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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.

Solomon Islanders struggling to cope

The United Nations children’s support agency, UNICEF, says people could be in evacuation centres on Guadalcanal for months yet, as Solomon Islands tries to recover from devastating floods almost a fortnight ago.

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New law may ban traditional gift-giving

The Samoan government is considering laws to ban traditional gift-giving at election times, building on existing laws seen as preventing potential corruption of democratic processes.

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Samoan PM says debt levels manageable

Samoa’s Prime Minister says his country will make its own decisions about its debt level, in the wake of an IMF warning it is getting too high.

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'Royal bummer' apology

A journalist from American cable news network CNN has apologised after her report on the Maori welcome of the British Royals to New Zealand was labelled “culturally insensitive”.

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Fiji: Bainimarama investigated

Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama could face up to 10 years' jail for allegedly breaching the nation’s political parties decree.

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Church, politics don't mix

Fiji’s Methodist Church says it will force its lay members to resign from leadership positions if they stand for election in the country’s September election.

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Floods forced shutdown

An Australian company operating a gold mine in Solomon Islands is insisting that it hasn’t pulled out of the country.

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Fish losing survival instinct

Fish are losing their survival instinct – even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators – as the world’s oceans become more acidic due to climate change, according to new research.

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Assessing earthquake damage

Officials are still assessing the damage caused by two large earthquakes in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

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In brief: Coastal residents camping in hills

The premiere of Makira province in Solomon Islands says people are preparing for more aftershocks and the potential threat of a tsunami.

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Niue result on a knife edge

The people of Niue will have to wait for an electoral recount before they find out who their leader will be for the next three years.

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Samoa: MPs await sentencing

Two senior Samoa politicians are now waiting for sentencing after being found guilty of charges laid against them in a high profile case surrounding a drink-drive breathalyzer test incident in Apia last year.

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Police and prisons to separate

Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, says his cabinet has “fully approved the recommendations” from a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Police and Prisons.

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Earthquakes follow floods

A second strong earthquake struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean yesterday morning as the Pacific nation was still reeling from the damage caused by torrential rain and flash flooding.

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Samoa's deputy PM found guilty

The deputy Prime Minister of Samoa has been found guilty of obstructing police while they tried to carry out a blood-alcohol test last year.

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In Brief: Cyclone Ita will cost a billion dollars

Queensland looks set to face a damage bill of up to one billion dollars after Cyclone Ita ravaged infrastructure and major industries.

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Protests at refugee policies

Thousands of people around Australia have marched in rallies calling for an end to the Federal Government’s policies on asylum seekers.

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Unlikely election decree breaches will be investigated

A Fiji opposition grouping says any breaches of the law by the military regime are unlikely to be investigated until democracy is restored.

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Child dies in Bougainville shake

Two strong earthquakes on Friday night in Bougainville claimed the life of a young child as houses collapsed in the southern provinces.

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Successful refugees may get to stay on Nauru

Some asylum seekers held in detention on Nauru will be able to temporarily settle on the island if they are found to be genuine refugees, Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says.

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