Pacific News Search
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Papua New Guinea and NZ name athletics teams for Pacific Games
Papua New Guinea and New Zealand have named their athletics teams for the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands later this year.
Updated at 10:15 am on 13 September 2023
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Women's World Cup rubbing off as Oceania sides prepare for U-16 cup
The Oceania U-16s women's Championship kicks off this week, with players taking inspiration from the FIFA Women's World Cup held this winter in New Zealand and Australia.
Updated at 9:27 am on 13 September 2023
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Pacific news in brief for September 12
A round-up of news in brief from around the region.
Updated at 6:26 pm on 12 September 2023
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Vanuatu govt's plans to remove speaker parked until next Wednesday
The Office of the Speaker of Parliament in Vanuatu says an attempt to remove the speaker through a vote of no confidence must wait until next week.
Updated at 5:08 pm on 12 September 2023
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Small state leaders lament 'lack of political will' to act on climate at maritime court meet
Leaders from a dozen climate vulnerable countries have criticised "endless" climate change negotiations at the start of an unprecedented maritime court hearing in Germany this week.
Updated at 1:41 pm on 12 September 2023
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Pacific Games: how it all began 60 years ago
The Pacific Games celebrates six decades this year. Craig Stephen looks back at those very first Games, which took place in Fiji in 1963.
Updated at 1:39 pm on 12 September 2023
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Tongans beating the cost of living through gardening club
A Tongan community in Auckland has set up a gardening club to grow their own food to combat the high cost of living.
Updated at 8:47 am on 12 September 2023
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Battling the stigma of mental health across the Pacific
Mental health remains a stigma in the Pacific, but there might be some good news out of the Cook Islands.
Updated at 8:40 am on 12 September 2023
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Pacific news in brief for September 11
A round-up of Pacific news in brief from around the region.
Updated at 5:36 pm on 11 September 2023
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Grace Road saga continues in Fiji as sect's leader now in detention
The leader of the Korean Christian cult group Grace Road has been arrested and detained by the Fijian authorities
Updated at 5:19 pm on 11 September 2023
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Tonga's no confidence vote against PM spotlights political fracture
Lines of party and political allegiances in Tonga's parliament appear to have shifted in the wake of a failed vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni.
Updated at 4:33 pm on 11 September 2023
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PNG leader Marape says Papua human rights comments were not his
PNG Prime Minister has backtracked on his comments that PNG had no right to comment on human rights abuses in West Papua and has offered a clarification.
Updated at 11:54 am on 11 September 2023
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Pay parity an electoral issue among South Island Pasifika
A Pacific leader in New Zealand's South Island wants the future government to prioritise bridging the Pacific pay-gap.
Updated at 10:55 am on 11 September 2023
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Rugby World Cup 2023: Recap - Fiji vs Wales
Fiji lost 26-32 to Wales in a thrilling Rugby World Cup pool match at Stade de Bordeaux. Look back at all the action with RNZ's updates.
Updated at 9:32 am on 11 September 2023
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Pacific health researcher looking into how kava can aid trauma
A New Zealand-based health researcher is looking into how kava can help those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Updated at 7:10 am on 11 September 2023
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RWC2023: Fiji names strongest possible side for Wales clash
Flyhalf Teti Tela says he is under no pressure as he prepares to face Wales in the Flying Fijians first pool match at the Rugby World Cup at the Stade de Bordeaux on Sunday night in France.
Updated at 10:27 pm on 10 September 2023
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RWC2023: Past games irrelevant as Fiji prepares for the Welsh
Fiji have form and history on their side, but the Pacific Islanders are ignoring that as they prepare for their opening Rugby World Cup game.
Updated at 1:52 pm on 9 September 2023
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Advocacy group joins forces with Banaban community to highlight struggle
Amid fears of more mining on the already decimated Kiribati island of Banaba, the residents there, and Banabans on Rabi Island in Fiji, have been receiving help from the international advocacy group, ICAAD.
Updated at 1:27 pm on 9 September 2023
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Pacific news in brief for September 8
A round-up of news in brief from around the region.
Updated at 6:26 pm on 8 September 2023
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Marape: PNG no right to comment on abuses in West Papua
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has told Indonesia's president Joko Widodo that PNG has no right to criticise Jakarta over what he calls alleged human rights abuses in West Papua.
Updated at 3:30 pm on 8 September 2023
