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5 October 2024
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23 September 2024
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21 September 2024
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7 September 2024
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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Jakarta thanks PNG over hostage rescue
JAKARTA – Indonesia has thanked Papua New Guinea for its co-operation in securing the release of two Indonesians taken hostage in a remote part of the common border region.
No charges over boy's gun death
APIA – Samoa’s Police Commissioner says no charges have been laid following the accidental death of a nine-year-old boy who was shot last Wednesday.
Drought brings social challenges
PORT MORSEBY – Social challenges have been stressed as one of the main problems the Papua New Guinea government must be aware of as the country continues to face El Nino’s severe effects.
Samoa upbeat over date with Springboks
BRIGHTON – Manu Samoa has made the perfect start to their Rugby World Cup campaign with a hard fought 25-16 win when they overpowered the United States of America at the Brighton Community Stadium.
Food aid held up in Highlands
KANDEP – At least 10 people have died from starvation in Papua New Guinea’s drought and frost-affected Enga province, a local church leader said, as the nation’s opposition claimed that aid distribution was being “politicised” by local disaster committees.
Last plea for 'climate change refugee'
Kiribati man and his family will be deported today unless intervention comes from government.
Tiger kills keeper at New Zealand zoo
HAMILTON – A zookeeper has been killed in a “tragic incident” after being attacked by a Sumatran tiger at a New Zealand zoo.
Tonga goes down to ecstatic Georgia
BRISTOL – Tonga’s shame is Georgia’s triumph. In 1981 the Georgian capital of Tbilisi erupted in celebration as its most prominent football team, Dinamo Tbilisi, then part of the Soviet Top League, defeated FC Carl Zeiss Jena to claim the prestigious UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. It remains the greatest achievement in Georgian club football to date.
Samoa on track with win over USA
BRIGHTON – Man of the match Tim Nanai-Williams lit up the Brighton Community Stadium.
Maori player is toast of Japan
NAPIER – Japan’s biggest upset in rugby history by beating two-time Rugby World Cup champions South Africa has turned its winning Kiwi try-scorer into a international star.
Claims Pacific players exploited
PACIFIC – Worrying stories have emerged about young Pacific islander rugby players being exploited and mistreated as they seek to make a name for themselves.
All Blacks wrangle a win over Pumas
LONDON - The most maligned player in the All Blacks’ World Cup squad took the most decisive first step of the tournament as the defending champions worked their way out of an arm wrestle with the Pumas.
Let the 'pool of death' begin
LONDON – The England rugby coach Stuart Lancaster has named his strongest side for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji.
'Prepare for the worst'
United Nations urges Pacific governments to prepare for El Niño’s impact
One man's quest to save women's lives
An expatriate former Australian carpenter is on a quest to save women’s lives in Papua New Guinea, reports ABC foreign correspondent Liam Cochrane from Papua New Guinea’s s remote D’Entrecasteaux islands.
Artisan chocolate made from Vanuatu cocoa
MUDGEE – The New South Wales town of Mudgee, in the Cudgegong Valley, has a reputation as a wine region and as a tourist destination, but it is also home to a backyard chocolate factory with ties to the Pacific.
'Lappng waters' joke falls flat
CANBERRA – Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has defended Peter Dutton after the immigration minister was caught joking about the plight of Pacific Island nations facing rising sea levels.
More refugees will resettle in Cambodia
CANBERRA – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says he is confident Cambodia will resettle more refugees from Nauru, after meeting with Cambodian leaders.
And that was the 46th Pacific Islands Forum
Leaders’ summit ends without unity on climate change, but with signs of a new approach to fisheries.
School bus drivers trained for suicide watch
Guam gives bus drivers skills to counsel students while Fiji’s PM declares youth suicide a crisis
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