Pacific News Search
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Hundreds of Guam typhoon victims to be relocated to new shelter
A new shelter is opening in Tamuning, Guam, to help ease the strain on Government-run facilities catering for those left homeless by Typhoon Mawar.
Updated at 2:11 pm on 8 June 2023
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Pacific news in brief for June 7
A round-up of news from around the Pacific including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tokelau and Vanuatu
Updated at 12:25 pm on 8 June 2023
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Pacific news in brief for June 8
Round-up of news from around the Pacific including Hawaii, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Samoa
Updated at 11:09 am on 8 June 2023
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Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities
Community leaders around the Panguna Mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following recent flooding.
Updated at 5:59 pm on 7 June 2023
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Pasifika art gallery gains popularity in Christchurch
A Christchurch art gallery that displays exclusively Pasifika art has brought in nearly 8000 Pacific visitors since opening in July.
Updated at 4:47 pm on 7 June 2023
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Film-maker 'poured his heart' into documentary about Samoan tatau
It's believed the traditional Samoan tatau, or tattoos, have been around for more than 3000 years and survived attempts to ban it. Legend has it the tatau was gifted to...
Updated at 3:16 pm on 7 June 2023
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Australia urged to help refugees experiencing 'life and death' situation in PNG
Calls are growing louder for Canberra to bring all refugees - who had sought asylum in Australia but were detained offshore - into the country for medical treatment and processing.
Updated at 2:33 pm on 7 June 2023
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Vanuatu PM: climate change is greatest threat to regional security
Vanuatu Prime Minister, Ishmael Kalsakau, says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific peoples and their way of life as identified by Forum Leaders in the Boe Declaration.
Updated at 1:55 pm on 7 June 2023
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Rabuka renews Fiji-New Zealand links in meeting with Chris Hipkins
Fiji's prime minister was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday morning.
Updated at 12:51 pm on 7 June 2023
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Sports news in brief for June 7
Round-up of sports stories from the Pacific including a 13-year-old striking sensation
Updated at 12:05 pm on 7 June 2023
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Moetai Brotherson in France for talks
French Polynesia's new president is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Updated at 10:24 am on 7 June 2023
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Pacific news in brief for June 6
Round up of news from around the Pacific including Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Guam, Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati, Samoa, and French Polynesia
Updated at 3:53 pm on 6 June 2023
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Bougainville referendum due to be tabled in PNG parliament
A report on Bougainville's quest for independence from Papua New Guinea could be tabled in the national parliament in the session that starts today.
Updated at 2:31 pm on 6 June 2023
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PNG Garamuts eye World Cup spot
A berth at the ICC Men's under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka is on the minds of the Papua New Guinea team as they travel to compete in the East Asia Pacific qualifier in Darwin, Australia.
Updated at 1:47 pm on 6 June 2023
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West Papuan leader reiterates calls for release of NZ hostage
The leader of West Papua independence movement is reiterating his call to West Papua Liberation Army militants to release the New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens whom they have held hostage since February.
Updated at 1:15 pm on 6 June 2023
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Guam's indigenous people 'feel less safe' due to US military build-up
US military build-up on Guam makes it a target and puts safety of indigenous Chamorro people at risk, head of the Pacific Islands Development Programme at Hawaii's East West Center says.
Updated at 12:28 pm on 6 June 2023
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Widodo set to visit Port Moresby in July
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to make a state visit to Papua New Guinea next month.
Updated at 10:07 am on 6 June 2023
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Pacific News in brief for June 5
Round up of news from around the Pacific including Northern Mariana Islands, French Polynesia, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga as well as Australian and Canadian regional security stories.
Updated at 5:11 pm on 5 June 2023
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Tonga's Princess Siu'ilikutapu laid to rest
One of Tonga's most celebrated royals, the late Princess Mele Siu'ilikutapu, has been laid to rest in Nuku'alofa.
Updated at 4:39 pm on 5 June 2023
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Minister says FLNKS willing to discuss changes to election rolls
New Caledonia's pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to the French interior minister Gerald Darmanin.
Updated at 2:27 pm on 5 June 2023
