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Niue works towards 'self-sustaining' future with NZ
An MP in Niue wants New Zealand to support the realm to stand on its own two feet economically.
Updated at 8:59 am on 6 June 2024
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Commercial flights resume from Nouméa after weeks of unrest in New Caledonia
Only a limited number of international flights will be operational, in what AirCalin terms as a "light" and "modified" schedule.
Updated at 9:08 pm on 5 June 2024
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Aid starts to arrive for PNG landslide disaster victims
The International Organisation for Migration says 7847 people in the area had been affected by the landslide while around 1650 had been displaced.
Updated at 6:43 pm on 5 June 2024
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Lawyer Graham Leung is Fiji's new attorney-general, Siromi Turaga sidelined
Fiji government has stripped the role of chief legal advisor from its Justice Minister Siromi Turaga and appointed lawyer Graham Leung as the new Attorney-General.
Updated at 3:52 pm on 5 June 2024
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Pacific news in brief for June 5
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands
Updated at 3:44 pm on 5 June 2024
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Papua New Guinea explains lack of rush over Bougainville referendum
Minister of Bougainville Affairs, Manasseh Makiba, says the Bougainville referendum is a sensitive issue and the government will not take any short cuts in dealing with it.
Updated at 1:49 pm on 5 June 2024
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Prime Christopher Luxon, Dalton Tagelagi announce $20m in Niue energy project
New Zealand plans to invest $20.5 million into a new, large-scale, renewable energy project in Niue, reducing the island nation's reliance on diesel.
Updated at 11:14 am on 5 June 2024
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Olympics is the biggest goal of any athlete says Fijian-born weightlifter
Eileen Cikamatana's path to her first Olympics has been anything but straightforward but the Fijian-born weightlifter punched her ticket to Paris at the weekend.
Updated at 9:17 am on 5 June 2024
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Cutting strings in the Pacific
The Detail - The push for independence in the region is getting messy, with far-away powers having strategic and economic reasons for hanging on to their colonies.
Updated at 7:17 am on 5 June 2024
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US seeks consultation on missile defence trials at Guam
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is giving the people of Guam 30 days for public consultation on a decade-long proposal to test missile defences at Guam.
Updated at 5:03 pm on 4 June 2024
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Solomon Islands: More than half of the MPs in new parliament facing election petitions
Twenty-eight electoral petitions challenging the results of the April Solomon Islands elections are now with the High Court.
Updated at 4:50 pm on 4 June 2024
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Northern Marianas cry out more for more flights to keep economy afloat
Saipan Chamber of Commerce director Ron Smith says a minimum of 12 international flights need to be arriving daily to keep the economy above water.
Updated at 3:44 pm on 4 June 2024
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Vanuatu referendum: Vote counting underway
Vote counting is now underway for Vanuatu's first national referendum on constitutional changes aimed at curbing political instability in the country.
Updated at 3:44 pm on 4 June 2024
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France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia
Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories Gérald Darmanin says the armoured vehicles will help put an end to all roadblocks and completely re-establish public order.
Updated at 2:01 pm on 4 June 2024
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Luxon's visit demonstrates NZ 'commitment to development' - Niue leader
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will meet with Premier Dalton Tagelagi, and celebrate 50 years of Niue's self-government in free association.
Updated at 11:53 am on 4 June 2024
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Baron Waqa begins role as Pacific Islands Forum secretary general
The former Nauru president is the first Nauruan national to assume the role of the Forum secretary general.
Updated at 9:05 am on 4 June 2024
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Leitualaalemalietoa Lynn Lolokini Pavihi: champion of Vagahau Niue receives MNZM
Leitualaalemalietoa Lynn Lolokini Pavihi, a champion of the Niuean language, has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Pacific education.
Updated at 4:57 pm on 3 June 2024
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Pasifika Sipoti - results from the weekend
A round-up of results from weekend sports, including rugby, rugby league, cricket
Updated at 4:56 pm on 3 June 2024
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50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism
This King's Birthday, the New Zealand Order of Merit recognises Professor David Robie's 50 years of service to Pacific journalism.
Updated at 4:29 pm on 3 June 2024
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Pacific news in brief for June 3
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a Samoan village fining parents who do not send their children to school.
Updated at 4:14 pm on 3 June 2024
