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.
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.
BOUGAINVILLE – The Autonomous Region of Bougainville is engaged in a new struggle with the Papua New Guinean government over the ownership of the island’s controversial Panguna copper mine.
FIJI – There’s concern in Fiji that homes and schools will not be rebuilt before the upcoming cyclone season.
samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has warned that food security in the Pacific is being eroded as people move to the towns and rely on cheap imported food.
HAWAI‘I – Hurricane Madeline showed a surge of power as it churned toward Hawai‘i, peaking at a dangerous category four strength before slackening, US weather officials say.
Nauru denies visas to three members of delegation
NORTHERN MARIANAS – A group of environmentalists who went to Pagan island to film a documentary titled Too Beautiful To Bomb and to get first-hand experience of the remote volcanic island had to extend their stay due to the bad weather earlier this month.
NORTHERN MARIANAS – Their loyalty to the United States of America cannot be questioned but the people of the Pacific’s Northern Mariana islands have their limits when it comes to allowing military use of their land.
PITCAIRN ISLAND – DNA experts are to investigate a collection of 18th-century pigtails believed to be from the Bounty mutineers who settled in Pitcairn Island in the late 1700s.
PACIFIC – Small teams of volunteers around the Pacific Islands are fighting to save coral reefs from the dreaded crown-of-thorns starfish.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An Iranian refugee at the Manus Island regional processing centre in Papua New Guinea has been given an international award for his work as a cartoonist.
NAURU – A former president of Nauru says the government has cancelled his passport to prevent him from seeking urgent medical treatment overseas.
TONGA – An American is trying to help troubled youths in Tonga by getting them into skateboarding.
NEW ZEALAND – Police attending all home break-ins won’t lead to more burglars being caught, a New Zealand criminologist is warning.
Laughter and tears as transgender pageant nears
TONGA – A cabinet minister has called on the Tongan nobility to provide solutions to the kingdom’s problems rather than try and take down the government.
FIJI – Ben Ryan’s departure will be a loss to Fiji Rugby, says Vodafone Flying Fijians head coach John McKee.
TONGA – Young victims of rape have been made to marry their rapists under a law that gives parents the power to approve underage marriages says the Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) in Tonga.
HAWAI‘I – The United States president, Barack Obama, will travel to a remote atoll in the middle of the Pacific this week to recognise the creation of what will become the world’s largest marine reserve.
CHILE – Last Wednesday, the Chilean government officially ordered the creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park tripling its protected Pacific oceanic areas.
Lack of materials sees Fiji villagers living rough
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