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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.

Plan to build 500 traditional canoes

Marianas group want to recover lost sailing arts

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Refugees accused of false claims

AUSTRALIA – The Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton has accused some asylum seekers detained by Canberra on Nauru of making false claims of sexual assault.

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Fiji knocks out New Zealand for semifinal berth

OLYMPICS – The Fiji sevens team is through to the Rio Olympics semifinals after beating New Zealand in a nail-biting quarter final by 12-7.

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Stop-the-boats policy condemned

AUSTRALIA - Two United Nations agencies and dozens of human rights, legal, religious and medical groups have demanded the Australian government put a stop to the suffering of asylum seekers and refugees in its offshore processing regime, following the publication of the Nauru files.

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Poverty and hardship in Samoa easing

SAMOA – A report on Samoa’s hardship and poverty has shown a remarkable progress in food and basic needs for people but macroeconomic and poverty trends has revealed warning signals.

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Asylum seeker tells of beatings

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An asylum seeker who has spent three years in detention on Manus Island claims he has been assaulted up to a dozen times by security guards.

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Leaked documents reveal saga of abuse

Rights groups call for closure of offshore camps

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Medical advice from 'magic box' welcomed

VANUATU – Until recently, residents of the remote village of Naviso, in Vanuatu, had to hike an hour up a mountain just to get mobile phone reception.

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Close to identifying new species

SOLOMON ISLANDS – An Australian museum expedition to Solomon Islands believes it is just weeks away from describing two new species of mammals.

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Short games for most Pacific Olympians

OLYMPICS – The Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and American Samoa all began competition at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.

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Eight killed on Highlands Highway

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea police say eight people died in two road accidents in the same area of the Eastern Highlands on Sunday.

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Refugee's body still on island

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea and Australian governments are yet to give clearance for the repatriation of the body of a Pakistan refugee who died on Manus Island last week.

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200,000 people struggling to find food

PNG highlanders still need aid after El-Niño drought

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Rare bird sighted, new species discovered

SAMOA – Placing the once thought extinct tooth-billed pigeon on the national pedestal as Samoa’s national bird, may have worked.

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Surfing legend catches last wave

AUSTRALIA – Australian surfing champion Bernard Farrelly, best known as ‘Midget’ for his slight size, has died aged 71.

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Landowners block access to gas plant

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The operators of the huge ExxonMobil LNG plant in Papua New Guinea say work is continuing normally despite a protest by landowners.

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PNG moves away from trade deal

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea does not need an independent bilateral arrangement with Australia and New Zealand to achieve its trade goals.

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Tonga cracks down on booze abuse

250 arrested so far in ‘Operation Safe Streets’

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Vanuatu losing $1m a week over airport saga

VANUATU – The chair of Airports Vanuatu says the ongoing runway saga at the country’s main international airport is costing the country a million dollars a week.

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Tonga's flag bearer steals the show

Oiled-up Olympian puts world media in meltdown

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