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Pacific news and sports brief for 16 December
RNZ
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December 16, 2024
Niuean primary children in open air school assembly under cover of roof. Photo: 123RF Niue - teachers Niue is facing a significant teacher shortage going into 2025. According to the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue, there are 15 teacher vacancies;...
PACER Plus Talanoa Concludes With Commitments To Strengthen Pacific Economies
Scoop
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Friday, 28 February 2025, 5:17 pm Press Release: PACER Plus APIA, Samoa – The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) hosted the second Revenue Mobilisation Talanoa for PACER Plus Signatories this...
Mana Moana - A Fusion Of Symphony And Songs Of The Pacific
Scoop
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Photo/Supplied. AUCKLAND, NZ (TUESDAY MARCH, 4 2025) – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa (NZSO) and Signature Choir with Live Nation present Mana Moana, returning for another incredible musical experience at Auckland’s Spark...
China roils the Pacific waters courtesy Australia and New Zealand
Sunday Guardian Live
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February 22, 2025
China’s role in the region is a constant pressure in one direction. New Zealand and Australian policies towards the region have been naive at best, and the situation was worsened by U.S. State Department following Canberra and Wellington’s lead....
'From from a place of equals': Norfolk Island's ongoing quest for a return of self-government
RNZ
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February 19, 2025
Australia and Norfolk Island flags. Photo: 123RF One of the Pacific territories participating in this week's Pacific Islands Political Studies Association meeting in Wellington is Norfolk Island. Groups such as the Norfolk Island People for...
Wasn’t MFAT and this new Government responsible for Cook Islands Treason?
The Daily Blog
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February 20, 2025
I hate to say I told you so. B-u-t. I was the ONLY blogger and I think I was the only one who was yelling about all of this in 2024 but no one seemed to understand the danger. This was me, April 16th, 2024… I told you Winston had failed his first...
Cristiano Maggipinto is the new Italian Ambassador to Australia
ANSA
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February 28, 2025
Cristiano Maggipinto assumed today the post of Italian Ambassador to Wellington Born in Noci (Bari) on 20 December 1962, he graduated in Political Science from the University of Florence in 1987. Following a competitive examination, on 13 February...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – Dec. 13-19, 2024
Pacific Islands Report
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December 20, 2024
Editor’s Note: The Pacific Islands Report team extends warm holiday wishes to all readers. We will take a break for the holiday season and resume publication the week of January 6, 2025. Political Leadership, Regionalism, Peace and Security...
Ghiro reminds summit delegates of the ocean’s sustainability
Solomon Star
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February 26, 2025
Solomon Islands Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Nestor Ghiro has reminded the more than 300 delegates participating in the 2025 Honiara Summit of the importance of managing the oceans and marine resources. Minister Ghiro issued this...
Decades-old Cook Islands ID cards invalid, says Minister
Cook Island News
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February 21, 2025
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tingika Elikana in Parliament this week. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU/ 250217101 The decades-old Cook Islands identification card, once used for travel before Cook Islanders gained access to New Zealand...
Niue’s battle for land legacy: ‘united we stand, divided we fall’
Pacific Media Network
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Land in Niue represents more than just property. It embodies identity, heritage, and security. However, disputes over land ownership fuels division rather than unity. Despite transparent legal systems designed to clarify ownership, land remains an...
Pacific Islands Forum officials endorse 2025 budget and workplan
Pacific News Service
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The Pacific Islands Forum Officials Committee (FOC) successfully concluded its 2024 Budget Session, held in Suva, Fiji on 12 – 13 December. Chaired by Niue, the session brought together Forum Members to agree on the Pacific Islands Forum...
Dialogue to raise awareness on Niue’s UNCAC review findings
Television Niue
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February 25, 2025
Last Thursday’s Awareness Dialogue was an opportunity to raise awareness on Niue’s United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) review findings. It was also an opportunity to identify key areas for civil society organizations (NGOs) as...
Pacific-licensed vessels top IUU fishing list in the region by misreporting catch
Pacific News Service
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By Ronald Toito’ona A recent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing report released last December revealed that Pacific licensed vessels or fleets are heavily involved in IUU fishing in the region through the misreporting of tuna...
14 Pacific Island countries receive a major grant to manage 1/3rd of the world’s tuna
Samoa News
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February 24, 2025
Suva, Fiji — A transformative US$107 million grant has been secured by Conservation International and the Pacific Community (SPC) to support 14 Pacific Island countries to safeguard the economic and social benefits they receive from tuna against...
Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna
Pacific News Service
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Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive US$107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes the fish farther from their shores, the Green Climate Fund announced Tuesday. The fund’s largest grant-only project to...
Double standard? NZ criticises Cook Islands' China deal while backing US ties
Pacific Media Network
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon rejects suggestions of a double standard in New Zealand’s stance on the Cook Islands' partnerships with the United States (US) and China. On 18 February, the Cook Islands government released a controversial...
Niuean pioneer reflects on legacy of culture, community and connection
Pacific Media Network
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Former politician, farmer, photographer, and cultural leader Bill Vakaafi Motufoou of Niue has spent decades weaving together the threads of tradition, community, and memory. From co-founding a secondary school festival in Auckland during the...
South Pacific Pocket Guide Announces Sponsorship of SPTE 2025
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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February 12, 2025
South Pacific Pocket Guide is delighted to announce its sponsorship of the ninth South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE) 2025, scheduled for May 9-10 at the Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay Resort & Spa in Nadi, Fiji. This fourth sponsorship in a row...
Australia punts on cash-for-favors in Pacific to squeeze out China
The Jakarta Post
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t’s the giving season and Australia has been exchanging hard cash for favors with Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru, giving it an increased role in their sovereign decision-making. A lack of clarity as to how these arrangements can be enforced...