless hole on the Oregon coast.
Psychiatrist speaks out on 'atrocity' on Nauru
NAURU – A forensic psychiatrist who studied refugees detained by Australia on Nauru says it’s her duty to speak out about the children engaging in self-harm and attempting suicide.
Women empowered to lead in disasters
VANUATU – An Australian aid group says its work preparing Vanuatu communities before Cyclone Pam paid off and there needs to be more investment in refresher courses and support for such schemes.
Biomass plant will feed the grid
FIJI – A South Korean biomass company developing a plant in Fiji says it’s 75 per cent complete.
Refugee assaulted on Manus
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Human Rights Law Centre in Australia says the assault of a Somali refugee on Manus Island shows the asylum seekers detained there by Australia can never be resettled locally on the island.
Tonga's Pacific Games 'will happen'
Games Council allays doubts over preparations
Support for victim of coffee shop racism
AUSTRALIA – An outpouring of social media support has buoyed a Cairns cafe worker’s spirits after a customer refused to be served by her because of the colour of her skin.
Indigenous rangers alert to coral bleaching
AUSTRALIA – In April this year Indigenous rangers from the Crocodile Islands received an alarming photograph of a coral reef off the coast of Arnhem Land.
Sevens coach sad to leave Samoa
SAMOA – Damian McGrath admits it will be an odd feeling coaching against Samoa on the upcoming World Sevens Series.
New Zealand invaded by jellyfish
NEW ZEALAND – Thousands of kilometres of New Zealand coastline have been invaded by giant jellyfish, a phenomenon that has been linked to warmer sea temperatures.
Company closure shocks Samoa
Employer of 740 workers forced to cease operation
Police seek to improve interview protocols
FIJI – Pilot projects to improve access to justice for police suspects will start in Fiji in November as the Pacific nation looks to bring about change in its police culture.
Pristine Pacific? Or great big rubbish dump
PACIFIC – Not all trash ends up at the dump. An estimated eight million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans worldwide in a typical year.
Pacific Games preparations struggling
TONGA – Tonga’s preparations to host the 2019 Pacific Games are late and in trouble,the Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva told the Tongan Parliament late last week.
'Greek tourists' stranded in Tonga
TONGA – Seven Georgians who arrived in Tonga as tourists on September 22 with allegedly stolen Greek passports, were arrested on Friday and charged with dealing with forged documents.
Despite exercise, Samoans get fatter
SAMOA – On a muggy day at Samoa’s Maninoa Beach, tired competitors in an ocean canoeing regatta take a break to let the kids expend some energy.
ABC Correspondent in PNG
I’m the only foreign journalist based in Papua New Guinea and I admire the sacrifices local journalists make for their jobs.
Ancient practices celebrate culture
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Some of Papua New Guinea’s most isolated villagers are being encouraged to celebrate their culture to balance the negative impacts of resource extraction and development.
'Bad things under the coconut trees'
SAMOA – Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, blames what he calls uneducated parents for the growing number of children hawking goods in Apia at night.
'No worries' over escaped prisoners
SAMOA – Members of the public in Samoa should not panic about escaped prisoners on the run. So says Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
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