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 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.
An international team of scientists has discovered a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean is partly responsible for global warming in the Arctic.
Solomon Islands’ Electoral Commission says a formal complaint must be made before there is any investigation into allegations of electoral fraud.
An Australian Federal Opposition MP is calling on the Labor Party to abandon its support for the offshore processing of asylum seekers.
Papua New Guinea’s immigration minister says he will choose which refugees resettle in the country, an apparent contradiction of the Australian Government’s assertion that all genuine refugees detained on Manus Island will be resettled within PNG.
A new Australian television comedy about a rebellious Tongan teenager has been condemned as “self indulgent” and “deeply offensive” to Pacific islanders.
Voters in Tonga will have access to the provisional electoral rolls from Thursday this week as the country prepares for elections on November 27.
Police in the Marshall islands are taking a threat against the Marshall Islands immigration director and his family last week seriously.
Before it hit the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan also devastated the small island of Kayangal in Palau.
New Caledonian separatists have gained ground in parliamentary elections on Sunday but have fallen short of securing an absolute majority.
Australia has pledged a $20 million boost for Samoa’s infrastructure projects.
The president of New Caledonia’s Southern Province Cynthia Ligeard has ordered immediate suspension of operations at the Vale nickel processing plant at Goro after an estimated 100,000 litres of effluent ended up in a creek.
A Samoan beer maker is setting its sights on the international market with a new product made from a fruit native to the Pacific. Samoa Breweries is undertaking a trial to turn locally-grown ulu, or breadfruit, into beer. As an added bonus, the brew is gluten-free, raising the prospect of niche marketing as a boutique beer in the United States and other western countries.
Organisers of the Papua New Guinea National Games are hopeful the event will help launch athletes to bigger and better things.
Residents of Lae in Papua New Guinea have been told they are not allowed to bury their dead in the city’s residential areas.
An observer of Fiji politics says the Fiji election will mostly be a battle of personalities and leadership.
Papua New Guinea’s police force is beginning a process to try and regain the trust of the people after a series of allegations of serious police misconduct were revealed.
The Government Ad Hoc Committee for the proposed $35 billion International Airport Project on Efate has welcomed the Vaturisu Council of Chiefs’ confirmation that its 10th conference in Pango Village this week, has officially approved of the project to be built on Efate.
Oceanand air transportation to Manu’a are both currently down, and a Department of Public Safety marine patrol boat was recently used to transport a body to Tutuila, as the morgue in Ta’u was not operational.
The chief executive of Tonga’s domestic airline says he has not heard from the World Bank regarding the ongoing review of Tonga’s transport industry.
Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed a desire to mend a diplomatic rift with Australia within the next few months.
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