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 horrendous shark attack in Cakaudrove has shocked villagers of a coastal community.
FIJI – In solidarity, they stood at the same spot a 14-year-old girl was brutally murdered last earlier this week, holding a vigil with a desperate message – “stop the violence against children”.
VANUATU – Tour operators in Vanuatu have rallied in support of a woman abducted and assaulted over the weekend for criticising the behaviour of some public transport providers in Port Vila.
The alleged abduction and physical assault of a Vanuatu woman for posting critical comments on Facebook has rocked the Pacific island nation. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported on the incident earlier this week.
EASTER ISLAND – The Kon-Tiki2 Expedition has decided to end the expedition after 114 days and 4500 nautical miles in the south-east Pacific, the crew announced in a last website update before abandoning their balsawood vessels.
EASTER ISLAND – Fourteen adventurers have been rescued off the coast of Chile after weather forced them to abandon the recreation of a historic maritime journey.
NAURU – Nauru’s president says election observers are welcome at “any time” – although it is not clear if this amounts to an official invitation.
PACIFIC – An award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author says the world needs to listen more to what the Pacific ocean and its peoples have to say about looking after our planet.
VANUATU – Police in Vanuatu have arrested seven men over the abduction and beating of a woman who criticised the behaviour of local transport providers on Facebook.
Female artists from around the Pacific region are reviving lost cultural art forms and reinventing creative traditions that have existed for generations, reports Indira Moala for Radio New Zealand International.
HAWAI‘I – A new report from the National Weather Service predicts the strong El Niño that brought a record number of hurricanes, huge winter surf and a dry winter to Hawai‘i should begin to end late this spring or early this (northern hemisphere) summer.
fiji – In Fiji engineers and assessors are counting the cost of the damage to roads and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Winston.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s deputy opposition leader says the wheels are starting to come off the Peter O’Neill-led coalition government.
AMERICAN SAMOA – There are mixed signals coming from the American Samoa Attorney General’s Office and the Immigration Office regarding the confiscation of passports for non-US nationals and citizens visiting the territory.
FIJI – The former Fiji rugby international Seru Rabeni is being remembered as a “cheerful”, “team man” who was “full of life.”
NAURU – The Pacific Islands Forum says it would only send an election observer team to Nauru if the government requested it.
NEW ZEALAND – The population of southern right whales in the waters off New Zealand is just 12 per cent of its size before whaling began, according to a new study.
AUCKLAND – The New Zealand non government women’s organisation Pacifica has just marked 40 years of service to Pacific women, families and communities.
SUVA – Health teams working in Fiji in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston say the health situation has stabilised and they are not yet seeing large levels of mosquito, food and water-borne disease.
WELLINGTON – Hawaiians have rejoiced at the return of a feather cloak and helmet gifted to English explorer Captain Cook in 1779.
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