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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.

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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.

Big seas turn Pacific rower around

English rower Elsa Hammond was supposed to be rowing to Hawai’i, but she's rowing towards Mexico.

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Rowers welcomed to Waikiki

New Zealander Tara Remington’s and her Paralympian companion Angela Madsen ended an epic row across the Pacific Ocean when they came ashore in Hawai’i this weekend.

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Australia: Paedophile preyed on Vanuatu children

Accused paeodphile Gregory Druery used his position of trust with the church and families to abuse children, Australian police say.

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All Blacks test in Samoa confirmed

The All Blacks have finally agreed to play a test in Samoa after years of pressure to repay a country which has benefited the New Zealand team so much in the past.

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NZ: Rugby sensation eyes Australia

New Zealand Rugby Union is in danger of losing the game’s next superstar if it doesn’t act quickly, with schoolboy sensation Taniela “the Tongan Thor” Tupou confirming a desire to play for the Wallabies.

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Australian soldier dies on Mt Cook

An Australian soldier who died on Mount Cook in New Zealand on Wednesday is understood to have fallen into a crevasse when a snow bridge he was crossing collapsed.

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Fiji: Traditional canoes to sail to Sydney

Traditional voyaging canoes from five countries will now be part of a spectacular armada making a journey from Cook Islands to Australia.

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Tonga boxers head team of fifteen

Tonga will be represented at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in four sports by 15 athletes including two bronze medallist boxers, Uaine Fa Junior and Lomalito Moala, who won their medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

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Maori lessons 'compulsory'

New Zealand’s Minister of Maori Affairs says the time has come for it to be compulsory for every New Zealand school to be able to offer students Maori language lessons.

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Tonga: A divergence of ideologies

Dumped Tonga opposition MP Sitiveni Halapua – who will not stand for the Democrats after a party committee chose not to select four MPs as candidates for November’s election – says the reasons for non-selection appear to be specific to each of the four.

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Tonga opposition dumps members

The Democratic Party of Tonga has dumped four of its MPs just four months out from the election.

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Smokefree Pacific a challenge

The World Health Organisation has launched its Tobacco Free Pacific Campaign in a bid to help the region reduce smoking prevalence to less than five per cent by 2025.

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Study reveals pre-historic Tongan empire

A new study by Australian researchers has stated that Tonga was the only prehistoric state in Oceania to encompass an entire archipelago and extend its influence to other island groups.

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Broadcasters study disaster reporting

Samoa’s Quality Broadcasting and the Samoa government are undergoing training this month to help develop a National Broadcasters’ Climate and Disaster Resilience Plan.

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PNG: Police factions in stand-off

There was a near confrontation by two factions of the Papua New Guinea police force at the National and Supreme Court precincts last Friday.

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Smell forces airliner to land on remote atoll

A harrowing United Airlines flight over the Pacific Ocean was forced to land on remote Midway Island because of what official’s said was an “electrical odour” on board the aircraft.

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Fijians give big boost to Melbourne rugby club

A rugby union club in Melbourne has turned its fortunes around with the help of some young Fijian imports.

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Call to halve bluefin tuna catch

The Worldwide Fund for Nature is urging Pacific fisheries to immediately halve their catch limits to preserve bluefin tuna stocks for the long-term.

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Fiji: Nadi-Honiara flights suspended

Fiji and Solomon Island have suspended each other’s flights between Honiara and Nadi.

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Doubts about Jolie's Nauru visit

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has rejected suggestions he has concerns about Angelina Jolie visiting Nauru, after the island nation confirmed the Hollywood actress had accepted an invitation to visit and inspect the refugee processing complex on the remote Pacific island.

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