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.
FIJI – A lot of work still needs to be done around labour laws in Fiji despite the laying aside of a possible Commission of Inquiry into the country, a union leader says.
FIJI – An opponent to Fiji’s planned change of flag says that in light of the damage caused by Cyclone Winston, spending taxpayers money on a new flag would be deeply insensitive.
NAURU – Australia’s Refugee Action Coalition is challenging Nauru’s justice minister who has sung the praises of the country’s refugee programme.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Asylum seekers at Manus Island detention centre have said Papua New Guinea authorities appear to be preparing to clear the centre in the coming months.
NEW ZEALAND – An Auckland property firm says it now advises all investors to test houses for methamphetamine contamination before bidding at auction or going unconditional on a sale.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Acting Speaker of the Papua New Guinea Parliament has delayed a decision on allowing a vote of no confidence in the country’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A common household pet could help remote villagers in Papua New Guinea survive food shortages and protect their endangered wildlife.
NEW ZEALAND – Fans and practitioners of indigenous filmmaking are heading to Otaki for the third Maoriland Film Festival.
VANUATU – Vanuatu beach volleyball duo Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata feature in a new documentary film that follows athletes from developing countries as they attempt to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
samoa – Samoa’s creative sector has been meeting in Apia this week to improve knowledge around trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property.
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s native horopito plant is being grown in a commercial plantation as the market for its anti-fungal properties increases.
SAMOA – Samoa’s former deputy prime minister, Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo, has again been left out of Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi’s new administration following the recent general election.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister says the country’s central bank is trying to borrow US$250 million from the International Monetary Fund to help solve the country’s foreign exchange problems.
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealanders have voted in favour of keeping the current national flag in a referendum, after a 17-month exercise that cost taxpayers NZ$26 million.
CHILE – New Zealand Maori Lisa Te Heuheu, one of the Kon-Tiki2 crew members, was injured when being evacuated from one of the ill-fated expedition’s balsawood rafts, according to reports from the abandoned expedition’s website.
TONGA – Hundreds of Tongans have had their bank cards blocked and reissued with new cards after they fell victim to regional scammers.
NEW ZEALAND – Nearly 200 tourists have been evacuated on the West Coast of New Zealand, and trees have brought down powerlines in Auckland, as wild weather lashes the country.
VANUATU – The murder case against a New Zealand teenager in Vanuatu has collapsed and he has walked free after several months in prison.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Leading members of Papua New Guinea’s coalition government are standing firm behind the prime minister Peter O’Neill who is facing a possible vote of no-confidence next week.
VANUATU – In what is believed to be a world first – a public toilet in Vanuatu has its own dedicated website
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