Pacific News Search
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Fiji Rugby Union trustees find debt is even higher
The Fiji Rugby Union Trustees Board has admitted the dire financial situation it has uncovered is far worse than initially thought.
Updated at 11:52 am on 28 June 2023
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Melanesia tops Oceania Cup
The combined Melanesian athletics team won the 2023 Oceania Cup held in Saipan, Northern Marianas at the weekend.
Updated at 10:10 am on 28 June 2023
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Cook Islands Netball names squad with an eye on the future
Cook Islands Netball has named a strong squad as it prepares for the Pacific Games later this year.
Updated at 10:05 am on 28 June 2023
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Pacific news in brief for June 27
Round-up of Pacific stories from West Papua to French Polynesia
Updated at 3:26 pm on 27 June 2023
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Marshall Islands Compact held up by nuclear legacy
Marshall Islands' parliamentary speaker says a lack of agreement on the US nuclear legacy is holding up the country's Compact Review negotiations.
Updated at 1:46 pm on 27 June 2023
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Race on to document Melanesian tongues says researcher
A Pacific language researcher says there is a race against time to document creole languages in Melanesia before they evolve or die out.
Updated at 11:36 am on 27 June 2023
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Japan Test gives Manu Samoa chance to 'see where we are at'
Manu Samoa's head coach believes their first warm-up game for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, against Japan in July, will reveal where they are in their preparations.
Updated at 11:05 am on 27 June 2023
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Ex-Pacific leaders want UN action on cleaning up shipping industry
A group of former Pacific leaders want the UN agency mandated to regulate international shipping "to take meaningful strides" to end the industry's reliance on dirty fossil fuels.
Updated at 10:17 am on 27 June 2023
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Sports news in brief for June 27
Round-up of sports news from around the Pacific including young Fijian's battling performance against Australia at world cup
Updated at 10:09 am on 27 June 2023
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Convicted Vanuatu funds manager quits following public pressure
The General Manager of the Vanuatu National Provident Fund has resigned, a week after being found guilty on several charges.
Updated at 11:55 pm on 26 June 2023
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Pacific news in brief for June 26
Round-up of news from around the Pacific
Updated at 11:53 pm on 26 June 2023
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'We carry the voice of the colonised people' - delegates speak of independence ambitions at UN
France's grip on its overseas territories in the Pacific may be waning, with pro-independence delegates now claiming to have the support of the majority of their indigenous people in their territories.
Updated at 11:50 pm on 26 June 2023
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PNG MP to ask court for clarity on US agreements
Papua New Guinea's opposition leader Joseph Lelang says he is going to ask the Supreme Court for a legal interpretation of both the Bilateral Defence Cooperation and the Shiprider agreements.
Updated at 10:19 am on 26 June 2023
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Papuan leader says Indonesia intensifying military operations
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says Indonesia is once again ramping up military operations in its Papuan provinces.
Updated at 8:27 am on 26 June 2023
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Pacific welcomes adoption of High Seas Treaty by UN
The world is another step closer to protecting 30 percent of the ocean after the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty was adopted by the United Nations in New York.
Updated at 7:37 am on 26 June 2023
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Pasifika players out to impress All Blacks coach in Super rugby final
Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan says the two wins over the Crusaders this season will count for nothing when the teams face off in Hamilton on Saturday night in the Super Rugby Pacific final.
Updated at 5:38 pm on 24 June 2023
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Bougainville minister's anger over change of vote on independence
A cabinet minister in Bougainville is furious that the Papua New Guinea Government has decided to make a vote on independence an absolute majority instead of the agreed simple majority.
Updated at 5:34 pm on 24 June 2023
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Nuclear experts would drink Japan's treated radioactive wastewater
Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.
Updated at 3:17 pm on 23 June 2023
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Oceania footballers gaining invaluable experience on Asian tours
There have been promising results and bad ones but the rare experience of playing in Asia for some Pacific football teams this FIFA international window augurs well for the Pacific Games later this year.
Updated at 1:49 pm on 23 June 2023
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Pacific news in brief for June 23
Round-up of news in brief from around the Pacific
Updated at 1:31 pm on 23 June 2023
