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George Maggi is denying that the former deputy prime minister, jailed in March for fraud, is receiving special treatment after being hired by family on a prison work scheme.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Solomon Islands ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in New York this week.

Speaking on the second day of the UNGA in New York, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine said that "the world's oceans are too fragile to turn into a speculative experiment".

The freight industry is now "living in a question mark", with no idea what the future will hold, Mainfreight managing director says. Audio

The economic prospects of the Pacific are primarily determined by PNG and Fiji, collectively accounting for 90 percent of the subregion's GDP. Audio

Rail advocates have launched a petition calling on the government to ensure the new Cook Strait ferries can carry trains.

Analysis - In an atmosphere of uneasy calm, the highly symbolic day of 24 September was marked by events throughout New Caledonia. Audio

Palau top, Nauru last in inaugural 2023 Pacific Media Freedom Index of region's 14 island countries.

Negotiations in London will center on how to slash emissions to net-zero 'by or around' 2050.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake polled 42.3 percent of the votes - a massive boost to the 3 percent he managed in the last presidential election in 2019.

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president.

Continued problems on ferries are making holiday-makers and tourists nervous, Marlborough's Chamber of Commerce says.

There are fears lives could be lost if the government doesn't step in to bring the country's ailing Cook Strait ferry services up to scratch.