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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.
Motocross spreads peace message
BUKA – A motorcycle sports group made up of former combatants of Bougainville’s civil war is spreading the message of peace across the country. The Bougainville Motocross Club has proved immensely popular and has helped turn around the lives of people who were affected by the war. The repercussions from Bougainville’s civil war still echo in the lead up to a referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea. The club’s founding president, Emilroy Augustine, said the members had toured across Bougainville. “We go to remote places and do a bit of a motocross show and all this, some freestyle with our bikes,” he told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat. “Then we’ll bring our little loud hailers and do our awareness campaigns on weapons disposal and the peace treaty.” Bougainville was administered by Australia after the end of World War II in 1945 until Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975. Between 15,000 and 20,000 Bougainvilleans are estimated to have died in the civil war, which saw clashes between secessionists and anti-secessionists from PNG and within Bougainville, between 1989 and 1998. The conflict has been described as the largest in Oceania since World War II. Augustine, who fought in the war, said he had used his own experiences to help other former combatants. “I actually went through a very hard time trying to rehabilitate myself,” he said. “The woman who became my wife today – my girlfriend at that time – she played an important role in my rehabilitation.
Cartoon found offensive
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Foreign Minister recently expressed her disappointment to US representatives over an offensive cartoon published in American media.
Futuristic yacht sinks in the Pacific
PAPEETE – A European eco-explorer has been rescued in the Austral Islands in southern French Polynesia after his purpose-built “yacht of the future” sank off the island of Tubuai.
Worrying litany of accidents
JAKARTA – The Trigana Air disaster is just the latest in a list of air accidents in Indonesia, which has a poor aviation safety record and has suffered major disasters in recent months, including the crash of an AirAsia plane in December with the loss of 162 lives.
No survivors in Papua plane crash
All 54 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in West Papua found dead.
Underlying shades of racism need to be tackled
Oscar Vai To’elau Kightley (pictured right), a Samoa-born New Zealand actor, TV presenter and screenwriter, recently took a look at the changing currents of Pasifika racism in New Zealand in this article published in the Sunday News.
Walking trail seeks world heritage status
KOKODA – Australia and Papua New Guinea are to jointly seek a world heritage listing for the Owen Stanley Ranges and the famous Kokoda Track.
Athlete dies in fall from truck
Fagae‘e – A promising young Samoan athlete has died after falling from the back of a truck while on the way home from a fund raising outing for his school’s athletics team.
Vow to 'crush' insurrection
Over 60 Fijians arrested linked to attempts to form a breakaway state.
Plane down in remote mountains
Treacherous terrain hampers rescue efforts for crashed Indonesian airliner.
Sedition accused have rights denied, lawyer says
TAVUA – The lawyer for several people facing sedition charges in Fiji has hit out at prosecutors saying they are not following due process.
Angry Tonga minister calls the speaker a 'dictator'
NUKU‘ALOFA – There have been angry scenes in Tonga’s parliament this week.
Major ban on fruit and vegetable imports
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Agriculture and Livestock Minister Tommy Tomscoll has announced a major ban on the import of more than ten different fruits and vegetables.
Canberra rejects Nauru torture claims
CANBERRA – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims of waterboarding at the Nauru detention centre are unsubstantiated.
Average Teahupo'o delivers first day surprises
TEAHUPO‘O – Challenging conditions welcomed the world’s best surfers on the opening day of competition at the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, in Teahupoo on Saturday local time.
Sugar mill deaths raise safety concerns
BA – Two accidents in less than a week at the Rarawai sugar mill have raised questions about the level of safety in the factories in Fiji’s sugar cane belt.
Marianas dodge storms
SAIPAN – The Northern Mariana Islands this weekend escaped a direct hit from two tropical storms that have since intensified into typhoons.
54 feared dead in Papua plane crash
JAYAPURA – A plane with 54 people on board has crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua, a government official has said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the South East Asian nation.
Chaos as crowds overwhelm Red Cross
SAIPAN – A desperate crowd of about 2000 people on Saipan forced police to close an important airport route when people spilled into the road and fought with each other as they waited for relief assistance from the Northern Marianas chapter of the American Red Cross in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.
Typhoon Soudelor was a 'unique storm'
SAIPAN – The National Weather Service in Guam has ruled out that Typhoon Soudelor brought in super typhoon or Category 5-strength winds when it hit Saipan last week, saying damage sustained by the island was more nsistent with a Category 3 typhoon.
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