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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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'Lack of understanding' on Cooks/NZ realm relationship - expert
2 Dec 2025Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm country, the Cook Islands, "reluctantly".
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American Samoa reach second round of football world cup qualifier
2 Dec 2025American Samoa has reached the second round of the FIFA women's world cup qualifier, for the first time, beating the Cook Islands 4-0 in Rarotonga.
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How a World Bank funding condition in 1995 helped break PNG's roads system
1 Dec 2025Analysis - As Papua New Guinea's population has grown and climate pressures intensified, the nation's infrastructure has struggled to keep pace, writes Scott Waide.
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Report highlights poverty faced by Fiji children
A report from UNICEF and Fiji's Children's Ministry says nearly 30 percent of children in the country are living in multidimensional poverty.
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Air Rarotonga founder reflects on 50-plus years of Cook Islands aviation
1 Dec 2025Sir Ewan Smith recalled his decades-long journey from a teenage pilot in 1973 to leading one of the most important pillars of the Cook Islands tourism economy today.
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Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges
1 Dec 2025A West Papua independence advocate says Indonesia is using its law to silence opposition. Audio
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Surfers will pay to ride Fiji's world-class breaks after repeal of surf access law
The Fijian government will repeal a law from 2010 that guaranteed free access to the country's surf breaks.
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Pacific news in brief
1 Dec 2025A round-up of news from around the region, including PNG's prime minister discussing human rights concerns affecting Melanesians.
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Pasifika Sipoti in brief
A round-up of sports news from around the region, including football results from the weekend.
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Fiji finish third and fourth at Dubai Sevens
1 Dec 2025The Fiji sevens teams both made the semifinals at the Dubai Sevens.
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Tongan rugby league star aims for return as he recovers from brain surgery
1 Dec 2025Eli Katoa says his recovery from brain surgery is going well and he hopes to return to the sport.
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Fijian PM blames 'insulated' upbringing for racially motivated '87 coups
Sitiveni Rabuka took to the witness stand for the first time on Friday, fronting a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in a much-anticipated national healing process.
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