Pacific News Search
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More details emerge in top UN Pacific official saga
Allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the case of a senior UN manager at the Fiji multi-county office who has been put on "administrative leave".
Updated at 5:42 pm on 19 May 2023
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High chief risks arrest by attending Great Council meeting in Fiji
Lau high chief Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara will attend the Great Council of Chiefs meeting on Bau island next week even as a border alert remains effective against him.
Updated at 4:02 pm on 19 May 2023
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Vanuatu's opposition leader pulls motion of no confidence in PM
The leader of the opposition in Vanuatu, Bob Loughman, has withdrawn his motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau.
Updated at 2:44 pm on 19 May 2023
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Sports news in brief for May 19
Round-up of sports news from around the Pacific including the latest results from the Oceania Champions League
Updated at 1:48 pm on 19 May 2023
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Pasifika will benefit from wider Budget says NZ minister
New Zealand's Pacific package in its annual Budget focuses on strengthening the Pasifika workforce and includes funding for media entities to deliver Pacific language programming.
Updated at 1:12 pm on 19 May 2023
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FijiFirst angry over suspension by Acting Registrar of Political Parties
Fiji's largest party in parliament, Fiji First, has called its suspension unfair and biased.
Updated at 12:29 pm on 19 May 2023
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Pacific news in brief for May 19
Round-up of news in brief including who is replacing Joe Biden at PNG summit
Updated at 11:58 am on 19 May 2023
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'Home truths' dished out as Drua look to bounce back
Fijian Drua can be expected to perform better this Saturday against the New South Wales Waratahs than they did last week against the Western Force in Super Rugby Pacific.
Updated at 7:58 am on 19 May 2023
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Top UN Pacific official stood down after 'unsatisfactory conduct' complaints
A high-ranking United Nations executive in the Pacific has been temporarily stood down from his role after complaints of "unsatisfactory conduct" were received against him.
Updated at 4:41 pm on 18 May 2023
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USAID to reform public service in the Pacific
The United States Agency for International Development is funding a series of programmes to improve the quality of public agencies across the Pacific.
Updated at 3:45 pm on 18 May 2023
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Sports news in brief for May 18
Round-up of sports news in the Pacific
Updated at 2:40 pm on 18 May 2023
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Top adviser says Biden will meet Pacific leaders this year
A senior US official close to the US President says Joe Biden will arrange another summit of Pacific island leaders after cancelling his PNG trip.
Updated at 1:10 pm on 18 May 2023
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US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign deals
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed 20-year extensions of funding arrangements.
Updated at 12:00 pm on 18 May 2023
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Creating mechanisms to get Pacific youth involved in policy-making
The University of the South Pacific Students' Association (USPSA) has launched a Youth Advisory Board on Governance.
Updated at 11:57 am on 18 May 2023
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Anti-nuclear group criticises France for 'downplaying' impact of tests
French Polynesia's anti-nuclear organisation Association 193 has criticised the latest French report about the impact of the French nuclear weapons tests.
Updated at 10:28 am on 18 May 2023
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Brown tells global leaders they are failing on climate change
The Pacific Islands Forum chair has taken aim at global leaders for failing to keep their climate promises.
Updated at 9:24 am on 18 May 2023
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Auckland City into OFC semi-finals
Defending champions Auckland City FC have illustrated their title credentials with a clinical 3-1 win over Fiji's Suva FC in their second match at the Oceania Champions League in Vanuatu.
Updated at 9:24 am on 18 May 2023
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Australia's Pacific budget boost is a response to geopolitical competition
The Australian government has committed almost three quarters of its $AU1.9 billion Pacific budget-package to enhance "peace and security" in the region.
Updated at 12:11 am on 18 May 2023
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Samoan beauty queen a beacon of hope in NZ foster system
A clinical nurse specialist and beauty queen is working alongside Oranga Tamariki (Ministry of Children) social workers to make the health system more accessible for young people.
Updated at 7:05 pm on 17 May 2023
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Forum head Puna working hard to engage with China
The secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum is continuing to work on getting China onboard with the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, which recognises the Pacific as a collective.
Updated at 4:50 pm on 17 May 2023
