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23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
Police apprehend four juveniles in connection with motorcycle thefts
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
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7 September 2024
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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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.
Journalist cynical of media ban reversal
SYDNEY – A French journalist who was jailed in West Papua last year for not having the correct entry permit says he doubts Indonesia will follow through with its promise to lift the region’s media ban.
Oil spill worries from longliner aground on reef
PAGO PAGO – In American Samoa, almost 200 litres of diesel fuel was removed yesterday from a long-liner that has run aground on the reef off the airport, the Seahawk 68.
Political manoeuvres
PAPEETE – The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, has added the leader of the opposition Atia Porinetia party, Teva Rohfritsch, to his ministerial line-up.
Cyclone proofing urged
PORT VILA – An emergency management expert says Vanuatu needs to introduce cyclone proof building codes to avoid more big damage bills from disasters like Cyclone Pam.
Droughts and cyclones on El Nino's agenda
PACIFIC – The extreme weather system known as El Nino is well underway, scientists say, and is forecast to be a “substantial and lasting phenomenon” with severe implications for either side of the Pacific Ocean.
Palau files charges against boat captains
KOROR – Palau has filed charges against the captains of several fishing vessels from Vietnam that were caught early this month while allegedly engaged in illegal fishing activities in Palau’s waters.
Small businesses 'dying a slow death' in Samoa
APIA – Small local businesses in Samoa are dying a slow death. And one Apia-based businesswoman said she cannot stay silent about it any longer.
Japanese PM supports managed fisheries in Pacific
KOROR – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stated that Japan is ready to assist and support Pacific island nations in managing and preserving their maritime resources, Palau’s Island Times reports.
Samoa to have total renewable energy by 2017
APIA – Samoa plans to operate on 100 per cent renewable energy by the year 2017.
'Disgruntled' Norfolk MPs lead opposition to change
KINGSTON – Australia’s administrator on Norfolk Island says the opposition to reforms initiated by Canberra is being led by a few politicians who will lose their jobs.
Papua New Guinea 'not going broke'
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea is not broke – that’s official and from Finance Minister James Marape.
Pacific warned of fuel price rises
PACIFIC – The Secretariat of the Pacific Community is warning countries in the region to brace for an expected rise in fuel prices as ten months of dropping oil prices come to an end.
Radical overhaul of asylum seeker policy needed
SYDNEY – The Royal Australasian College of Physicians wants a radical overhaul of Australia’s policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
School children explore culture with Samoan language
AUCKLAND – Children in South Auckland are braving the winter weather in traditional Samoan attire this week to celebrate Samoan language week.
Preserving languages key to cultural strength
SYDNEY – The University of Sydney has hosted a public forum looking at preserving indigenous languages, many of them endangered, in the Pacific region.
Restructure of PNG police planned
PORT MORESBY – While announcing a restructure of Papua New Guinea’s constabulary, new police commissioner Garry Baki says he will also review a policing arrangement that has 73 Australian Federal Police officers deployed in the country.
Fears for ecosystem in Galapagos eruption
ISABELA ISLAND – A volcano in the Galapagos Islands has erupted for the first time in more than 30 years, spilling streams of molten lava and raising fears for the world’s only colony of pink iguanas.
Villagers harbouring criminals
TARI – People in Papua New Guinea must stop harbouring criminals and sabotaging police work, acting Hela provincial police commander Chief Supt Mark Yangen said.
Retaining language good for health
SYDNEY – A researcher at the University of Sydney says preserving indigenous languages is good for people’s health.
New laws 'unduly restrict freedom'
YAREN – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression has called on Nauru’s government to withdraw recent amendments to the criminal code which he says unduly restrict freedom of expression.
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