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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.
Fighting to stay on his blue lagoon
An appeals court in French Polynesia is to decide the future of a man who has been living in a boat outside a large resort near Tahiti. Teiki Pambrun and his family lives in the lagoon of Tetiaroa atoll, which was purchased by the American actor Marlon Brando in 1967, who developed a small village and airstrip.
Tributes flow for rugby's first superstar
AUCKLAND – Tributes are flowing for All Blacks great Jonah Lomu, whose sudden death has left the rugby world in shock.
Vanuatu's kava quality issues being addressed
PORT VILA – The Food and Agriculture Organisation in Vanuatu has stepped in to address quality control issues for kava.
Australia Muslim party launched
SYDNEY– Australia’s first party representing Muslims intends to contest senate seats at the next federal election.
Rains fail to ease drought in PNG
PORT MORESBY – The governor of Papua New Guinea’s Chimbu province says recent rains have done nothing to ease the severe drought.
Qiliho eyes permanent appointment
SUVA – Fiji’s Acting Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho says he is thinking of applying for the fulltime Police Commissioner’s post when it is advertised.
Pageant all about 'cultural values'
PORT MORESBY – The newly-crowned Miss Pacific Islands Papua New Guinea, Abigail Havora, says she is looking forward to showcasing PNG at the international final in Cook Islands next month.
Syrian refugees arrive in Australia
PERTH – Five Syrians have become the first of 12,000 refugees to arrive in Australia under a one-off plan to resettle people fleeing the country’s conflict.
Pacific territories stand by France
PAPEETE – The attacks in Paris have been felt across the Pacific, nowhere – more so – than in the French Pacific territories.
Blue marlin takes top prize
NUKU‘ALOFA – A 160kg blue marlin landed by Sateki Ika, of the ANZ fishing team, won the top prize of the Nuku‘alofa Fishing Club’s first fishing competition for the season on Saturday.
Cyclone damaged reef system
SAIPAN – A new report confirms Typhoon Soudelor exacted damage to reef off Saipan in the Northern Marianas, with substantial coral bleaching.
Memorial service for Paris victims
suva – A memorial service was held at the French Ambassador’s residence in Fiji yesterday morning to commemorate and pay tribute to the lives of more than 120 victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
Fiji owed tens of millions
SUVA – The Fiji opposition says the United Nations owes Fiji tens of millions of dollars and should pay up.
Document brandished in Norfolk battle
KINGSTON – An adviser to the Norfolk Island groups seeking to regain the island’s autonomy from Australia says Canberra cannot ignore the island’s founding document.
Aussie men, Fijiana sevens teams through to Rio
AUCKLAND – Australia and Fiji have won the men’s and women’s titles at the Oceania Sevens Championship in clinical fashion to seal their spot at next year’s Olympics.
Controversial Games levy underway
NUKU‘ALOFA – A controversial levy on foreign exchange transactions in Tonga that has been deferred twice is finally due to come into effect on Friday.
PNG bans foreign advisors
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea has passed regulations banning foreign advisers, who are mainly Australian, from working for government departments.
Long wait for next coffee harvest
TANNA – Coffee farmers on the Vanuatu island of Tanna – whose crops were destroyed by Cyclone Pam in March – are facing a long wait till their next crop is ready for harvest.
Lawyer steps down to make stand
SUVA – Suva lawyer Richard Naidu has stepped down from a key commission in Fiji after the appointment of a senior military officer as acting police chief.
Fraud taskforce fundless
PORT MORESBY – With the fight against corruption at its peak in Papua New Guinea, the country’s leading anti-corruption watchdog will not be funded by the national government next year.
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