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Taumalolo penalised for dangerous tackle, Moana Pasifika to play for home crowd
Updated at 1:53 pm on 26 September 2022
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Samoa PM points to climate change as key challenge
Samoa's prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says climate change remains her country's number one priority.
Updated at 12:16 pm on 26 September 2022
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Tonga PM focuses on rebuild after volcano calamity
Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni says his government's national priority is to rebuild back better.
Updated at 11:10 am on 26 September 2022
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New Zealand again win U-19 football championship
New Zealand have won the OFC Under-19 Championship 2022 after a 3-0 win over Fiji in Papeete.
Updated at 8:58 am on 26 September 2022
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Huge cocaine shipment seized in Tahiti
Customs officials and police in French Polynesia have seized 423 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in a Swedish yacht.
Updated at 8:26 am on 26 September 2022
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Vohor leaves UMP to form new Vanuatu party
A former Vanuatu prime minister and the president of the Union of Moderate Parties has split from his party to form a new one.
Updated at 8:16 am on 26 September 2022
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Pacific news in brief for September 24
Tuvalu's PM says vague promises have done little for Pacific atolls; Pasifika players shine at NRL club awards, and more.
Updated at 11:00 am on 24 September 2022
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Nauruans vote for a new parliament
Nauruan voters head to the polls today with polling stations open till this evening.
Updated at 10:58 am on 24 September 2022
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Radio stations unite to improve usage of indigenous languages
Two radio stations linked to the French Pacific's decolonisation movements want to co-operate to lift the use of indigenous languages.
Updated at 9:36 am on 24 September 2022
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Marshall Islands calls off talks after no US response on nuclear legacy plan
The Marshall Islands has pulled the plug on talks with the US aimed at finalising aspects of the Compact of Free Association, under which Washington provides its former colony with aid and assistance.
Updated at 8:55 am on 24 September 2022
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Vanuatu formally launches push for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Vanuatu is calling on other nations to join it in establishing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.
Updated at 6:49 am on 24 September 2022
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Micronesia leader pleads with US, China to work to save the planet
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has told the United Nations that the US and China need to resume communication for the sake of climate change.
Updated at 10:20 pm on 23 September 2022
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Pacific netball teams will be tested in Australian tournament
Netball Australia has confirmed its hosting of the Pacific-Aus Sport Netball Series in Queensland.
Updated at 12:45 pm on 23 September 2022
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Sports news in brief
Chinese minister praises Honiara collaboration on Pacific Games Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has spoken highly of the nation's ties with Solomon Islands, with the countries working together to deliver...
Updated at 12:36 pm on 23 September 2022
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Pacific news in brief for September 23
Lack of fuel hindering aviation, police want ex-Samoa PM charged, and five arrest in PNG over violence
Updated at 12:36 pm on 23 September 2022
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Women's tournament could be added to MSG football Cup
Women's football could be included in the next MSG Prime Minister's Football Cup.
Updated at 10:32 am on 23 September 2022
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Volcanic Tongan island keeps on growing
The island created by a volcanic eruption in Tonga continues to grow.
Updated at 10:02 am on 23 September 2022
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Tunoa on Tokelau family ends after more than a year
The Taupulega, or council, on the Tokelau atoll of Nukunonu, has lifted a house arrest order on a family which had refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Updated at 8:39 am on 23 September 2022
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Fiji qualify for U-20 World Cup after tight semi-final win
Fiji have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia next year with a 1-0 win over New Caledonia in their Oceania U-19s Cup semi-final in Tahiti.
Updated at 7:19 am on 23 September 2022
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Former MP jailed for corruption
Former Fiji MP Salote Radrodro has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years' jail for corruption.
Updated at 6:52 am on 23 September 2022
