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 judge has significantly reduced the number of manslaughter charges against the Australian owner of a ferry that sank off Papua New Guinea more than four years ago, killing scores of people.
FIJI – Families in some Fijian villages are still waiting for tents and remain in badly damaged homes they say are dangerously unstable.
FIJI – The Fiji Sugar Corporation has urged sugar farmers to grit their teeth after a devastating few weeks for the industry.
HONIARA – Health authorities in Solomon Islands have warned villagers living downstream of the defunct Gold Ridge mine on Guadalcanal island not to use river water because it could be contaminated by arsenic.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s attorney-general and Justice Minister, Ano Pala, have been arrested and charged with abuse of office and misappropriation, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests in the country this week.
NEW ZEALAND – About 40 Pacific fisheries ministers and officials are in New Zealand to learn about this country’s approach to fisheries management.
Radio New Zealand International reporter Sally Round hopped onboard one of the last runs made by a New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter to deliver aid to a remote part of Fiji.
WEST PAPUA – A Catholic Womens group in West Papua has called for regional support for their people’s plight, after a visit to the Indonesian territory by Catholic Bishops from other parts of Melanesia.
SAMOA – Leaked documents showing several Pacific island countries to be tax havens have come as little surprise to some experts, while Samoa’s government has come to the defence of its financial regulations.
SAMOA – The story of a young mother claiming to be carrying the marks – or stigmata – of Jesus Christ’s suffering continues to dominate the national discussion in Samoa.
CHUUK – There is an independence push that could see the break-up of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the North Pacific.
SAMOA – A hotelier and a prominent samoan businessman has issued a warning to the government in the wake of the deadly fuel tank fire at the Matautu wharf in Apia last week.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Anti-corruption police in Papua New Guinea have arrested one of the country’s top judges and charged him with judicial corruption.
SAMOA – Samoa’s Speaker of Parliament is a relieved man.
FIJI – Fiji’s prime minister on Saturday announced a range of measures to help the country rebuild after Cyclone Winston, including reforms of the building and construction sectors.
SAMOA – Women Parliamentarians from the Pacific region have hailed Samoa’s leadership role in empowering women – especially in terms of politics.
FIJI – The head of the International Trade Centre Arancha Gonzalez says that Pacific islands need help in building resilient economies in the face of climate change.
FANADIP – Three sailors have been rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island by the US Navy after spelling out “help” with palm fronds.
VANUATU – Air New Zealand has told Vanuatu that interim repairs on the runway of its main international airport, Bauerfield, are not adequate enough for it to resume servicing the route.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – There are no plans to close the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre, Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Rimbink Pato has announced.
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