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Redevelopment plans for Cook Islands wins international awards
Landscape redevelopment plans for Avarua, the main town on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and the island of Aitutaki, have won international landscape architecture awards.
Updated at 11:53 am on 8 September 2022
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New approaches called for in PNG to get more women into parliament
An advocate for more equal representation in parliament wants a Senate to be created in Papua New Guinea as a way of getting more women elected.
Updated at 11:48 am on 8 September 2022
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Fiji's choice as election looms
Opinion - whoever emerges as the winner of Fiji's general election will be a product of Fiji's series of coups
Updated at 10:18 am on 8 September 2022
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MP derides 'excuse' of Pacfic Games to delay election
The Solomon Islands' opposition says the Government is using the Pacific Games as an excuse to extend the life of parliament.
Updated at 8:05 am on 8 September 2022
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Young stars aim to shine as football cup returns after four years
After a four year absence the best young male players from across Oceania will again contest the Oceania U-19 Championship which kicks off on Wednesday in Tahiti.
Updated at 7:34 am on 8 September 2022
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French Polynesia moves towards ban on 'craziness' of seabed mining
French Polynesia has voted a draft opinion for a temporary ban on seabed mining projects.
Updated at 7:33 am on 8 September 2022
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New Zealand boost for sexual, reproductive health in Pacific
The New Zealand Foreign Minister has announced increased support for sexual and reproductive health in the Pacific.
Updated at 7:25 am on 8 September 2022
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Vanuatu snap election timeline announced
In Vanuatu over 300,000 registered voters will go to the polls for a snap election on October 13.
Updated at 6:57 am on 8 September 2022
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Pacific news in brief for September 2
New commissioner for French Polynesia; French Polynesia paper be set for a comeback; and big dollar boost for Palau
Updated at 6:26 am on 8 September 2022
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Seven-year-old boy shot dead by brother
Tongan Police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot.
Updated at 3:06 pm on 7 September 2022
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Pacific news in brief for September 7
Marape's boost for PNG health, plea for funds for Tonga recovery, and scale of armed violence-related death in West Papua revealed
Updated at 2:38 pm on 7 September 2022
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Kiribati president suspends three judges following ruling
The Kiribati Government has suspended three senior judges after they stopped the deportation of High Court justice and Australian citizen David Lambourne.
Updated at 2:38 pm on 7 September 2022
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Fijiana face high-profile sides ahead of Rugby World Cup
The Fiji women's rugby team will play two test matches as it prepares for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup.
Updated at 10:21 am on 7 September 2022
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Damage continues to be caused by shutdown mine says Bougainville MP
A Cabinet Minister in the Papua New Guinea autonomous region of Bougainville says damage continues to be caused by the long shut down Panguna mine.
Updated at 9:23 am on 7 September 2022
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Govt committed to Air Vanuatu says minister
The Vanuatu caretaker minister in charge of Air Vanuatu, Jay Ngwele, says the government is committed to financially support the struggling state-owned enterprise.
Updated at 9:23 am on 7 September 2022
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Pacific news in brief for September 6
Fiji to remove Covid tests on arrival; Typhoid fever cases on the rise in Samoa; PNG's PM wants journalists to stop calling or texting directly, and more
Updated at 11:44 am on 6 September 2022
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Former president decries 'black eye' for Marshalls following bribery scandal
A former Marshall Islands President wants to know what the government will do about officials involved in a bribery scandal.
Updated at 8:31 am on 6 September 2022
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Sporting news in brief
Warriors beat the Manuma, PNG player gutted at coach's dismissal, and China boost for Tonga table tennis
Updated at 1:23 pm on 5 September 2022
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As Japan builds nuclear dumping facilities, Pacific groups say 'stop'
Pacific civil society groups are calling on Japan to halt its plans to dump radioactive nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
Updated at 1:15 pm on 5 September 2022
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Kiribati drought at critical stage says UN body
Fears of malnutrition and other illnesses are mounting in Kiribati as the country grapples with an ongoing drought.
Updated at 11:50 am on 5 September 2022
