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23 October 2024
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
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23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
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7 September 2024
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Many women still condone violence
One in four women in East Asia and the Pacific condone physical or sexual violence against women.
Police patrol Honiara streets
Police in Solomon Islands say they are maintaining a visible presence in the capital, Honiara, following a weekend of riots which saw business close their doors on Monday.
Move to outlaw bluefin fishing
A US environmental group is taking legal action in the United States to try to save the Pacific bluefin tuna from extinction.
Samoa: Tuilaepa defends support letter for rapist
Samao’s prime minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, used biblical scripture to defend his writing a letter of support for a man convicted of rape in New Zealand.
PNG: Sorcery killing creates legal dilemma
Police on Bougainville in Papua New Guinea say they are investigating the torture and killing of a man who was accused of practising sorcery.
Instability the norm in Vanuatu
Reports from Vanuatu indicate moves are already underway to organise a motion of no-confidence against the new prime minister.
Fiji: Boat operator charged over death
A man has appeared in a Fiji court charged with manslaughter over the death of an Australian tourist in a boat collision off the South Pacific nation last week.
Fiji: Police boss brings 'new eyes'
A former high ranking officer with South Africa’s defence and security forces has arrived in Fiji to take up his post as the country’s new police commissioner.
Honiara shuts down after riots
Fears of further riots in Solomon Islands’ capital, Honiara, prompted most businesses to close their doors on Monday.
Fiji: 11-year-old drowns uncle with fishing nets
A young Fijian girl drowned while fishing in the Wainibuka River north of Suva last week.
Tonga: Sea cucumber moratorium lift will 'kill the industry'
A decision by the Tonga government on March 29 to lift controls on the harvesting and exporting of sea cucumber will accelerate the depletion of Tonga’s sea cucumber stock and kill the industry, according to fisheries experts.
Pacific will suffer from Australia Networks demise
The Pacific Freedom Forum group says the Australian government’s budget cuts to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation sends a chilling message to the Pacific region.
Tourist killed in resort boat collision
An Australian man holidaying in Fiji with his family had been killed after two boats collided near a resort island last week.
Riots, looting in Solomons capital
Extra police are patrolling the streets in the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, to stop further rioting after civil unrest and looting broke out on Friday and continued over the weekend.
Henri Haiti jailed for murder
Marquesan man ‘Henri’ Arihano Haiti has been found guilty of the murder of a German tourist on Nuku Hiva in 2011 and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison.
Samoa: Healthy eating seen as 'fiapalagi'
Samoans who try and insist on healthy, fresh foods are often criticised by others for being “fiapalagi” – trying to be European.
Research sub lost in ocean trench
One of the world’s most capable deep-sea research submarines has been lost in the Pacific Ocean.
In Brief: Priest shot in heart in payback killing
A Papua New Guinea bishop is calling for more police intervention after a priest was killed in a payback killing between warring tribes in Central Province Father Garry Maria Inau was shot close-range in the heart when he was leaving his parish in Kunimaipa Valley of Goilala district on Sunday last week.
Pacific hot spot adding to global warming
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: No reports of electoral fraud
Solomon Islands’ Electoral Commission says a formal complaint must be made before there is any investigation into allegations of electoral fraud.
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