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Fiji FICAC saga: suspension rescinded, appointments revoked
Barbara Malimali was revealed as the new anti-corruption commissioner last September.
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Ardie Savea headlines Super Rugby Team of the Year
3 Jun 2025Super Rugby organisers have announced an honorary team with the first-ever Super Rugby Pacific Team of the Year.
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Samoa language celebration 'like white Sunday'
"That's the most important thing - that you're normalizing being Samoan in the home."
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New report sheds light on reproductive justice in Pacific migrant worker scheme
3 Jun 2025A new report has found many women employed in Australia through the PALM migrant worker scheme are not getting appropriate information and affordable access to sexual health services
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Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 3 June
3 Jun 2025A round-up of sports news in brief from around the region.
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Study investigating Vanuatu volcanoes
"When [Epi islanders] saw an eruption rising from the ocean off their coast... that was a shock to the people, and so when we arrived, they immediately wanted to know more about it."
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Pacific news in brief for 3 June
3 Jun 2025A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including an attack on a bus in PNG.
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Pasifika recipients say King's Birthday honours are shared
2 Jun 2025"This award is not only mine. It belongs to the family. It belongs to the village. And my colleagues have been amazing too. It's for us all."
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Samoa electoral commissioner seeks court extension
Toleafoa Tuiafelolo John Stanley said the Electoral Act does not address what happens in the event of an early election.
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FICAC suspension unlawful, says Fiji law society
The Fiji Law Society says suspending the Commissioner of FICAC without the advice of the Judicial Services Commission is unlawful.
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Fiji farmers urged to be vigilant for fall armyworm
The insect is a significant pest for crops like maize and sweetcorn.
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Five lessons from Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua matches
2 Jun 2025On Saturday night, the two Pasifika teams lost their final Super Rugby Pacific matches for the season.
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Palau president wants Taiwan to get a fair go at PIF
2 Jun 2025Palau's president wants to see Taiwan given full access at this year's Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' meeting.
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Flying high - Air Rarotonga founder knighted
2 Jun 2025Air Rarotonga chief executive officer and owner Ewan Francis Smith has been knighted for services to Cook Islands business and tourism.
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King's Birthday honours - 'This belongs to the Samoan community'
Anae Arthur Anae has been honoured for services to the Samoan community.
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These Pacific Islands are building walls to stop rising seas. Will it work?
The sea used to wreak havoc as it crashed into Simeona Tapeneko's village in Samoa.
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Gagana Samoa celebrated in Aotearoa
Events are being held across Aotearoa this week to celebrate Gagana Samoa, the Samoan language.
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End of the road for Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua
1 Jun 2025Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua ended their campaigns in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition with big losses on Saturday night.
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Recaps: Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika
1 Jun 2025Read back on all the action from Sky Stadium, Wellington.
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PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering, terrorist financing
1 Jun 2025Papua New Guinea has five months remaining to fix its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing systems or face repercussions.
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Milestone moments: profiling Pasifika graduates in Aotearoa New Zealand
31 May 2025For many Pacific Islanders, academic graduations are momentous familial moments.
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Reti wants increased community visibility of Pacific wardens
31 May 2025Community leaders say a funding injection for Pacific wardens could pave the way for a national structure similar to the Māori wardens model.
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Call for action against violence, not just condemning it with words, in Papua New Guinea
30 May 2025Another gruesome video is circulating social media from Enga Province, which has a recent history of tribal conflict.
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Norfolk Island police say nothing untoward suspected after package washes ashore
30 May 2025Norfolk Island locals are shocked after a 40-kilogram package - believed to contain cocaine - washed up on one of their beaches.
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