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The Northern Marianas Lottery Commission has granted Imperial Pacific International a more than two-year extension on its troubled Saipan casino project.

The Guam men's football team has made an emphatic start to the East Asian Cup, crushing the Northern Mariana Islands 4-0 in their opening match in Mongolia.

The Northern Marianas Casino Commission says the developer of a troubled casino-hotel on Saipan has violated its licence agreement.

Samoa and Fiji have made a winning start to the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy in Romania.

Chronic exposure to poisonous air has a bigger negative impact on older men, a new study reveals.

Vanuatu's honorary citizenship programme now makes up about 25 percent of total government revenue, bringing in $US16 million ($NZ23.97m) in the first quarter of this year.

Vanuatu's soaring passport sales have beeen prompted by Chinese political repression in Hong Kong, an Australian academic says.

The chairperson of Imperial Pacific, which is behind a troubled casino resort being built on the Northern Mariana island of Saipan, has resigned.

Tony and Afsaneh Howey have the largest certified organic blackcurrant farm in New Zealand. The South Canterbury couple produce the fruit for their ViBERi range of food products and supplements.

As New Zealand's most high profile basketballer in history, Steven Adams understands there are plenty in this country who want to see him in a black singlet.

Fears Turkey's currency crisis would affect other emerging markets, amid trade tensions with the US has spooked financial markets.

A casino resort being develop on Saipan is now 69 percent complete, its owner Imperial Pacific International says.

A Northern Marianas construction company is demanding payment of US$160,000 for unpaid electrical and mechanical services provided to the Imperial Pacific casino project.

A high-ranking member of the US Secret Service has visited American Samoa to build partnerships with local law enforcement agencies to fight cyber crime and threats to the US payment system.

Unite Union leader Mike Treen is on his way home after being detained by Israeli forces while taking part in a flotilla delivering aid supplies to Gaza.

The tourism sector is warning Auckland may run out of hotel rooms if big-name accommodation developments falter or fail.

A raft of large scale construction projects are set for Auckland city.

New Zealand's sevens teams believe they can handle the pressure of defending their World Cup titles in a new knock-out format.