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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.
Woman slain in brutal attack in Samoa
APIA – As Samoa continues to debate the ongoing issue of violence against women, what appears to be a brutal murder has shocked Samoa.
Forum demands climate support
PORT MORESBY – Australia has been warned it could be asked to leave the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) if it does not start supporting stronger action on climate change.
Waqa says Nauru won't be bullied
PORT MORESBY – Nauru’s President Baron Waqa says Nauru is a sovereign nation and will not be bullied by bigger countries like New Zealand.
Small islands lay down climate challenge
PORT MORESBY – Leaders of the Pacific Smaller Island States have called on all nations – especially the advanced economies in the region – to rise to the challenge of climate change.
Fiji faces big challenge from day one of Cup
TWICKENHAM – Perennially strapped for cash but always brimming with talent, Fiji head to the Rugby World Cup hoping to upset an international establishment that has long shunned them while plundering their playing stocks.
Australia has 'too much invested'
CHRISTCHURCH – While the New Zealand government has suspended aid to Nauru’s justice sector, Australia is saying they have no concerns with the law and order situation there.
Youth look to entrepreneurship
AUCKLAND – More than 40 youth leaders from around the Pacific have met in Auckland to discuss how social entrepreneurship can improve their communities.
Finance minister convicted
Vanuatu’s Willie Jimmy stands by guilty plea in bribery case. PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s finance minister Willie Jimmy has been convicted in court on two bribery charges, for breaching the Leadership and Penal codes.
Rogue flag sparks groundswell of support
WELLINGTON – Nearly 30,000 people have signed a petition demanding the New Zealand government allow a fifth entry in the controversial contest for a new national flag.
Keys says extra refugees will stretch services
WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s emergency intake of hundreds of Syrians will stretch the country’s refugee services, Prime Minister John Key says.
Aussie diggers return to their theatre of war
BRISBANE – A group of Australian World War II veterans are on their way to Papua New Guinea to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific and the surrender of the Japanese forces in New Guinea.
PNG league official may be banned after attacking ref
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea Sports Minister says a local rugby league official should be banned for life after attacking a referee at the end of the Digicel Cup final in Port Moresby.
Big brothers asked to be real friends
PORT MORESBY – Kiribati, one of the Pacific’s lowest lying island nations, has urged Australia and New Zealand to show they are “real friends” by supporting strong action on climate change at a regional summit.
Pacific region 'awash' with asbestos
PACIFIC – For the first time, authorities in the Pacific believe they have an idea of just how much asbestos there is in the region, and are trying to work out how to get rid of it before it becomes a health crisis.
Has Pacific Islands Forum been upstaged?
PORT MORESBY – Leaders from the Pacific Islands Forum countries meet in Port Moresby next week to address regional concerns and issues but they may have been beaten to the punch.
Island rugby players 'hard done by'
coventry – Manu Samoa coach Stephen Betham has urged his team to improve their discipline, saying Pacific Islands teams are targeted more by officials.
Fora confusion may dilute message
CANBERRA – Australia says it regards the Pacific Islands Forum as the premier organisation in the Pacific but it welcomes any contribution the Pacific Islands Development Forum can make to the region.
Journalists detained in Port Moresby
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea government has intervened to correct an immigration blunder where seven journalists from Pacific countries were detained and their passports taken from them in Port Moresby this week.
Drone designed to seek and kill starfish
BRISBANE – An autonomous starfish-killing robot is close to being ready for trials on the Great Barrier Reef, researchers say.
Fijian dissidents declare new nation
Veteran reporter of news in the Pacific, Michael Field, has shed some light on the recent news of a festering rebellion in the northern hills of Fiji’s Viti Levu.
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