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New Caledonia: Founding party leaves pro-independence FLNKS umbrella 'until further notice'
New Caledonia's Progressist Union in Melanesia (UPM), one of the historic founding members of FLNKS, has announced its official withdrawal from the pro-independence umbrella.
Updated at 8:55 am on 15 November 2024
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World's largest coral discovered in Solomon Islands
The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres, making it larger than a blue whale. It is thought to be between 300 and 500 years old.
Updated at 7:43 am on 15 November 2024
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The scramble is on over New Zealand's aid programme
Terence Wood from the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre says: "If I were the leader of Pacific country, I'd be asking myself what's going on here."
Updated at 6:32 am on 15 November 2024
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Cook Islands' 'Miracle Baby' Mana's fight for life highlights critical gaps in local healthcare system
Mana Castledine kicked her way into the world, weighing only 653 grams and four months premature, after her mum, Louisa, was medevaced to Aotearoa.
Updated at 4:25 pm on 14 November 2024
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Why 'New Zealand Rugby League are worried' about the rise of Tonga and Samoa
For decades, there was an understood hierarchy in men's rugby league that went something like: Australia, New Zealand, England, a bit of daylight, then everyone else.
Updated at 4:22 pm on 14 November 2024
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Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs chair: Constitutional reform essential to tackle indigenous issues
Ratu Viliame Seruvakula says reviewing the country's 2013 Constitution "is obvious" to address the root causes of problems facing the indigenous population.
Updated at 3:57 pm on 14 November 2024
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French legislators discuss New Caledonia sovereignty
The French National Assembly and Senate presidents, Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher, met and held talks with a wide range of stakeholders.
Updated at 2:26 pm on 14 November 2024
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COP29: Tuvalu calls for fairer climate finance system for small island states
Prime Minister Feleti Teo is pushing for the new pledge, known as the New Collective Qualifying Goal, to be significantly higher than the previous goal of US$100 billion a year.
Updated at 11:34 am on 14 November 2024
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Top French Parliament duo in New Caledonia for three days
Analysis - The chairs of both French Parliament's upper and lower Houses arrived in New Caledonia on Sunday night for a crucial three-day visit.
Updated at 11:34 am on 14 November 2024
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Pacific Islands Forum chair urges SIDS leaders to remain hopeful at COP29
Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku has urged leaders from small island nations "not be disheartened," despite the "disappointing outcomes" of past UN climate summits.
Updated at 11:08 am on 14 November 2024
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'Fossil fuels are a curse': Greenpeace Pacific head responds Azerbaijan's COP29 remarks
The environment organisation's chief Pacific campaigner described the comments by Azerbaijan's president that oil and gas are a "gift of God" as "disappointing".
Updated at 11:08 am on 14 November 2024
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FIFA World Cup '26 qualifiers: Fiji and New Caledonia favourites to secure semifinal spots
The top two teams from the group will qualify for the semifinals in New Zealand in March 2025, to meet the top two Group B teams.
Updated at 7:39 am on 14 November 2024
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Cook Islands PM to lead community consultation on seabed mining in New Zealand
Public meetings will be held across Aotearoa starting on 17 November.
Updated at 7:05 am on 14 November 2024
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It's calmer at Porgera: What happens when the beefed-up security goes?
The recent violence at Porgera in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province, which claimed a number of lives and saw homes destroyed, has been brought under control by a beefed-up security presence.
Updated at 6:48 am on 14 November 2024
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Calls to restore funding for Pasifika literacy project
"For many Pasifika communities and families, the project helped mitigate the trauma of earlier generations who were not allowed to speak their languages in the classroom."
Updated at 6:48 am on 14 November 2024
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Abuse in care survivors seek meaningful redress and cultural restoration
Survivors of abuse in faith and state-based institutions seek meaningful redress that restores their cultural identity, following the New Zealand government's formal apology.
Updated at 6:48 am on 14 November 2024
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Father of late Fijian boxer plans lawsuit against Boxing Commission and promoter
Gyan Singh says the Boxing Commission of Fiji and the South Pacific Boxing Promotions need to be held accountable for Ubayd Haider's untimely passing.
Updated at 2:44 pm on 13 November 2024
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Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika look strong on paper, but can they make it to the top in 2025?
Opinion - They should now should be matured enough to take on the best and finish above the best, writes Iliesa Tora.
Updated at 12:19 pm on 13 November 2024
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Over a third of PNG’s logging exports come from abusive forest clearing practices
Civil society groups and community representatives from across Papua New Guinea say the government must take action to end the widespread abuse of Forest Clearing Authorities (FCAs).
Updated at 10:41 am on 13 November 2024
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Papua New Guinean woman says indigenous language 'so important to hold on to'
A Papua New Guinean woman on a journey to learn her native tongue says language weeks should only be a starting point.
Updated at 7:16 am on 13 November 2024
