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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.

Polynesians criss-crossed the Pacific

POLYNESIA – Early Polynesian sailors criss-crossed the Pacific for hundreds of years, travelling as far as 2500 kilometres on ocean voyages, according to a new chemical analysis of centuries-old stone tools.

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Fears unrest inquiry will be a 'whitewash'

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea opposition MP and former Attorney General, Kerenga Kua, says the Commission of Inquiry into unrest at the nation’s universities is likely to be a whitewash.

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Couple were 'behaving strangely'

FIJI – Murdered Russian couple Yuri Shipulin and wife, Natalia had started behaving strangely seven days before they mysteriously disappeared last month, the Fiji Sun has reported.

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Severed head found on Fiji beach

DNA confirms body parts from missing Russians

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Partnership leads world in sustainably-caught tuna

PACIFIC – A partnership between Pacific Island nations means Australia is now leading the world in the availability of sustainably-caught tinned tuna on supermarket shelves.

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Body parts await DNA test results from Russia

FIJI – Police investigations are continuing in relation to the discovery of human body parts at Fiji’s Natadola Beach last week.

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Brexit may soften isolationist views

PACIFIC – A backlash against isolationism following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union could bode well for trade deals in the Pacific.

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Record cocaine seizure in Auckland

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand police have seized a record NZ$14 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a large diamante-encrusted horse head from Mexico.

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Sonny Bill and sister off to Rio

NEW ZEALAND – Sonny Bill Williams and his sister Niall have achieved a rare double after both being named in New Zealand Olympic sevens squads bound for the Rio Olympics.

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Fiji wants more Super Rugby

FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister has put his hand up for the country to be given another opportunity to host a Super Rugby game.

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Polynesians upset by obese Maui

Disney movie accused of stereotypical depiction

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Rio Tinto severs PNG mining links

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Rio Tinto will sever mining links with resource-rich Papua New Guinea, relinquishing ownership of the Panguna copper mine on Bougainville island which has been closed for around 25 years after a secessionist rebellion.

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Australia takes over Norfolk Island

NORFOLK ISLAND – Despite strong opposition over the past year Australia yesterday legally removed political autonomy from Norfolk Island.

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Pacific diplomacy lacking integrity

Re-engagement has not improved outcomes

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Fijian NRL star arrested at airport

AUSTRALIA – Parramatta Eels Fijian star Semi Radradra has been charged with domestic violence offences after being arrested at Sydney Airport on Thursday night.

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Public servants' access to social media banned

VANUATU – The Public Service Commission in Vanuatu has announced it is restricting public servants from accessing social media sites at work.

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Joint missile defence drills off Hawai'i

HAWAI‘I – South Korea, the US and Japan have conducted their first joint missile-tracking drill, in the waters off the US state of Hawai‘i.

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Pressing case for compensation

FRENCH POLYNESIA – A legislator from French Polynesia has appeared at the United Nations pressing the territory’s case for compensation over nuclear testing. Richard Tuheiava appeared before the UN Committee on Decolonisation, in an effort to bring the issue to international attention.

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Protesting students 'losing support'

Police boss denies giving command to shoot

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Stigmata girl writes messages from God in Hebrew

SAMOA – “Whether we believe it or not, it doesn’t matter because God uses different people to send his message to the world.”

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