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NZ aims to strengthen Pacific defence ties at key meeting
21 Oct 2025Associate Defence Minister Chris Penk says security, climate challenges, and naval planning will top the agenda at the Defence Ministers' summit.
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Is R360 a rugby revolution or a career-ender?
21 Oct 2025The new rebel rugby competition is said to be targeting top-tier players by dangling huge salaries, but there are big hurdles in its plan to steal the game.
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'A fresh start': Fiji FA appoints Frenchman as men's head coach
Despite earlier stating that the new coach "will be a local coach... based in Fiji", the sport's governing body has appointed a former Guadeloupe captain to lead the national side.
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Rarotonga struck by 'wave of acute respiratory illness'
20 Oct 2025An influx of patients with severe respiratory and flu-like symptoms, including loss of taste and smell, is overwhelming Rarotonga's clinics.
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Pacific officials criticise NZ's weaker methane targets
21 Oct 2025However, Climate Minister Simon Watts says "we cut production to meet targets, we risk shifting production to countries who are not as emissions-efficient". Audio
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Fijian Deputy PM faces corruption-related charges
Manoa Kamikamica, a key figure in Sitiveni Rabuka's administration, has been charged with perjury and providing false information in his capacity as a public servant.
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Toa Samoa vows to bounce back against Tonga
The Samoans narrowly lost to the Kiwis on Sunday as they kicked-off their Pacific Championships campaign at Auckland's Go Media Stadium.
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China's economic slowdown has become its diplomatic weapon in the Pacific
20 Oct 2025Analysis - China's rise in the Pacific isn't just about aid or diplomacy - it's about survival and power, writes Bang Xiao.
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Police recover body of former Fiji Pearls coach
Fiji Police have confirmed the recovery of the body Unaisi Rokoura, who was reported missing on Saturday after a suspected drowning incident while gathering freshwater mussels.
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Adeang appoints Cabinet to lead Nauru
The re-elected Nauru leader has announced the lineup of Cabinet ministers who will lead his government's priorities for the next three years.
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Reviving black tapa - traditionally reserved for Tongan royalty
In 1953 Queen Sālote of Tonga visited England for Queen Elizabeth the Second's Coronation. The visit is remembered in a large black tapa work - a royal Tongan specialty.
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Laauli holds talks with Peters
The Samoan Prime Minister met with the New Zealand Foriegn Minister while in Auckland for medical treatment.
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Ex-netball coach missing after suspected drowning incident
Fiji's netball community is anxiously awaiting news of a former national team captain and coach who was reported missing on Saturday.
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Kanak leader cleared to return to New Caledonia, court confirms
17 Oct 2025A Paris appeal court has confirmed that pro-independence leader Christian Téin's is now cleared to return to New Caledonia.
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'We're eating tinned fish'
Tafitoala villagers are pleading for Manawanui wreckage compensation, saying "we are fighting for a big amount" as their livelihoods are most affected.
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Bula scores four as Bati defeat Cook Islands
Fiji scored a total of eight tries in their opening Pacific Championships Bowl rugby league clash.
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Cook Islands Moana beat Orchids, in opening Pacific Bowl clash
18 Oct 2025The Cook Islands women claimed seven tries against the Orchids' one, storming to their opening victory in their Pacific Championships Bowl campaign with a 34-6 victory.
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France backs postponement of New Caledonia's provincial polls
17 Oct 2025A controversial piece of legislation to postpone the date for New Caledonia's crucial provincial elections passed its first hurdle in the French Senate on Wednesday.
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This Pacific nation's biggest tourism asset is now its biggest threat
17 Oct 2025Swimming amid the shipwrecks of Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon is like diving into a time machine.
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Pacific rugby league action set to kick of this weekend
Men's and women's teams prepare for opening matches across PNG and New Zealand.
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Experts warn rats and weeds threaten Pacific climate resilience
Eliminating invasive species will make Pacific Islands more resilient to climate change, environmental experts say. Audio
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Authorities mobilise resources after fire destroys Manihiki power station
17 Oct 2025Efforts are underway to deploy resources to restore power, while portable generators provide temporary relief.
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'Miscommunication' over overtime pay leaves patients without meals
Hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital in the capital, Apia, went without meals after kitchen staff failed to show up for work in protest over unpaid wages on Thursday.
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Villagers begin talks with govt on sharing Manawanui compensation fund
A year after the grounding of the NZ Navy vessel in Samoa, both governments are working on a two-part recovery fund to support the affected villages and restore the reef. Video, Audio
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