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Pacific
Pacific officials attend Paris Agreements Article 13 training
Climate Change Cook Islands hosted a sub-regional workshop last week focusing on the Paris Agreement Article 13 focusing on the digital tools Pacific Island countries are required to report on.
Author Tom Neale’s Suwarrow journals donated to National Library of NZ
The Cook Islands High Commission in New Zealand was delighted to attend the handover of renowned author Tom Neale’s journals to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington over a week ago.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Futsal festival kicks off in Noumea
Some of the fastest feet and sharpest shooters from the Pacific region will show off their skills at the Oceania Football Confederation’s Futsal Championship Invitational in New Caledonia this week.
Questions welcomed in Sydney
Fiji’s regime leader Frank Bainimarama will visit Australia in late August, as part of his campaign ahead of the country’s elections, his Australia-based supporters say.
Fiji: Regime leader 'will accept vote'
Fiji’s interim Prime Minister and regime leader Frank Bainimarama has promised he will accept the results of next month’s elections in his country if he doesn’t win.
Fiji: PM to face protests
Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is set to face protests during his visit to New Zealand this weekend to campaign for the upcoming elections.
Pacific a hub for organised crime
Australian law enforcement agencies are concerned that criminal networks are increasingly targeting Pacific nations.
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