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UN wants international backing to curb PNG violence
The United Nations is seeking more international assistance as it strives to help Papua New Guinea overcome the violence that frequently erupts in the country.
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Kiwi teenager dies in sleep while on vacation in the Cook Islands
8 May 2024The 15-year-old's family is now preparing to repatriate his body back to their home in Hastings, but they have only managed to fund half the amount needed for…
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PNG population growth is a 'time bomb', warns professor
8 May 2024A professor at the Papua New Guinea School of Medicine says the country's population growth is a "time bomb".
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Solomon Islands - an incumbent's defeat and resurrection
8 May 2024Opinion - Most countries in the Oceania region recognise Beijing and welcome Chinese aid, but no other Pacific state has become so dependent on China as Solomon…
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Cricket: Barramundis 'feeling good' ahead of Men's T20 World Cup
8 May 2024Papua New Guinea Barramundis captain, Assadollah Vala, is confident the team will perform to expectations at the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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New bout of dreams for Niue boxer after Paris knockout
A Niuean boxer based in Aotearoa New Zealand, Duken Holo Tutakitoa-Williams, is heading to Russia to compete in the 2024 World Friendship Games
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NZ helps monitor for fishy business in Fiji's EEZ
The six-week deployment of a Royal New Zealand Navy contingent was to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Young Star burns bright for her Fiji family
Straight out of school, Fijian defender Lili Tokaduadua is making a statement for the Stars in NZ's elite netball league - and is grateful for the famous sporting family who took her in.
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Pacific news in brief for May 8
8 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a medicine shortage in a Papua New Guinea health centre.
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Bougainville ire raised over delayed JSB meeting
7 May 2024Bougainville is furious that it is being blamed for another deferral of a meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body, which oversees its relationship with Papua New Guinea.
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Strike action: Workers take on Fiji Water, demand better pay
A group of workers for Fiji Water have gone on strike at the US-owned company's water bottling plant in Yaqara on the main island Viti Levu on Tuesday.
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Fewer cyclones than predicted in El Nino summer - NIWA
7 May 2024The El Niño weather pattern was supposed to result in a high number of cyclones in the South Pacific, but there were only seven. Audio
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OFC Champions League: Hekari recruit two Brazillians, as Oceania teams ready to go
7 May 2024Papua New Guinea football champions Hekari United have taken on two Brazilian players for the OFC Men's Champions League in Tahiti, which kicks off on Saturday.
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Cancer's place in US Pasifika deaths revealed
7 May 2024Death rates for Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders in the US are 30 percent higher for breast cancer and 75 percent higher for liver cancer.
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Pacific news in brief for May 7
7 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a new non-stop flight service between Australia and Palau being launched.
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$17 million to replace lead pipes in Northern Marianas
7 May 2024The US Environmental Protection Agency says lead exposure disproportionately affects communities of colour and low-income communities.
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Carmel Sepuloni believed to be contestant on new season's Celebrity Treasure Island
7 May 2024Former deputy prime minister and senior Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni is understood to be one of the contestants on the new season of Celebrity Treasure Island.
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'Senior portfolios' expected to be taken up by Sogavare's group in new Solomons govt
6 May 2024A veteran Solomon Islands journalist says people in the country expect the last 12 portfolios in this government will go to 'Our Party' MPs.
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Fiji govt told to fix 'huge gap in the system' to tackle human trafficking
A human rights lawyer says the Fijian government has neglected the issue of human trafficking and is urging the government to tackle the issue with the same intent as it does drug trafficking. Audio
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Canadian miner exploring for gold and copper on Bougainville
6 May 2024A Canadian mining company, Island Passage Development Canada Limited (IPDC) is undertaking a mining exploration programme in Bougainville.
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Pacific news in brief for May 6
6 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including the World Bank urging Papua New Guinea to address a "human capital crisis" and invest more in educating children.
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Pasifika Sipoti wrap
6 May 2024A round-up of results from the big sporting events that took place in the weekend, including Super Rugby, rugby sevens, cricket and soccer.
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Q and A: ANU's Stephen Howes on Australia's Pacific Engagement Visa quotas
7 May 2024Australian National University's Development Policy Centre head, Stephen Howes, says Papua New Guinea has emerged as a big winner for the program.
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Scientific shark study resumes in New Caledonia
4 May 2024A scientific study on shark presence and behaviour is to resume shortly in New Caledonia's Southern Province, where two incidents in February last year prompted an indiscriminate culling campaign.
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Don't 'mistake' Pacific leaders 'quietness' on AUKUS as support for NZ's position - expert
3 May 2024A Pacific regionalism expert has called out New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS military pact. Audio
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Jeremiah Manele reveals 11 ministers; more announced soon
6 May 2024Eleven MPs were confirmed as ministers in the Government for National Unity and Transformation coalition on Saturday and another 12 are exepcted to be sworn in the coming days.
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French Pacific news in brief
4 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a protest in New Caledonia to support a senior Kanak journalist who has come under heavy criticism on social media
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World Press Freedom Day 2024: Pacific reporters identify issues
4 May 2024While the world marks World Media Freedom Day, in Papua New Guinea, one of the big issues is the loss of experience in the sector. Audio
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