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Teachers strike may roll into third year if govt won't pay - union
The next meeting between the union and government officials has been set down for Friday.
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Immunologist urges measles vaccination check before holiday travel
1:24 pm todayA New Zealand-based Tongan immunologist says vigilance around measles spread is particularly important as families prepare to travel over the Christmas period.
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NZ funding pause forces Cook Islands into early budget overhaul
8:52 am todayThe pause in $30 million New Zealand funding has placed "immediate pressure" on Cook Islands Government finances
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Vanuatu teen makes history at World Junior Surfing Championships
9:50 am todaySixteen-year-old Manoa Tarroux has created history at the International Surfing Association World Junior Championships in Peru by winning his heat on Sunday.
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Meet the eight founding clubs of the OFC Pro League
Oceania football fans are set to be treated with much-anticipated regional professional club competition, set to begin in January 2026.
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Parker confident he will fight again after failed dope test
12:19 pm todayHeavyweight boxer Joseph Parker says he's "devastated" by his positive doping test and is confident the defence mounted by his team will clear him of wrongdoing.
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Study links scabies to rheumatic heart disease in Tongan children
There are calls for more efforts to eliminate scabies in Tonga in order to reduce the incidence of rheumatic heart disease in local children.
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Anote Tong on deep sea mining: Pacific leaders 'in a very difficult position'
9 Dec 2025The former Kiribati president says the deep sea mining industry presents unique challenges for Pacific leaders trying to secure economic resources in the face of the climate crisis.
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Fiji issues measles warning amid rising cases in Aus, NZ
New Zealand has reported around 30 measles cases, while Australia has recorded 162 cases this year.
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Sawong in coma after emergency separation of PNG conjoined twins
9 Dec 2025Tom and Sawong, who were fused at the lower abdomen, had unplanned emergency surgery at Sydney Children's Hospital on Sunday after Tom began to deteriorate rapidly.
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Fisheries Commission approves albacore plan
9 Dec 2025The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has agreed to a management procedure for South Pacific albacore tuna.
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CNMI stands to gain nothing economically from deep sea mining
9 Dec 2025The Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa have no automatic claim to revenues generated from deep seabed mining because they are United States territories
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Cook Islands explores hate crimes legislation
9 Dec 2025A workshop on the potential development of hate crimes legislation was recently held in Rarotonga, drawing attention to the need for stronger protections against discrimination.
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Tonga league staff face ban over handling of Katoa injury
Three staff from Tonga's rugby league team face a potential two-year ban from NRL and Australian Rugby League Commission competition for two years.
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Fiji draws co-leaders South Africa in Singapore Sevens pool play
9 Dec 2025After two rounds in Dubai and Cape Town, Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand all have 38 points in the men's standings.
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Pacific Islands' reactions to 2027 Rugby World Cup pool draw
Opinion - Secure the best players, get them tested through the different competitions and get everyone to be 101 percent in every aspect of the preparation, writes Iliesa Tora.
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Pacific trade pact extended for five more years
8 Dec 2025The PACER Plus agreement commits its 10 members to reducing tariffs and trade restrictions over the next two decades, with fresh funding from Australia and New Zealand. Audio
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NZDF confirms medals for 85 Cook Islands WWII veterans
9 Dec 2025For more than eight decades, the service of over 80 Cook Islanders who served during World War II went untold and unrecognised. Audio
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Top 2: Pacific dominates Miss France pageant
8 Dec 2025French Polynesia and New Caledonia have secured a double victory at the weekend with the two top seats in the 2026 Miss France pageant.
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Pacific news in brief for 8 December
8 Dec 2025A round-up of news from around the region, including HIV concerns in Solomon Islands.
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Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 8 December
8 Dec 2025A round-up of sports news from around the region, including qualifiers for the Netball World Cup.
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Rugby Sevens: Fiji finish third in Cape Town
8 Dec 2025It was the second consecutive week the Fijians had finished third and beaten France, doing that earlier in Dubai last weekend.
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'One body with two souls': One of conjoined PNG twins dies
8 Dec 2025The boys had a seven-hour operation in Australia to surgically separate them on Sunday, but only one of the boys survived.
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Bougainville independence process enters 'final leg' amid lingering uncertainty
5 Dec 2025Representatives of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville held talks this week in Port Moresby over the future of the autonomous region's political status this week.
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Anote Tong: 'Our fate has already been decided'
The former Kiribati president says Australia's failure to secure its bid to host the next United Nations climate conference with Pacific nations is a missed opportunity.
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Kanak pro-independence leader in New Caledonia
5 Dec 2025Christian Téin arrived back in New Caledonia on Thursday, after spending one and a half year in mainland France, following his arrest in June 2024.
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La'auli had achilles surgery during two-month absence - High Commission
Samoa's High Commissioner to New Zealand says speculation that the Samoan leader health "was a very sick" are false.
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Fiji pushes to grow agricultural exports in NZ
Fiji's agricultural product exports will need to be of the best quality to compete against products from other nations when entering the New Zealand market, the country's agriculture minister says.
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