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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.
Ireland halt All Blacks' unbeaten run
NEW ZEALAND – Ireland produced a heroic performance to beat New Zealand 40-29 in Chicago on Saturday, ending the All Blacks’ record 18-match winning streak and recording its first victory over the world champions in 29 tests spanning 111 years.
LAPD style policing not wanted in Samoa
SAMOA – A vote of no confidence in Samoa’s suspended Police Commissioner Egon Keil has been sent to the prime minister.
Election fee hike challenged
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s parliamentary opposition is to challenge the government’s proposal to increase the nomination fee in the Supreme Court if passed.
Refugee 'secretly' deported to Nauru
Man in Australia for medical care flown out at night
Samoa anxiously awaits medal confirmation
SAMOA – All of Samoa is anxiously awaiting the International Olympic Committee’s official announcement to award the rightful silver medal that belongs to Ele Opeloge for her outstanding performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Samoan woman on top of the world
SAMOA – A 44-year-old Samoan woman has walked on top of the world.
Election nomination fees to rise tenfold
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea government is planning a national election nomination fee for next year of 10,000 kina or US$3150.
RNZIStigmata examined by Vatican
SAMOA – Samoa will soon find out if a woman claiming to be carrying the marks of Jesus Christ’s suffering is genuine, the Samoa Observer reports.
Strong reaction to refugee ban
AUSTRALIA – The United Nations says it’s profoundly concerned by Australia’s plan to ban refugees who arrived by boat from ever returning to Australia.
Hints of North America refugee deal
AUSTRALIA – Australia is reportedly close to signing a deal to resettle refugees from the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres in a third country, but Prime Minister John Key says it’s not with New Zealand.
Legislation pending on powers of Samoan chiefs
SAMOA – Public consultations in progress in Samoa this week are looking at the roles and functions of the head chief of Samoa families, known in samoa as sa‘os.
Man who went to find himself got lost
MALAYSIA – An Australian hiker who was lost in a remote Malaysian national park for two weeks says he resorted to eating wild ferns to survive.
Immigration 'freezing' information
Australia’s Immigration Department in breach of Freedom Of Information Act over Nauru documents
Refugees may be sent to North America
AUSTRALIA – Australian media reports say refugees held on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and Nauru will be offered permanent resettlement in Canada and the US as part of an Australian government plan.
Environmental concerns allayed
SAMOA – The chief executive officer of Samoa’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is adamant the government’s multi-million-tala Vaiusu wharf plan development will not harm the environment and cause and ecological disaster for Samoa.
Petition against police chief
SAMOA – A no-confidence petition against the suspended Samoa Police Commissioner accuses Fuiavailili Egon Keil of breaching the law .
No progress in brutal beating inquiry
FIJI – A human rights lawyer in Fiji says a year after Lautoka businessman Rajneel Singh was attacked, allegedly by police, no progress has been made in getting him justice.
Boat people face lifetime ban from entering Australia
AUSTRALIA – The Australian government plans to introduce legislation to ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever being allowed into Australia.
Nauru prosecutors under fire from judiciary
NAURU – A Nauruan magistrate has criticised the country’s prosecutors over their handling of a case brought against a refugee on the island who threatened to set fire to himself and his family.
Refugee girl aged six abused on Nauru
NAURU – Nauruan police have charged a person with indecent assault of a six-year-old asylum seeker who was held in Australia’s care, in what appears to be the first case relating to alleged abuse of an asylum seeker that has made it to Nauru’s courts.