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Pacific defence ministers' approve creation of disaster response group
4 Oct 2024The 2024 South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting was hosted by New Zealand with Chile, France, Fiji, Australia, Tonga attending as members for the three-day meeting.
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Call for a Fiji rugby players association gets support
3 Oct 2024Opinion - Is there a need to have a rugby players association or union in Fiji? It's about time, writes Iliesa Tora.
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Pray for Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East - minister
Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East are "well, safe and in high morale" amid escalated tensions in the region, the country's acting home affairs minister says.
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Marape throws challenge to his people 'to build a more prosperous' PNG
3 Oct 2024The Prime Minister said when PNG turns 70 in 2045 it needs to have broken free of the constraints of being a low-income nation to a high-income economy.
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A conservation treasure is threatened by Indonesian plans for food security
3 Oct 2024Military-led project also risks stirring resentment in the easternmost Papua region, researchers say.
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Landowners oppose Fiji govt proposal for hydro dam
Navunikabi villagers in Namosi on the main island of Viti Levu are protesting Sitiveni Rabuka government's proposal to construct a hydro dam.
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Bougainville independence talks moderator in Port Moresby
3 Oct 2024Former New Zealand Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae is in Port Moresby this week to meet with the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister and the Bougainville President.
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Research symposium to mark Niue's 50th anniversary
3 Oct 2024The symposium will be launched 5 October at the University of Auckland's South Campus in Manukau, with the aim to establish a network of professionals and academic students.
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New Caledonia's controversial constitutional reform will not go ahead: French PM
2 Oct 2024Michel Barnier also confirmed that the provincial elections, initially scheduled to take place in New Caledonia not later than mid-December 2024, will be postponed until late 2025. Audio
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PNG leader's claim govt sustainably managing forests false, NGO says
2 Oct 2024"We sustainably manage our forests, land and sea, because our livelihood depends on them," Prime Minister James Marape told world leaders in New York less than a week ago.
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Kiribati boycott planned after presidential vote becomes a one horse race
The ruling Tokwaan Kiribati Party used its numbers in parliament to block any opposition candidates standing.
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PNG govt told it must resolve land ownership issues on resource projects
2 Oct 2024The tribal violence emanating from resource projects won't end until the government steps in and resolves long standing legacy issues, a Papua New Guinea academic says.
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China missile test a cause of concern for CNMI
2 Oct 2024The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands leaders are worried about China's recent missile test after a dummy warhead landed in the Pacific Ocean last week.
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Bougainville chocolate festival puts the focus on cocoa production
2 Oct 2024The event, first held in 2019, aims to showcase Bougainville's cocoa production and to foster an interest in chocolate products.
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Vanuatu teachers to get payments after multi-billion vatu agreement
Vanuatu's Council of Ministers has agreed for the government to settle teachers' pay claims at 4.2 billion vatu - around US$35 million.
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Solomon Islands opens embassy in UAE
2 Oct 2024Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele said the opening of the embassy "has built a bridge of friendship that shortens the distance between our two countries".
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Pacific news in brief for 2 October
2 Oct 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a Tuvaluan politician attacking Australia's coal mine approvals as 'immoral'.
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Five suspects surrender in New Caledonia's pro-independence stronghold
1 Oct 2024Five individuals wanted by French authorities have surrendered in besieged New Caledonia's pro-independence stronghold of Saint Louis.
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Japan wants military base on Guam
Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba reportedly wants a more "equal" alliance with the United States, and is seeking the presence of Japanese forces on Guam.
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What Pacific Islands leaders said at the UNGA
1 Oct 2024Paific Island leaders have wrapped up the 79th Session of the UNGA reinforcing their message to global leaders that the world needs to act urgently to combat the climate crisis.
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Former civil servant laments decline in the quality of debate in Fiji parliament
Former secretary general to parliament, Mary Chapman, who spent over 4 decades in the civil service wants "somebody to put their foot down" on MPs behaviour.
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What does special autonomy really mean in PNG?
1 Oct 2024Special autonomy as a form of decentralisation is a popular idea in certain provinces of PNG. But in Bougainville and East New Britain the term has very different meanings, writes James Stiefvater.
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Samoa in 'shock' after Manu Samoa head coach allegations
Mase Mahonri Schwalger has been charged with multiple serious offences, including unlawful sexual connection, attempted sexual violation, sexual conduct with a person under 16.
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Pacific news in brief for 1 October
1 Oct 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Tuvalu Language Week starting in Aotearoa this week.
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