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Fiji men defeat New Zealand to book sevens semifinal spot
Fiji defeated New Zealand 35-5 in their final pool game at the Cape Town 7s tournament
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Bougainville independence process enters 'final leg' amid lingering uncertainty
5 Dec 2025Representatives of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville held talks this week in Port Moresby over the future of the autonomous region's political status this week.
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Anote Tong: 'Our fate has already been decided'
5 Dec 2025The former Kiribati president says Australia's failure to secure its bid to host the next United Nations climate conference with Pacific nations is a missed…
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Kanak pro-independence leader in New Caledonia
5 Dec 2025Christian Téin arrived back in New Caledonia on Thursday, after spending one and a half year in mainland France, following his arrest in June 2024.
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La'auli had achilles surgery during two-month absence - High Commission
Samoa's High Commissioner to New Zealand says speculation that the Samoan leader health "was a very sick" are false.
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Fiji pushes to grow agricultural exports in NZ
Fiji's agricultural product exports will need to be of the best quality to compete against products from other nations when entering the New Zealand market, the country's agriculture minister says.
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Tongan short film eyes Oscars nomination
'Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue' premiered last year and has been shown at 20 international film festivals around the world. Audio
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University opens new space honouring late Green Party MP
An intimate ceremony filled with singing, tears and laughter marked the opening of a new Pacific student space at the University of Auckland's general library dedicated to Fa'anānā Efeso Collins.
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Former Guam delegate urges Micronesian unity to leverage US military expansion
5 Dec 2025Dr Robert Underwood says Pacific Island nations must move together if they want real benefits from the United States' expanding military footprint across Micronesia.
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Rare PNG conjoined twins en route to Australia as case reaches 'critical' point
5 Dec 2025The boys, Tom and Sawong, were born two months ago in remote PNG.
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Cannabis 'movement' demands law reform for 'freedom to use'
The creator of a self-described "non-registered brand" in its infancy wants the Fijian government to legalise the use and cultivation of marijuana in the country.
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Another major cocaine shipment intercepted in Papeete
4 Dec 2025The drugs were found in 27 individually-wrapped plastic bricks in containers aboard a cargo vessel believed to be bound for Australia or New Zealand, local authorities say.
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Lack of human rights institutions in some Pacific nations a concern - watchdog
5 Dec 2025CIVICUS is calling on these countries "to establish national human rights institutions as soon as possible". Audio
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PNG confronts unprecedented wave of MPs' deaths
4 Dec 2025Since 2022, twelve sitting MPs and provincial governors have died while still in office - almost a tenth of the total 118 seats.
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Police launch internal probe into officer's conduct following viral video
The Fiji Police Force is investigating an officer's conduct after a video of him kissing a woman at work went viral, fueling claims of sexual harassment.
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Fiji, Tonga pleased with 2027 World Cup draw
4 Dec 2025The Rugby World Cup, to be played across Australia from October 2027, will feature 24 teams, drawn into six pools of four teams each.
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Rare PNG conjoined twins en route to Australia as case reaches 'critical' point
4 Dec 2025The boys, Tom and Sawong, were born two months ago in remote PNG
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More landslides in French Polynesia as more heavy rain expected
3 Dec 2025More landslides have occurred in the disaster-stricken township of Afaahiti, in French Polynesia, where eight people died following a major landslide.
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Tonga's parliament to elect new prime minister next Monday
Almost two weeks after Tonga's general election, four MPs - including two former prime ministers and a former speaker - are being floated as potential candidates for the top job. Audio
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'For the people of Maui': Samoan journo on her Emmy-winning wildfires coverage
Tamara Vaifanua, with roots tracing back to Alao in American Samoa and Pesega in Samoa, has been a journalist for two-and-a-half decades and currently presents for KSL News in Utah. Audio
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PNG parliament passes security-focused 2026 budget
3 Dec 2025However, MPs say "record budgets" are failing to translate into basic services on the ground.
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PNG proposes setting up 'no-man's land' on border with Indonesia
3 Dec 2025It comes as Australia, PNG and Indonesia prepare to hold trilateral meetings to help assuage Jakarta's concerns over a landmark defence treaty inked by Australia and PNG in October.
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Pacific pushes Tuna Commission on high seas fishing
2 Dec 2025"Our priorities are albacore and high seas transshipment," Marshall Islands official says, as Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission members meet.
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PNG cricketer jailed term for robbing on tour
Kipling Doringa was sentenced to three years in jail in Jersey after he was found guilty of robbing a woman while on tour with the Barramundis for their 2027 Cricket World Cup qualifiers.
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Rarotonga paddling festival 'for all' wraps up
3 Dec 2025The Matson Vaka Eiva wrapped up over the weekend with paddlers from around the world celebrating camaraderie amongst competition.
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Rugby 7s: Fiji will face NZ in Cape Town pool play
The next stop on the HSBC SVNS Series is South Africa, with the tournament kicking off on Saturday night. Audio
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Pacific news in brief
3 Dec 2025A round-up of news from around the region, including an Australian bank pulling out of Nauru.
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Tahiti landslide: hundreds join interfaith church service in homage to victims
2 Dec 2025The major landslide left no survivors in the small township of Afaahiti-Taravao, southeast of main island of Tahiti, on 26 November, with a three-year-old girl the youngest victim.
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