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16 November 2024
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19 November 2024
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
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23 September 2024
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21 September 2024
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7 September 2024
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
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Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Suicide photograph shocks the world
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Adam Taylor Washington Post
Two bus collision leaves three dead
Australian tourists airlifted after crash in Vanuatu
Apology for use of suicide picture
SAMOA – The Samoan newspaper at the centre of a storm over its publication of a gruesomely explicit photograph of an apparent suicide has now printed a heart-felt apology.
Norfolk Islanders not ready to give up fight
NORFOLK ISLAND – One year on Norfolk is not giving up in its struggle with Canberra. A year ago, on June 18, 2015, the Australia Federal Parliament removed Norfolk Island’s autonomy.
Pacific countries top malnutrition report
TONGA – The first regional conference on the Pacific’s leading cause of death is underway in Tonga’s capital, Nuku‘alofa
Students demand apology for shootings
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Students in Papua New Guinea say they want justice for those shot by police before there is any talk of returning to classes.
Suicide photo shocks readers
SAMOA – The decision by one of Samoa’s major newspapers to publish a picture of a transgender woman who died in a suspected suicide has stirred outrage.
Worst trauma he's ever witnessed
Psychologist lifts the lid on detention centres
Fiji win crown, on track for World Cup
FIJI – Fiji secured the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2016 title and remain on track to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2019 after a 26-16 victory over Samoa in Suva on Saturday.
Polynesian Panthers mark 45 years
NEW ZEALAND – A group credited with fighting racism against Pacific people in New Zealand and putting them on the map politically celebrated 45 years last week.
Pacific could suffer if La Niña hits
PACIFIC – An Australian aid agency providing help for Pacific disaster victims says a La Niña weather pattern is a real threat for much of the region.
Court to enforce Manus shut down
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The PNG Supreme Court wants to enforce its ruling that the detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal.
Asylum seekers want to go home
Nepalese and Indians stranded in Micronesia
Samoa sevens fail in bid for Rio
SAMOA – Samoa have failed to qualify for the men’s Olympic sevens competition after conceding a try on the full-time siren to lose 22-19 against Spain in the final of the repechage event in Monaco.
Brazilian surfer wins at perfect Cloudbreak
FIJI – Brazilian Gabriel Medina has staked his claim for another world surfing title after winning a second Fiji Pro in classic Cloudbreak waves on Friday.
Charged fraud squad boss continues work
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea police say the director of the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate, Matthew Damaru, will continue to work while he faces charges of abuse of office.
Goroka violence was inter-tribal clash
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The University of Goroka campus is now almost deserted as most of the Highlands students have gone back to their respective provinces following Tuesday’s clash among student factions
Manus Island conditions 'deteriorating'
Immigration denies claims of food shortages
Inquiry must be independent
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A provincial governor in Papua New Guinea has welcomed the government’s announcement of an inquiry into last Wednesday’s police shooting of students at the University of Papua New Guinea but insists it be headed by eminent persons.
Protests moulding tomorrow's leaders
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT Jenny Hayward-Jones Lowy Institute THE images on our television screens last week of police firing live rounds into a crowd of students at the University of Papua New Guinea and injured students being carried into hospital were profoundly shocking.
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