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Pacific
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.
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.
SOS in sand leads to rescue
MICRONESIA – Two people stranded for a week on a remote Pacific island have been rescued after signalling for help with a flashlight and an SOS message written in the sand.
Maori students understand West Papuan struggle
NEW ZEALAND – Hundreds of Maori students marched to New Zealand’s parliament this week calling for freedom for West Papua.
Hiker describes 30-day ordeal after partner's death
NEW ZEALAND – A Czech hiker who went missing a month ago in the snowy mountains of New Zealand has described the “harrowing” ordeal in which her partner died.
Experts debate health and safety aspects of kava
NEW ZEALAND – The debate over whether kava is a killer or a cure was raised at the Pasifika Medical Association conference in Auckland this week.
Still waiting four years on from cyclone
SAMOA – An elderly Samoan couple has spoken up about how the government is still ignoring their cry for help to rebuild their home that was destroyed by Cyclone Evans four years ago.
Poverty blamed on church demands
Poor villagers struggle as churches ‘bleed them dry’
Living proof of rural poverty
SAMOA – A recent report has revealed that there is extreme hardship in Samoa and for one family at the village of Siumu, they say they are the living proof.
Few medals despite strength and enthusiasm
PACIFIC – Residents of the Pacific islands aren’t used to seeing their compatriots win Olympic medals.
He dances, but he's not celebrating
KIRIBATI – There are plenty of ways to celebrate victory at the Olympics.
Protestors call for 'real Pacific Solution'
NEW ZEALAND – Activists in Wellington say New Zealand and Australia should come up with a joint plan to deal with asylum seekers without putting them through detention.
Danes to check out Nauru camp
NAURU – Danish members of parliament are set to travel to Nauru to visit the island’s controversial detention centre and study the use of offshore settlements for asylum-seekers, one of the MPs said.
Olympic medal eight years overdue
Samoa’s Opeloge to get silver from 2008 Games
Tongan cargo ship stuck on reef off Fiji's Kadavu island
FIJI – Six Tongan crewmen are reported to be well and have been taken to land after the vessel they were on, MV Sitka became stuck on a reef in Kadavu Island, Fiji in the weekend, due to mechanical problems.
Fijian national on trial for people trafficking
NEW ZEALAND – A Fijian woman who the Crowns says was trafficked into New Zealand wanted to give her seven daughters a better life, a jury has been told.
Students and university attempt reconciliation
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Reconciliation with management is a priority for University of Papua New Guinea students preparing for resumption of studies next week.
New Zealanders experience discrimination
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Minister for Multicultural Affairs Zed Seselja says he cannot understand why New Zealand migrants feel resentful towards their adopted country and report higher levels of discrimination than other groups.
Email hacker declares 'cyber war'
New website theatens to expose ‘Fiji’s traitors’
Petition aims to derail trade deal talks
PACIFIC – A petition calling for a suspension of any decision on the proposed regional free trade agreement known as Pacer Plus has been presented to regional trade ministers.
Worker speaks out on abuse she witnessed on Nauru
NAURU – Another Australian worker has spoken publicly about conditions at Canberra’s detention facilities in Nauru in defiance of Australian law.
War of words over distribution of mining shares
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Landowners around the site of the Panguna mine in central Bougainville are to meet with their provincial president, John Momis, this Friday to discuss the furore surrounding the Rio Tinto mine shares.
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