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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.

Fa'afafine deserve a 'special day'

SAMOA – The newly-crowned Miss Samoa Fa‘afafine, Precillia Mulinuu Ulberg, believes that fa‘afafine deserve a special day in Samoa in line with Mothers Day, Fathers Day and White Sunday.

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PM confirms messages are from God

Samoa’s Tuilaepa has spiritual writing translated

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Quest to record Pitcairn's cultural treasures

PITCAIRN ISLAND – A search is underway for treasures from Pitcairn Island which have been disseminated abroad along with Pitcairn’s diaspora.

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Fijian man allegedly beaten and 'left to die'

FIJI – A Fiji businessman was reportedly beaten and left for dead after being attacked in his home on Tuesday, allegedly by security forces.

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British MPs 'baffled' after Norfolk visit

NORFOLK ISLAND – A cross party delegation of British MPs has called on Australia to review its decision to remove the autonomy of Norfolk Island.

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Offshore detention policy foundering

AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s decision not to renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru has left Australia’s offshore detention policy foundering.

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Call for state of emergency in Tahiti

FRENCH POLYNESIA – There is a call for France to extend its state of emergency in force since last year’s Paris bombings to French Polynesia to counter Islamic radicalism.

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Violence plagues PNG rugby league

Spectator killed in brawl after match in Port Moresby

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Somare denies taking bribes

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s founding prime minister Sir Michael Somare has denied receiving bribes or inducements, after a Singapore court said he got more than A$1 million from a money laundering scam.

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MPs heading home early embarrass government

AUSTRALIA – Australia’s prime minister has said he “read the riot act” to three ministers after they went home early, meaning his government lost a series of votes.

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Obama makes climate change personal

HAWAI ‘I – Barack Obama has issued perhaps his most personal plea yet to overcome the existential threat posed by climate change.

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Leaders look to US on climate issues

PACIFIC – Pacific island leaders have called for continuity in the region’s relationship with the United States ahead of the imminent change of government in Washington.

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Wilson departure a 'serious blow'

AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s announcement that it will not renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru is yet another serious blow for offshore detention.

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Tattooists alarmed by HIV risks

SAMOA – A Samoan tattooist says people wanting to get tattoos – including the traditional Samoan tatau for men and malu for women – should have blood tests beforehand.

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Somare implicated in fraud case

Sir Michael named as money laundering recipient

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Samoan pageant celebrates 'third gender'

SAMOA – Bright lights, glittering dresses and dazzling smiles are a feature of every beauty pageant, but Samoa’s Miss Fa’afafine is a pageant with a difference – an annual celebration of the island nation’s third gender tradition.

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No tsunami after 7.1 earthquake

NEW ZEALAND – A tsunami warning issued following a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck before dawn off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island was later cancelled,The earthquake, which struck at 4.37am local time, prompted evacuations along the East Coast of the North Island and the upper South Island, but there were no reports of damage.

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Security firm abandons contracts

Wilson withdraws from offshore detention centres

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Rice quota cut shocks Australia

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Executives from a leading Australian rice company have travelled to Port Moresby to fight the Papua New Guinean government’s decision to impose a 20 per cent import quota on the Australian company.

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Panguna's gaping hole a bitter legacy

BOUGAINVILLE – The gaping hole carved into the mountains of Bougainville was at one time the world’s largest open-cut copper mine.

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