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American Samoa governor candidates set for election runoff
7 Nov 2024No team received more than 50 percent of the votes, so there will be a run off election in two weeks time to elect the governor and lieutenant governor.
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Two RSE workers remain in hospital
Two Tongan seasonal workers remain in hospital after a bus carrying 30 RSE labourers rolled near Rotorua.
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Line-by-line: is New Zealand aid set to decline?
7 Nov 2024New Zealand's aid spend is going to fall substantially in coming years, writes Terence Wood.
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'Extremely stark' under-5 mortality in Kiribati
In 2015, the country recorded 56 deaths per 1000 live births, more than twice the regional average. Audio
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Pacific news in brief for 7 November
7 Nov 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Fijian Prime Minister apologising again for starting the coup culture in the country.
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PNG pharmacologist appointed to lead Pacific Academy of Sciences
7 Nov 2024Professor Teatulohi Matainaho has been involved in researching traditional medicine and in drug discovery for diseases, such as malaria, cancer, HIV, and Tuberculosis.
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Mark Brown insists new passports won't affect ties with New Zealand
6 Nov 2024The Cook Islands leader says new passport proposal will not impact ties with Aotearoa, but a New Zealand Foreign Affairs spoeksperson says it "would have implications". Audio
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Climate change pushback if Trump wins - environmental group
6 Nov 2024Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield says: "If Trump wins, it will push back on any progress that has been made in the climate change negotiations since he was last in office."
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Bougainville chasing US support for independence
6 Nov 2024Journalist Patrick Winn, writing for The World website, reported that Toroama wants the support of Washington and has offered Bougainville as a site for an American military base.
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PNG plea for govt action over large scale illegal logging
6 Nov 2024Civil society groups and community representatives from across Papua New Guinea have gathered in Port Moresby to demand government action.
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How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations
6 Nov 2024Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security Studies senior lecturer Anna Powles said it will no doubt have an impact on small island nations.
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American Samoa voters to select governor, lieutenant governor, and US Congress rep
6 Nov 2024Polling stations opened at 6am and will close at 6pm, with results expected by midnight. The number of voters registered for the election is 15,945.
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Seilala Mapusua joins Moana Pasifika coaching team
6 Nov 2024Moana Pasifika head coach Fa'alogo Tana Umaga said his rugby knowledge and attention to detail will be of huge benefit to the players and the team.
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Kimberlyn King-Hinds wins delegate race in CNMI
6 Nov 2024The Republican Party candidate from the Northern Mariana Islands won the race for CNMI's lone non-voting delegate in the US House of Representatives.
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Unofficial election results coming in for Guam, Palau, CNMI
6 Nov 2024Meanwhile, American Samoa's voting day has kicked off alongside the US election today.
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French Pacific news in brief
4 Nov 2024A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific, including parishioners returning to a burned mission site in New Caledonia.
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'Just play footy'
6 Nov 2024That is the message Tonga XIII head coach Kristian Woolf has given his warriors as they prepare to meet the champion Australia Kangaroos in Sydney on Sunday.
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PINA backs Palau newspaper amid defamation lawsuit
The association's president Kalafi Moala said the role of the media as defenders of democracy is more crucial now than ever before.
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Panguna mine report set to reveal severe damage and threat to communities
5 Nov 2024The mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region was the catalyst for the nearly ten-year long civil war through the 1990s.
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US territories push for political influence in the 2024 elections
5 Nov 2024In the lead-up to the 2024 US elections, diaspora leaders from US territories began discussions on how their communities can participate in the political process.
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Pacific Championships: Sydney to host four-game finale
5 Nov 2024Australia, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa are all in action on Sunday.
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Palau election 2024: Whipps Jr seeks second term against Remengesau Jr
According to the Palau Election Commission, the total number of registered voters as of 15 July 2024 was 16,627.
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CNMI votes 2024: Voters in the US territory cast ballots
5 Nov 2024While citizens of the CNMI cannot vote for the US president, the highlight of the general elections is the US delegate race.
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Prioritising primary healthcare is essential, WHO's Western Pacific director says
Tonga's Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala said that the regional committee on digital health and health financing approved two regional frameworks at its seventy-fifth session.
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