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2025 in review: The year that was in Pacific news
RNZ Pacific's bulletin editor Christina Persico looks in the rearview mirror at 2025. Audio
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Unease in Palau over US deportee deal
2 Jan 2026There's unease and confusion in Palau over a deal made with the US to accept deportees.
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Eight Pasifika recipients in New Year Honours
31 Dec 2025All Blacks great Eroni Clarke is among eight Pasifika recipients of New Year Honours in Aotearoa.
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Pacific sport year in review: The highs and lows of 2025
31 Dec 2025Opinion - From rugby to badminton Pacific sport fans were spoilt for choice this year.
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PNG Christmas cruise ends in chaos as Coral Adventurer passengers return home
31 Dec 2025An angry passenger has confronted cruise ship staff after her dream Christmas voyage came to a crashing halt off the Papua New Guinea coast on the weekend.
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Diaspora of Atafu in Tokelau look to work more closely with families back home
A community of Tokelauns in New Zealand is making moves to work more closely with communities back home. Audio
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CNMI eyes China access via Phillipine Airlines
31 Dec 2025The return of Philippine Airlines' Manila-Saipan service next year is expected to broaden access to the CNMI and could bring more Chinese tourists to the islands. Philippine Airlines is set...
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Tonga's Queen supports new public library proposal
The Queen of Tonga is putting her support behind the building of a new public library in Nuku'alofa Audio
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Starlink withdraws from Papua New Guinea
29 Dec 2025Starlink has withdrawn their satellite services from Papua New Guinea.
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'I’m excited to give back':Roy Krishna signs for Bula FC
31 Dec 2025After years plying his trade overseas Fiji football star Roy Krishna is returning home.
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US ambassadors to Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Marshall Islands recalled
25 Dec 2025Three US ambassadors to the Pacific have been recalled by the State Department
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Vanuatu teachers to return to work after 18 month strike action
24 Dec 2025Vanuatu's teachers are set to return to classrooms next year with a new collective bargaining agreement reached between their union and the government. Teachers across the country have been on...
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US$9m grant to support Tongan women in business
The money is expected to help boost the growth of women-owned and women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Tonga Crown Prince to resume control of foreign affairs and defence
Tonga's Crown Prince has been nominated Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence in the new government.
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Manawanui disaster: NZ's been a 'good neighbour' - former Samoa MP
A former Samoa government minister says New Zealand paid the right amount of compensation for the Manawanui disaster.
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Fiji HIV report recommends setting up safe needle program
Interview participants say sterile needles and syringes are a scarce commodity in Suva.
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Was NZ the only country involved in coastal survey before Manwanui sank?
A Pacific security expert is questioning whether New Zealand should be the only country paying compensation for the Manwanui maritime disaster.
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Report critical of Australian climate aid
22 Dec 2025The Australia Institute report said under the UN framework, climate finance should be on top of official development assistance, not a substitution for it. Audio
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No-confidence motion against Vanuatu PM defeated
The motion was voted down by 36 votes against and 12 votes in favour.
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Calls for UK's role to be considered in sinking of Manawanui
24 Dec 2025The former Samoa Prime Minister confirmed the navy ship had been surveying the south coast as part of security for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting and King Charles.
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'That's the nature of the Pacific. It's a community. It's a family': Vishal Prasad on climate activism in 2025
22 Dec 2025Feature - 2025 was a big year for climate advocate Vishal Prasad. From a major ICJ ruling, to being awarded an 'alternative nobel prize' as part of a collective of Pacific activists. Audio
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Tongans reassured of fuel supply over Xmas holiday - government
The Tonga government is reassuring citizens they won't need to worry about running out of fuel over the Christmas period after months of petrol shortages.
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'As undemocratic as it gets': Push back against proposed referendum bill
However, the Fijian government says the National Referendum Bill 2025 is "intended solely to ensure the orderly, transparent, and impartial conduct of referendums". Audio
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Did NZ shortchange Samoa's compensation for Manawanui wreck?
New Zealand quietly cut off compensation for the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui at $6m. But commentators say it raises the question: Did our government shortchange Samoa?
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Manawanui disaster: Samoan villagers still waiting for compensation
The New Zealand Navy vessel sank off the south coast of Samoa's island of Upolu in October last year, and affected locals have yet to be compensated. Audio
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Macron calls New Caledonia's politicians back to the table
19 Dec 2025French President Emmanuel Macron has called New Caledonia's politicians back to the negotiating table in Paris in the New Year.
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PM Fakafanua: 'If we are to unite Tonga we will have to start in parliament'
Tonga's new Prime Minister Lord Fakafanua says he hopes to have his Cabinet line-up named in the next few days.
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Netball Australia unveils new competition for Pacific Island-based players
The Pacific Netball Challenge to be held in November 2026 will be solely for players who live and play the sport in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.
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