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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.

Workers' rights in Fiji remain an issue

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.

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Flag change would be 'insensitive'

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.

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Adeang's praise of refugee processing rejected

NAURU – Australia’s Refugee Action Coalition is challenging Nauru’s justice minister who has sung the praises of the country’s refugee programme.

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Centre to be cleared of asylum seekers

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.

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Buyers advised to test for meth contamination

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.

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O'Neill no confidence vote delayed

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.

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Pets supply much needed protein

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A common household pet could help remote villagers in Papua New Guinea survive food shortages and protect their endangered wildlife.

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Maori films feature of festival

NEW ZEALAND – Fans and practitioners of indigenous filmmaking are heading to Otaki for the third Maoriland Film Festival.

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Hard road to Rio for Vanuatu's volleyball duo

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.

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Workshops discuss cultural property rights

samoa – Samoa’s creative sector has been meeting in Apia this week to improve knowledge around trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property.

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Maori painkiller reaching global market

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s native horopito plant is being grown in a commercial plantation as the market for its anti-fungal properties increases.

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Former deputy PM left out of cabinet

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.

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PNG seeks US$250m loan

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.

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New Zealanders say no to flag change

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.

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Kiwi injured in Kon-Tiki rescue

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.

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Tongans hit by bank card scam

TONGA – Hundreds of Tongans have had their bank cards blocked and reissued with new cards after they fell victim to regional scammers.

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Wild weather lashes NZ

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.

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Teen walks free as murder case collapses

VANUATU – The murder case against a New Zealand teenager in Vanuatu has collapsed and he has walked free after several months in prison.

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O'Neill's supporters stay staunch

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.

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Toilet boasts its own website

VANUATU – In what is believed to be a world first – a public toilet in Vanuatu has its own dedicated website

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