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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.

Islands running out of fish

Two-thirds of the Pacific islands’ communities could run out of fish to feed their populations within 15 years.

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Chuuk state passes shark fishing ban

All four of the Federated States of Micronesia have enacted shark protections, now that the state of Chuuk has passed legislation that bans shark fishing in its waters.

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Fiji: Call to test decree impartiality

Pressure is being brought to bear on the Supervisor of Elections to take action on what is said to be a false declaration by the FijiFirst party that none of its candidates had a criminal record when, in fact one had.

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Kiribati: One in 20 babies die in first year

An Australian independent aid project is tackling water and sanitation problems in Kiribati to combat the nation’s high infant mortality rate.

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Noumea: Shots fired at nickel plant protest

French authorities say a police officer has been injured near Noumea when young people used firearms against a group of about 80 police trying to remove roadblocks.

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On alert for measles outbreak

Health authorities in Marshall Islands are on high alert following an outbreak of measles on the nearby island of Kosrae in Federated States of Micronesia.

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US: Samoan nun did not know she was pregnant

It started with stomach cramps, so severe that Sosefina Amoa rushed from a prayer meeting at the convent where she was studying to become a nun.

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Claim FijiFirst in breach of decree

The United Front for a Democratic Fiji says a false declaration by the regime leader’s proposed political party has legal consequences for every one of its initial 40,000 members.

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Boy survived 37 hours in sea

A Fijian teenage has lived to tell of his ordeal adrift at sea for two days.

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Tahiti: Respected newspaper's last edition

One of the Pacific’s oldest newspapers is no more. Les Nouvelles de Tahiti, the older of two daily newspapers in French Polynesia, published its last edition on Friday.

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Fiji: Chief's support needed after rough week

Fiji’s prime minister and the leader of the soon-to-be-registered FijiFirst Party has boasted to Fiji media that 18 chiefs have endorsed his party, along with 40,000 officially signed-up supporters.

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Call for decolonisation

Pacific islanders across the region are being urged to renew support for the decolonisation of Pacific communities still under colonial rule.

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Seeking stories from Kokoda Track

A team of international researchers is on a mission to gather first-hand accounts of Papua New Guineans’ wartime experience along the Kokoda Track.

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Tonga: Accused's father witnesses beating

The father of the accused civilian Semisi Kalistiane Manu who is facing a jury trial for manslaughter in the death of a vacationing New Zealand police officer while in custody in Tonga, said he witnessed the police beating up the deceased at the Nuku’alofa police station.

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In Brief: Dumped PM says he was 'let down'

The new leader of Vanuatu’s opposition and dumped Prime Minister, Moana Carcasses, says his partners let him down.

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Fiji: Prison inmates have tuberculosis

The Fiji Corrections Service has confirmed that three of its convicted inmates have been admitted to hospital suffering from tuberculosis (TB).

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First birthday for Fijian triplets

“Being a single mother and raising triplets is not easy but I can never be more thankful to my family and relatives for supporting me throughout.”

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Solomons: Red Cross spending queried

The Solomon Islands Red Cross has been criticised for spending thousands of dollars on renting rooms for its staff at a Honiara resort.

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First refugees released on Nauru

The first refugees on Nauru to have been granted visas have been released from Australian immigration detention on the island.

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Global drug syndicates target region

The Asia Pacific region is being targeted by drug traffickers because of its economic growth and large youth population, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns.

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