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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.
Tough time for Pacific teams at RWC
LEICESTER – Argentina have all but achieved their first goal at Rugby World Cup 2015, with victory over Tonga giving them a foothold in the quarter-finals.
Nuclear legal lawsuit awarded
MAJURO – The foreign minister and the people of the Marshall Islands were honoured Thursday for taking legal action against the nuclear powers for failing to honour disarmament obligations.
Refugees granted full freedom
YAREN – Asylum seekers on Nauru are to be allowed to move freely around the island from today.
Pension cuts an 'abuse of power'
YAREN – A Nauru opposition MP says the revoking of pensioners’ benefits for allegedly participating in anti-government protests in June is a blatant abuse of power.
Sanctuary will protect vibrant biodiversity
KERMADEC ISLANDS – The sea that surrounds New Zealand’s sub-tropical Kermadec islands supports a vibrant community of resident whales, predatory fish, seabirds, turtles and luminescent fish that live in one of the most geologically active areas on earth, New Zealand’s Forest and Bird Society says on it website.
Paris is 'last chance' to save the world
NEW YORK – Reaching a successful climate deal in Paris at the end of the year is the last chance to save the planet, France’s president Francois Hollande has warned.
Tonga aiming for top three pool spot
EXETER – Tonga’s hopes of taking a top-three spot in Pool C will be tested by an in-form Argentina in Leicester on Sunday, but the Pacific islanders believe they can achieve automatic qualification for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.
Norfolk out in protest
Islanders want new PM to return their self government
Ocean sanctuary announced
NZ plans for South Pacific marine sanctuary around the Kermadecs
Win-hungry Tonga will take Namibia seriously
EXETER – Namibia’s Welsh coach Phil Davies has demanded “belief, effort and courage” from his players as they seek their first ever Rugby World Cup victory in Tuesday’s Pool C match against Tonga at Sandy Park in Exeter today.
Social impacts of drought need to be considered
PORT MORSEBY – Authorities must look at the drought’s additional impacts and concerns in order to mitigate the El Nino phenomenon affecting Papua New Guinea, according to a researcher.
Australia scores an own goal on human rights
CANBERRA – A controversial new whistleblower law has emerged as an obstacle to a visit to Australia by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants.
ABC reports refugees raped on Nauru
Nauru government refuses to answer broadcasters questions claiming ongoing ‘imbalanced coverage’
Lawyers banned from PNG
Australians engaged by anti-corruption agency face border block
Witness describes killing
Asylum seeker murder accused say witness statement is false
Dozens die as drought intensifies
PORT MORESBY – In Papua New Guinea there are unconfirmed reports dozens of people have died from starvation and disease as a drought tightens its grip on the Pacific nation.
Samoa hopes still high despite loss
BIRMINGHAM – After all the talk of another potential upset, Samoa was unable to contain an angry South Africa as the Springboks sought redemption from their shock first match Rugby World Cup loss to Japan last week.
Tonga takes on Namibia, Fiji eyes up for Japan
EXETER – Tonga coach Mana Otai has named his team for the Pool C match against Namibia at Sandy Park, Exeter, today which comes before contests ahead with Argentina and then New Zealand.
Earthquake shakes Papua city
SORONG – A powerful earthquake in remote eastern Indonesia has injured more than 60 people, left hundreds of houses damaged and rattled an idyllic island chain popular with foreign tourists and divers.
New Zealand celebrates Tuvalu language week
WELLINGTON – The importance of keeping Pacific languages alive will be highlighted during Tuvalu Language Week, New Zealand’s Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says.
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