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Pacific
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.
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.
Weather halts recovery of bodies from Fox Glacier
FOX GLACIER – Investigators say they are a “long, long way” away from knowing why a sightseeing helicopter crashed into a New Zealand glacier, killing seven people including two Australian tourists.
Crime awareness
SUVA – In an effort to strengthen community policing and reduce crime, the Fiji Police Force will team up with the media to promote and increase awareness of crime prevention.
Petition tries to save territory's tuna industry
PAGO PAGO – A new grassroots movement in American Samoa is hoping to collect 10,000 signatures in a bid to help save the local tuna industry.
Jonah didn't know what hit him
MANGERE – Jonah Lomu probably died from a blood clot that formed during a long-haul flight to New Zealand, one of his medics has said, as plans were unveiled to honour the legendary winger with a public memorial.
Political impasse continues in Vanuatu
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s opposition says the prime minister should step down if he can’t agree to form a unifying government to last until next year’s election.
Deputy PM denies racism claims
SUVA – In Fiji, the opposition Sodelpa Party’s whip wants the acting prime minister to resign over what he says was a “racist gesture”.
Everyone has a right to a sanitary toilet
It’s time Pacific leaders start talking about toilets. World Toilet Day is the perfect opportunity to start the conversation about the urgent issue of inadequate toilets in the Pacific, write Alyse Schrecongost and Katherine Wong for the ABC’s Australia Plus news magazine.
One family's outreach to drought-hit orphans
MOUNT HAGEN – An Australian family has decided to raise money to send to an orphanage in Papua New Guinea, where the drought crisis has led to a critical food shortage.
Papuan separatist leader released from jail
JAYAPURA – A high-profile West Papuan separatist leader has been released from prison after more than a decade behind bars, in a fresh sign that Indonesia may be easing its tight grip on the restive eastern region.
Jonah remembered with love
MANGERE – Great rugby star Jonah Lomu has been remembered as an inspirational dreamer, whose heart never left the Tongan community of South Auckland.
Vanuatu tries to solve impasse
PORT VILA – The acting speaker in Vanuatu summoned parliament to sit for its annual second session yesterday which would hopefully allow the government to pass a budget.
Book tells castaway's story
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history—as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.
Memorial service for Jonah
AUCKLAND – Jonah Lomu’s family have confirmed that a public memorial service will be held for the rugby superstar, although details have yet to be revealed.
'A lesson' for Solomons MPs
HONIARA – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has named Vanuatu as an example for his country’s Opposition to learn a valuable lesson from, when the Vanuatu Supreme Court sentenced 14 members of parliament to jail for corruption.
14 convicted MPs lose appeals
PORT VILA – A court in Vanuatu has dismissed appeals by 14 government MPs against their convictions for bribery.
Is Hawai'i an occupied nation?
THE NEWS IN DEPTH By Taylor Kate Brown BBC News Magazine An upcoming election has highlighted the deep disagreement between native Hawaiians over what the future should look like.
Pacific foods face challenges
AUCKLAND – Food and beverage exporters from the Pacific say one of the greatest challenges they face is having to constantly adapt to and overcome the effects of climate change.
All Tonga mourning for Jonah
NUKU‘ALOFA– The Tonga Rugby Union says the whole country is in mourning after the death of Jonah Lomu.
Military interference reaffirmed
SYDNEY – The former head of Fiji’s police force said military interference in efforts to prosecute those involved in vicious assaults, played a big part in his decision to walk away.
Giant Tongan hero is no more
AUCKLAND – Former All Blacks rugby union star Jonah Lomu has died unexpectedly at the age of 40.
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