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.
AMERICAN SAMOA – American Samoa’s chief election officer has officially proclaimed this year’s general election date in November.
NEW ZEALAND – Regional trade unions have raised concerns about the lack of representation of workers at the inaugural Pacific labour meeting which is taking place this week in Christchurch, New Zealand.
SAMOA – Samoa’s prime minister has warned the new airline Talofa Airways to be wary of piling up debt – by being lenient with fares for church ministers and MPs.
- 529 cases per 100,000 population = one of the highest prevalence rates in the world.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Kids at age 10 are usually a ball of energy, running around.
Health NGO warns of devastating cost of inaction
SAMOA – A new airline, Talofa Airways, has been launched in Samoa and will start flying next week.
NEW ZEALAND – Rare paintings are missing, feared stolen, from a Maori trust board in Waikato.
NEW ZEALAND – The Maori King should stay “above the ruck” of political affairs and remain neutral, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says.
PACIFIC – UN Women says Pacific women are often painted as victims first and decision makers second in the aftermath of disasters.
Court rules on closure of PNG detention centre
OLYMPICS – The future is female for New Zealand sport with more women medallists than men at the Rio Olympics, writes Tony Smith for Fairfax Media.
OLYMPICS – With an Olympic silver medal dangling around her neck, Lydia Ko’s other big wish came true.
OLYMPICS – New Zealand’s latest Olympic darling and surprise pole vault medallist Eliza McCartney has had a taste of the big time and, frankly, she likes it.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s LNG Project is set to resume normal operations after protesting landowners in Hela province reached agreement with the government.
FIJI – Fiji cannot afford to pay its Olympic gold medal winning rugby sevens coach, Ben Ryan, to stay on.
Fijians line the streets to greet Rio gold medallists
TONGA – A New Zealand Defence Force lieutenant says school visits should be a regular part of humanitarian efforts by military forces in the Pacific.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Rugby League World Cup organisers are confident Papua New Guinea will be an excellent host during next year’s tournament.
PACIFIC – An online initiative, the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), has launched the Pacific Storytellers Cooperative, an internet-based platform for sharing contemporary stories from all Pacific islands with a global audience.
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