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PM Luxon welcomes Vanuatu leader Salwai
The Prime Minister of Vanuatu Charlot Salwai has been welcomed to Parliament with a formal pōwhiri and gun salute.
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Papua rebels say they are ready to free NZ pilot held for over a year
4 Aug 2024The rebels say they will release Phillip Mehrtens, who has been held in captivity since February 2023, "for the sake of humanity".
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Lawsuit against Rio Tinto's mining disaster a cash grab - critics in Bougainville
2 Aug 2024The Panguna mine made a fortune but left war and pollution in its wake. A new lawsuit backed by anonymous investors is now seeking billions in compensation.
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"The winning margin reflects the appetite for change," new head of ISA
3 Aug 2024The ISA's new head, Brazil's Leticia Carvalho promises a return to "transparency, accountability" at an organization perceived as aligned with mining interests.
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Australia must 'avoid human catastrophe on PNG soil' - refugee support org
2 Aug 2024Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says refugees in Papua New Guinea and their families will continue to suffer unless Canberra restores aid and evacuates them.
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The wall of shame - do Pacific islanders even notice GBV deaths?
2 Aug 2024At least 300 Pacific women were killed in 2021, many at the hands of intimate partners or male relatives, Netani Rika writes.
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Pacific Islands runners to tackle Paris 100m prelims
2 Aug 2024Pacific Islands runners, swimmers and sailors are in action this weekend.
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PNG govt told to protect people after "barbaric killings" in Angoram
2 Aug 2024The massacre of 26 people in the Angoram District two weeks ago is "utterly unacceptable and a gross violation of human rights", the Commonwealth Lawyers Association says.
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Fiji to roll out red carpet for Indian President's visit
Droupadi Murmu will be the first head of state to visit Fiji and is set to address the Fijian Parliament and hold meetings with the President and Prime Minister next week.
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French Pacific news in brief
2 Aug 2024A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a New York Times article labelling the Olympic surfing venue "poisoned" upsetting French Polynesia's leaders.
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Pacific news in brief for August 2
2 Aug 2024A round-up of news from around the region, including a Solomon Islands politician accused of violating the One-China principle and attempting to harm the government's relations with Beijing.
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Pacific economic ministers urged to take advantage of opportunities
1 Aug 2024Tonga's Finance Minister has told the Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in Suva the global economic outlook remains uncertain.
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'Govt is really working' to fix poverty, the main driver of Fiji's drug crisis - minister
Home Affairs Minister Pio TIkoduadua denies claims the country is a drug haven and is optimistic the government can turn things around. Audio
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Kanak great chief resigns from Customary Senate
1 Aug 2024Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu once presided over the 16-member traditional Senate of chiefs, which was set up as part of the implementation of the Nouméa Accord.
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A brief history of Sāmoan flags: 'Uniting under what colonisers brought', says academic
A Sāmoan academic says many younger people may not be fully aware of the background of the flags they raise during events and in support of their national sports teams, like the Toa Sāmoa. Audio
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RNZ goes live with new Pacific shortwave transmitter
1 Aug 2024Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, who officiated at the commissioning in Wellington on Thursday, says it is "seriously important now" than when it began in 1990.
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Mervyn receives Vanuatu independence medal
Broderick Mervyn, 28, is the youngest recipient of the Vanuatu Independence Commemorative Medal. He says the country's leadership in recognising emerging leaders.
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From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of tribal wars have changed
31 Jul 2024First person - RNZ Pacific's correspondent in PNG, Scott Waide, shares why the roots of tribal conflicts in Papua New Guinea are difficult to understand.
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114 candidates to contest Kiribati election, including 18 women
Over 100 candidates are to contest the Kiribati election in a fortnight hoping to get elected into atoll island nations the 44-seat parliament.
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'We cannot be subtly coerced into meekly accepting aid' - Bougainaville leader
31 Jul 2024The autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville wants more say over the international aid it gets.
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Tuvalu calls for deep sea mining precautionary pause
Tuvalu and other nations have joined the call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the International Seabed Authority Assembly meeting in Kingston, Jamaica.
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'Hit by tidal wave' - remote Federated States of Micronesia atoll calls for seawall
31 Jul 2024"We're trying to get some money to help build and make it safe for the future," Kapingamarangi Atoll's chief administrator Solomon Lowson says.
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Pacific news in brief for July 31
31 Jul 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a gun amnesty in Samoa.
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Pacific 'increasingly investing in renewable energy' - briefing paper
31 Jul 2024The Asian Development Bank's policy paper looks at renewable energy investments in Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga.
![International Seabed Authority secretary-general elect, Leticia Carvalho [left] of Brazil, is congratulated by a member of the Cook Islands delegation following her election on Aug. 2, 2024 in Kingston, Jamaica.](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--s4uzwcsM--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_288/v1722650523/4KM0VON_825b0947_3309_447f_b0bf_14df707c0f63_jpeg?_a=BACCd2AD)
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