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.
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.
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.
TONGA – Quarantine authorities in Tonga will consider fumigating containers arriving from Fiji after the discovery of five mongooses inside one.
MARSHALL ISLANDS – A Marshall Islands Senator says there needs to be accountability for the contamination of fish around Kwajalein Atoll that could threaten the major food source of thousands of people.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested the anti-corruption officer who has been leading efforts to arrest the country’s prime minister.
But PNG government determined to save semester
NEW ZEALAND – Surging local and international demand for avocados is fuelling a crime wave in New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand police initially said their 90 Mile Beach bust had seized 448kg of the drug, but later on Tuesday said they had found another 50kg in nearby sand dunes.
NEW ZEALAND – The man who brought down a half-billion dollar methamphetamine operation has spoken out about his involvement with the men accused of smuggling almost 500kg of drugs on to 90 Mile Beach.
WEST PAPUA – More than 1000 West Papuans participating in a demonstration calling for independence in Indonesia’s Papua region were briefly detained on Wednesday.
Judge refuses to order police from campus grounds
NEW ZEALAND – The surviving trio of the stricken yacht Platino are safely back in New Zealand and heaping praise on their rescuers.
SAMOA – Top seeds Samoa have arrived in Monaco for this weekend’s Olympic sevens repechage event, which will determine who claims the final men’s qualifying place in Rio.
FIJI – The Opposition in Fiji has called on New Zealand to harden up on the Fiji government because it says it’s operating under a democratic facade.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Tensions have boiled over among students at universities in Papua New Guinea amid differences over whether to continue boycotting classes.
TONGA – Tonga’s prime minister says there is not much the government can do to help victims of recent flooding because it has no money.
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s national broadcaster went off-air on Monday because of an unpaid utility bill, it’s reported.
Envoy elected president of UN General Assembly
PACIFIC – A new report says Pacific Island countries should walk away from the proposed PACER Plus free trade agreement, suggesting it puts Australia and New Zealand’s interests ahead of the Pacific.
FIJI – New Zealand writers advocacy group PEN NZ has condemned the continuing ban by the Fiji government of Television New Zealand Pacific Affairs correspondent Barbara Dreaver.
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