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'Surging seas are coming', warns UN chief
27 Aug 2024Antonio Guterres, who is in Nuku'alofa for the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit, provided an update on the present-day impacts and future projections of sea-level rise.
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US deputy secretary to visit Tonga, Vanuatu and New Zealand
27 Aug 2024Kurt Campbell will begin his trip in Tonga on Thursday to lead the US delegation to the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.
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Push for more to be done for RSE workers
27 Aug 2024Bay of Plenty church pastor and Fijian community leader Patrick Rounds says it's critical in ensuring smooth transition by workers into the local environment.
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A record 13 Pacific island athletes to compete at 2024 Paralympics
27 Aug 2024The seven women and six men Paralympians will represent Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Kiribati at the Games.
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Samoan seasonal workers killed in fatal crash in Auckland
27 Aug 2024Two victims of the fatal crash on Auckland's State Highway 1 were young men in New Zealand as seasonal workers, Samoan media report.
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'Where is the Christian solidarity': Wenda
26 Aug 2024Papua New Guineans need to ask, "where is the Christian solidarity", ULMWP leader says, after the PNG leader said it's Indonesia's responsibility to address independence demands.
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Information wars raging in New Caledonia
26 Aug 2024Analysis - There's been a flurry of statements, counter-statements, denials, affirmations from left, right and centre in New Caledonia with no resolution in sight for the ongoing crisis.
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Whipps and Remengesau to run against each other
Palau's incumbent President Surangel Whipps Jr will go up against his brother-in-law and former president, Tommy Remengesau, in the 2024 Palau elections.
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Tonga PM wants 'more action' as Pacific leaders' summit kicks off
The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting is off to a start with pouring rain and an earthquake as the backdrop, with the New Caledonia and the climate crisis as hot button issues.
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Kiribati 'feel sorry' for barring diplomats
Kiribati's head of delegation at Tonga leaders' summit says "our constitutional task" is to prioritise the elections process and diplomatic visits will resume once new government is formed.
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RSE workers honoured with sports festival
26 Aug 2024Over 300 workers converged at the Blake Park in Mount Maunganui to participate in the first-ever sports festival, jointly organised by the Bay of Plenty Rugby and the NZ Kiwifruit Growers Inc.
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PILFM53: 'Incredibly crowded' agenda for Pacific leaders
But for locals, Tonga hosting the summit means it offers a much-needed cash injection to the nation, which is still recovering from the Hunga-Tonga Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami. Audio
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Fiji wants to learn from China's success - Rabuka
The Fijian PM joins other Pacific leaders, from the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru, who have had the red carpet rolled out by Beijing this year.
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Nauru signs up for Starlink Community Gateway service
A Nauru state-owned entity, Cenpac Coorporation, has signed an agreement to provide Starlink Community Gateway service.
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Pacific news in brief for August 23
23 Aug 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Northern Mariana Islands looking into cannabis tourism industry, and major arrests in Tonga for methamphetamine importation.
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Return of death penalty not solution to Fiji's drugs problem
The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission chair and the Home Affairs Minister have opposed suggestion by Women and Children's Minister to bring back capital punishment.
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Fijians beat Manu Samoa 42-16
23 Aug 2024Flanker Kitione Salawa scored a hat-trick as the Flying Fijians punished the Samoans in the second half with two of the visitors sent home with two yellow cards.
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Diplomatic switch from Taiwan to China 'a positive outcome', first-time Kiribati MP says
Ruth Cross Kwansing said Beijing's rising influence in the Pacific region is no longer as big a concern domestically as it is internationally. Audio
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'New Caledonia is an administered territory' - 'This is how it is', French diplomat says
23 Aug 2024Veronique Roger-Lacan said the argument of New Caledonia Congress President Roch Wamytan "does not fly" and Paris has a "totally impartial" stance" on the decolonisation process. Audio
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Taiwanese official going to Pacific Islands Forum
A Taiwanese deputy foreign minister will be at this week's Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga, as China and the United States jostle for influence in the region.
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How to grow the next generation of Pasifika politicians
24 Aug 2024It's disheartening how little support there is for Pasifika local politicians, a Māori-Tonga councillor says.
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Tonga 'trying to put on a good impression' for Pacific leaders
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit is just days away from opening in Nuku'alofa in Tonga, and frantic efforts are still needed to ensure visitors are housed. Audio
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It's a long way to the top for a boy from Vanuatu
Brian Kaltak is still pinching himself and can't even find the words to describe the football fairytale that has changed his life forever.
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PNG community seeks govt help to host Pope Francis
22 Aug 2024The people of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea say they need money to help prepare for the Pope's visit early next month.
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