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Tahiti sailors win 2024 Regatta in Raro

Sailors from Tahiti edged over Rarotonga, proving to be very competitive taking out first place in both the Lasers and the Optimist classes, winning the 2024 sailing challenge overall trophy.

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Former PM Puna first Cook Islander elected to East-West Center Board

Former Cook Islands prime minister and secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, has been confirmed as the first Cook Islander appointed to the East-West Center Board of Governors based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

No charges after weekend in jail

Prominent Fijians detained for holding meeting

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Fiji cabinet reshuffled

FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is to take on the foreign affairs portfolio in a major reshuffle of his cabinet which will have an impact of Pacific regional politics

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New Zealand moves towards plain pack cigarettes

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is likely to become the third nation to introduce plain packaged cigarettes after MPs voted on legislation that had sat on ice for three years.

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PNG children face violence and abuse

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Seventy per cent of children in Papua New Guinea suffer physical abuse and 50 per cent face family violence, a new report has found.

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Fiji villages relocated to safer sites

46 communities moving in wake of Cyclone Winston

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Fiji-born beauty wins Miss Samoa

SAMOA – Priscilla Paleagaese Olano is Miss Samoa 2016-2017. The 25-year-old from Lauli’i – with Indian, Rotuman and Native American blood – was crowned at Tuana’imato on Friday night by former Miss Samoa, Ariana Taufao.

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Commonwealth women's summit focuses on criminal justice

SAMOA – The Pacific’s Commonwealth countries are being promised toolkits and legal templates to help them implement global targets set for development.

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Don't underestimate this man

PACIFIC VIEWPOINT

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Homeless islanders scavenge for timber

Materials delay holds up post-cyclone rebuild

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Nauru amends passport laws

Amendment passed to legitimise power to cancel passports

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South Sea Islanders embrace heritage

Community celebrates its recognition in Australia

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Lunch break dive sets a Fijian wahoo record

FIJI – Fiji-based Australian spear fisherman Jaga Crossingham has won plenty of fans since images of his monster 57kg wahoo made a hit on social media last month.

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Tongan language week 'about respect'

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Tongan Language Week has kicked off with a celebration of unity and culture in Wellington on Monday.

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West Papua petition tabled in New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND – A petition has been tabled in New Zealand’s parliament calling on the government to make a number of representations on the plight of West Papuans.

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Samoa to launch inquiry into violence

SAMOA – Samoa’s Ombudsman plans to launch a national enquiry into violence next year.

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Kitesurfer killed by shark

NEW CALEDONIA – An Australian kitesurfer has died in a shark attack off New Caledonia’s main island, in the second fatal attack in the South Pacific territory in six months.

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Global warming making oceans sick

New report paints bleak picture for marine life

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Pacific mini games' preparations on schedule

VANUATU – The new head of the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu says preparations for next year’s event are about to hit top-gear.

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$100 gold mine remains a disaster

SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands environment ministry has condemned the “immoral behaviour” of an Australian miner for selling an abandoned gold mine to traditional landowners for one hundred dollars.

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