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Washington eases restriction on US territories' membership in PIF
6 Jun 2024The US government has agreed to allow US territories to join the Pacific Islands Forum as non-voting associate members, modifying an old policy that previously barred their participation.
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Commercial flights resume from Nouméa
5 Jun 2024Only a limited number of international flights will be operational, in what AirCalin terms as a "light" and "modified" schedule.
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No confidence motion against James Marape out of order, PNG Speaker rules
6 Jun 2024The Papua New Guinea parliament erupted on Wednesday when the Speaker, Job Pomat, again ruled that the opposition's motion for a vote of no confidence was out of order.
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Aid starts to arrive for PNG landslide disaster victims
5 Jun 2024The International Organisation for Migration says 7847 people in the area had been affected by the landslide while around 1650 had been displaced.
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PNG explains lack of rush over Bougainville referendum
5 Jun 2024Minister 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.
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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. Audio
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Prime Christopher Luxon, Dalton Tagelagi announce $20m in Niue energy project
5 Jun 2024New 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.
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Leung is Fiji's new attorney-general
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.
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Pacific news in brief for June 5
5 Jun 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands
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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.
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Olympics is the biggest goal of any athlete says Fijian-born weightlifter
5 Jun 2024Eileen 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.
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France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia
4 Jun 2024Minister 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.
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Solomon Islands: More than half of the MPs in new parliament facing election petitions
4 Jun 2024Twenty-eight electoral petitions challenging the results of the April Solomon Islands elections are now with the High Court.
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US seeks consultation on missile defence trials
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.
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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.
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Northern Marianas cry out more for more flights to keep economy afloat
4 Jun 2024Saipan Chamber of Commerce director Ron Smith says a minimum of 12 international flights need to be arriving daily to keep the economy above water.
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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. Audio
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Baron Waqa begins Pacific Islands Forum role
4 Jun 2024The former Nauru president is the first Nauruan national to assume the role of the Forum secretary general.
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Preliminary assessment results of deadly PNG landslide
3 Jun 2024Geotechnical experts from New Zealand will complete their soil assessments today on the deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea.
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Tonga forum leaders meeting accommodation concern
There are concerns in Tonga whether a housing development planned to provide accommodation for people attending the Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit in August will be completed in time.
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'Value for money': Pacific Peoples Minister on the Budget
3 Jun 2024Cuts to funding for Pacific Peoples in the Budget will not come at the cost of "effective measures", New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti says. Audio
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NZ to 'sharpen focus in the Pacific' - Luxon
Enhancing trade and economic cooperation and engagement in the Pacific will be the focus when Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visits Niue and Fiji.
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Champion of Vagahau Niue receives MNZM
3 Jun 2024Leitualaalemalietoa 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.
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Pasifika Sipoti - results from the weekend
3 Jun 2024A round-up of results from weekend sports, including rugby, rugby league, cricket
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