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2 September 2024

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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.

Rush to mark out Pacific sea borders expected

PACIFIC — A landmark decision on disputed islands in the South China Sea last month is expected to see foreign ministries in the region scrambling to delineate their maritime boundaries.

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Villagers evacuate as tribal war escalates

WEST PAPUA – Clashes in the remote Papua province of Indonesia on the weekend have left three people dead and dozens injured, along with 25 houses burned down.

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PNG hostage standoff the result of a hoax

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea say a tense hostage situation that shut down a popular tourist town and left two women injured was actually a hoax.

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Plan to restart PNG universities

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Government has announced a plan to resurrect the academic year at the country’s three main universities.

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Setting sights on making finals

OLYMPICS – The General Secretary of the Oceanic Weightlifting Federation says despite outrageous odds, he expects at least two Pacific lifters to make finals at the Rio Olympics.

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Pacific lifters up against drug cheats

Coconuts and fish not going to win medals in Rio

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Police working to overcome cultural divide

NEW ZEALAND – A year after New Zealand’s police commissioner admitted that there was an unconscious racial bias within the force, the organisation has rolled out efforts to bridge a cultural divide with increasingly diverse communities.

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Juppé acknowledges nuclear wrongdoing

FRENCH POLYNESIA – Former French prime minister Alain Juppé has conceded France’s nuclear testing in the Pacific has impacted on the environment and peoples’ health.

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Anger over Rio Tinto deal grows

BOUGAINVILLE – The government in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is to press the global mining giant, Rio Tinto, on several fronts after it last month divested itself of its majority shareholding in Bougainville Copper Ltd.

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Joseph Parker takes time out in Samoa

SAMOA – La’auli Lupesoliai Joseph Parker’s local fans are confident that he will beat the Ukrainian boxer Alexander Dimitrenko when they meet in the ring in Auckland in October.

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Children bullied at Nauru schools

NAURU – An Australian consultant to the Nauruan Government has said refugee and asylum seeker children are being relentlessly bullied and subjected to racial vilification in local schools on Nauru.

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Few refugees accept cash to go home

Advocate claims inducement increased to $20,000

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Solomons dive business up for global award

SOLOMON ISLANDS – A small dive operation in the Solomon Islands has been short-listed for the 2016 Luxury Travel Guide Global Awards.

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Marshalls rejects human trafficking criticisms

MARSHALL ISLANDS – The Marshall Islands government says human trafficking is not a prominent issue despite a US report condemning the country’s record.

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Tourism sparks mini building boom on Niue

NIUE – Tourism – and families returning to Niue – have prompted a mini housing boom on the island.

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Tongan passport sales a bone of contention

NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key welcomed his Tongan counterpart in Auckland this week – ‘Akilisi Pohiva is on a first diplomatic visit, with both leaders dealing with concerns over the sale of Tongan passports.

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Samoa's PM farewells Olympians

SAMOA – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has given his blessings to Team Samoa for the Rio Olympic Games.

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Australia to be shifted north

AUSTRALIA – Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).

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Owner sorry for fatal bus crash

SAMOA – The youngest survivor of a bus crash in Samoa that claimed one life and left many more in hospital is a three-year-old toddler.

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Future of Melanesian economies studied

PACIFIC VIEW By Sally Andrews

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