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Pacific
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.
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.
Malolo a lesson for landowners
FIJI – A Fiji opposition MP says events on the island of Malolo should be a warning to all landowners in the country.
Islanders are ready to work
SOLOMON ISLANDS – More than 1000 Solomon Islanders are competing for 200 places in a “work ready pool” which could land them jobs in Australia.
284 Apec vehicles still missing
PAPUA NEW GUINA – Papua New Guinea police are still seeking the return of nearly 300 imported cars loaned to officials for driving world leaders around its capital during last year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.
Tongan players keen to come home
TONGA – Some Tongan rugby players would return from Europe “in a heartbeat” to play for a Pacific Super Rugby team, Tonga head coach Toutai Kefu says.
PNG to ban Facebook for a month
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinean government is to ban Facebook for a month in a bid to crack down on “fake users” and study the effects the website is having on the nation’s population.
Samoan language in the spotlight
NEW ZEALAND – Samoans in New Zealand are celebrating their culture and identity as part of annual efforts to encourage more people to be bilingual.
Village gives up suspects
SAMOA – The Salelavalu village council on Samoa’s Savai‘i Island has handed two men to police over a brawl last Saturday with youths from Salelologa village.
Games sues Tonga for millions
TONGA – The Pacific Games Council and Tonga’s Olympic Committee (TASANOC) have lodged a claim for millions of dollars of damages against the Tonga government for its late withdrawal from hosting the 2019 event.
Whales wash ashore after being shot
TONGA – Four whales have washed up dead on a remote Pacific island, with witnesses claiming all of the whales had been shot in the head.
Pacific rugby squad gets player backing
PACIFIC – A proposed combined Pacific Islands Super Rugby team has the backing of a number of former players and administrators.
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NCD GRAPHIC DESIGN CONTEST LAUNCHED
France displays Pacific 'schizophrenia'
FRENCH PACIFIC – A leading French Polynesian pro-independence politician has described the French government’s stance towards its Pacific colonies as “schizophrenic”.
Fiji times writers not guilty of sedition
Three senior journalists and an opinion writer at the Fiji Times have been found not guilty of charges of sedition by a panel of three assessors.
President's visit sparks criticism
New Caledonia's Labour Party says it doesn't share the enthusiasm over the visit of the French president Emmanuel Macron's two weeks ago.
Pacific blamed for NZ drug issues
New Zealand's associate finance minister has blamed "closely failed states in the Pacific" for his country's drug problems.
The island fruit that caused a mutiny
French Polynesians - The French Polynesians have a legend about a famine that occurred on the island of Ra’iatea.
Combined Pacific squad 'about bloody time'
“It is about bloody time.” Those are the words a senior figure in New Zealand rugby said when I was investigating the plans to get a Pacific team into the Super Rugby competition.
Plan for united Pacific rugby team
PACIFIC – A secret plan to create a combined Pacific Islands rugby team with players from Samoa, Fiji and Tonga has been revealed.
Six dead in row over disputed land
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – As many as six people have reportedly been killed in renewed tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands province of Enga during the weekend.
Russian navy ship visits Port Moresby
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Russian warship will make a port visit to Papua New Guinea for the first time this week.