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23 September 2024
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23 September 2024
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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.
Samoans spruce up villages
Villages throughout Samoa are adding the final touches to their preparations to welcome thousands of visitors expected for the Small Island Developing States conference.
Protest at Sydney campaign rally
Fiji’s military leader has been greeted by protesters in Sydney on his visit to Australian to campaign ahead of next month’s post-coup elections.
Sonny Bill would love to play for Samoa
Sonny Bill Williams this week side-stepped answering the multi-million-tala question for Samoa.
Vanuatu: Rape arrest insult to island customs
Chiefs in Vanuatu are criticising police for going against custom law and arresting a man for allegedly raping his wife.
Fiji: Violence complaints not taken seriously
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says domestic violence complaints made by women are still not being taken seriously by the police.
Wife watches croc take husband
A 57-year-old man is dead after he went into a crocodile-infested river in the Northern Territory to unsnag his fishing line and was attacked by one of the reptiles as his wife looked on.
Fiji vote: Nominations closed
Fiji’s elections office is checking the eligibility of potential candidates wanting to stand in next month’s election.
Island township to relocate
Under threat from rising sea levels and tsunamis, the authorities of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands have decided to relocate the population from a small island – the first such case in the Pacific islands.
Outlook grim for Great Barrier Reef
The outlook for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef looks grim, with many of the threats to its environmental health worsening over the past five years and expected to deteriorate further as climate change intensifies, two major reviews have found.
Samoa ready to welcome navigators
Polynesian navigators that settled in the islands of Hawai’i hundreds of years ago “are coming back to honour the people of Samoa,” which some believe is their land of origin, reports Talamua Online.
This Samoan boy's got talent!
American Samoa’s newest singing sensation Paul Ieti has made the cut, moving on to the semifinals round of the nationally televised ‘America’s Got Talent’ series.
Fiji: Air dispute costing money
Tourism operators say a dispute between the national airlines of Fiji and Solomon Islands is pushing up the cost of travel in the Pacific.
Call to save bigeye tuna now
The Pacific tuna industry has joined environmental organisations and scientists calling for serious action to save bigeye tuna.
Refugees have nowhere to go
The Refugee Action Coalition says the Australian government’s policies towards asylum seekers have left genuine refugees on Nauru and PNG with nowhere to go.
Women MPs battle to make an impact
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, says countries like Australia can learn a lot from prospective female parliamentarians in the Pacific.
Closing the Pacific's gender gap
A pledge by political leaders two years ago to accelerate efforts toward closing the gender gap in the Pacific Islands has been boosted with the announcement that three women will take the helm of the regional intergovernmental organisation, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, headquartered in Suva, Fiji.
PNG: O'Neill referred to prosecutor
Papua New Guinea’s Ombudsman Commission has referred the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to prosecutors for alleged misconduct in office.
John Kerry in Honiara
United States Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to discuss climate change and the legacy of World War Two in Solomon Islands this week.
Rio Tinto stripped of Panguna mining licences
Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper has been stripped of all its exploration and mining licences by the Bougainville Government.
Undercover journalists arrested
Two under cover French journalists were arrested in West Papua last week.
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