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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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Push for digital reforms highlighted at tech summit in Port Moresby
28 Nov 2025The shift toward digital systems is also emerging as a central pillar in the country's effort to curb corruption, writes Scott Waide.
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Tahiti landslide: no survivors, eight bodies retrieved
28 Nov 2025The final toll comes after one day and one night of searching for potential survivors in the town of Afaahiti-Taravao, southeast of Tahiti.
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'You're not a nobody': Auckland student embraces Solomon Islands heritage
28 Nov 2025Feature - Eleven-year-old Bruce Satchell is proud to hail from seven different cultures.
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Three men fined in Tonga for poaching nearly 30,000 sea cucumbers
Ivan Moreno, 35, Wang Zhin Ning, 37, and Yang Peng Chao, 35, pleaded guilty on 10 November.
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Fiji sevens teams qualify for Dubai 7s semi-finals
30 Nov 2025The Fiji sevens rugby teams have qualified for the Dubai 7s tournament, to be played on Sunday night.
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Fiji 7s teams set for tough Dubai challenge
Both the Fiji men's and women's sevens teams are focused on their opening matches at this weekend's opening round of the HSBC SVNS in the UAE.
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Fijian academic questions if military apology 'will help to stop coup culture'
Distinguished professor Steven Ratuva of Canterbury University was referring to the army's traditional apology to the country's high chiefs on Wednesday.
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Air NZ workers in Rarotonga demand fair conditions citing employment law violations
28 Nov 2025Staff at Air New Zealand in the Cook Islands say changes to working conditions and employment agreements is a breach to the island's employment laws.
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Governor Bird slams PNG budget
27 Nov 2025The K$30.9 billion spending plan, unveiled earlier this week, has been characterised by analysts as highly political and aligned with next year's election cycle.
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RMI introduces world first crypto-based universal income scheme
27 Nov 2025The Marshall Islands government announced its universal basic income system on Wednesday, with blockchain as its main mode of delivery. Audio
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Fiji military apologises to chiefs, pledge 'civilian supremacy'
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces has offered a formal traditional apology to the country's Great Council of Chiefs for its role in past political turmoil.
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China pledges fresh Tonga investment as debt repayment looms
President Xi Jinping pledged fresh investment in Tonga when he met King Tupou VI in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Nauru's OECD 'graduation' postponed to 2027
Nauru has celebrated a decision by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development that may have saved it from losing tens of millions in aid.
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