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Kulas aim for title at home
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
After coming close twice before, the Fiji Kulas national women’s football team know that winning the OFC Women’s Nations Cup this time won’t just take skill, it will take focus and resilience under the pressure of a home crowd. Head coach Angeline...
ADB’s Director General for Pacific in Honiara
Solomon Star
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June 25, 2025
Director General (DG) of the Pacific Department within the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) is on a five-day visit to the Solomons. Emma Veve who was appointed to the position in late February 2025 arrived in Honiara on Monday and has been visiting...
Pacific news in brief for 26 June
RNZ
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June 25, 2025
Photo: ppart/123RF Tonga - budget Tonga's current 17 Peoples' Representatives in parliament will each have TOP $100,000 (approx. NZ$69,000) in constituency funds to spend ahead of the November general election. This was approved in parliament on...
SPTE 2025: How the World Reached the Pacific
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 4, 2025
The South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE) 2025 was a celebration of connection, culture, and collaboration. Held in Fiji, this year’s event welcomed media, buyers, and seller’s from across the globe — and many of them arrived thanks to the...
Man, 19, charged over crash that killed woman and unborn child
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 24, 2025
Police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old man in relation to a two-vehicle crash near Newcastle, where a woman and an unborn baby died. Police said that on Sunday about 2:40am a patrolling officer saw a sedan, allegedly bearing unauthorised...
Pacific governments can improve state owned enterprises
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 25, 2025
Pacific governments can improve the performance of their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and reduce fiscal risks by implementing clearer and more consistent government ownership and oversight arrangements, according to a policy brief published on...
New Zealand abandons international fossil fuel pledge
Newsroom
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June 25, 2025
New Zealand’s departure from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance came quietly, but not as a surprise to anyone closely following the Government’s fossil fuel policies. Resources Minister Shane Jones says the coalition’s fossil fuel plans meant the...
BEACH PLAYERS EXCITED FOR PALAU’S SANDS
GSPN
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June 25, 2025
A preview of Team Guam heading to Palau for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games June 29 – July 9 amongst 24 island nations By Patrick Lujan Guam’s beach volleyball squads have high expectations heading into Palau’s sands at the upcoming Pacific Mini...
Pacific leaders call for peace amid Middle East tensions as Melanesia eyes regional solidarity
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific leaders have voiced their worries about the ongoing political unrest around the world, especially the conflicts involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The concerns were shared during a meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group...
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 25 June
RNZ
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June 25, 2025
The Fijians are in Group B of the OFC Women's Nations Cup alongside Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. Photo: Christophe Fotozz, Tahiti Football Fiji women's football coach Angeline Chua has named a number of overseas-based players in her final...
Why the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Was Make-or-Break for Marine Protected Areas
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference,...
Fiji and Japan sign agreement on project for improving cyber security capability in the Pacific
Fijivillage
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Fiji and Japan sign agreement on project for improving cyber security capability in the Pacific Permanent Secretary of Policing Berenado Daveta and JICA Fiji Office Resident Representative Satoshi Wakasugi signed an agreement on the record of...
New marine reserve planned for western Pacific
Samoa News
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June 24, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are teaming up on an ambitious plan to create a massive marine reserve covering six million square kilometers of ocean. It's called the Melanesian Ocean Reserve, and if it...
PNG primed for Nations Cup
The National
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PAPUA New Guinea return to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women’s Nations Cup next month as defending champions, aiming to assert their dominance once again and chase a second consecutive title on Fijian soil. The 2022 tournament marked...
Hundreds of flood-ravaged residents rally for $75K grants
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 23, 2025
Hundreds of residents affected by record-breaking floods at Taree on the NSW Mid North Coast have rallied, calling for more financial support. Farmers, business owners and affected families gathered outside the Manning River Rowing Club, on the...
Tourism HQ revamps rite of passage for first-time travellers with Spring Break Fiji 2.0
NZBusiness Magazine
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June 25, 2025
Pictured above: Spring Break Fiji at Beachcomber Island. After more than a decade of delivering unforgettable island getaways to thousands of young Kiwis and Australians, Spring Break Fiji is re-emerging from the pandemic years with new owners, a...
Pacific news in brief for 25 June
RNZ
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June 25, 2025
Photo: 123rf American Samoa - mining Leaders in the American Samoa government have expressed their opposition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's proposed commercial leasing of the territory's exclusive economic zone. They said this was in...
Comment on CBI under threat as EU tightens legislative noose by Made in China
Dominica News Online
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June 24, 2025
EU flag The European Parliament (EP) and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional agreement on a mechanism that will allow the EU to suspend visa-free travel for citizens of third countries who are exempt from applying for a...
Melanesian leaders call for unity amid global fragmentation
FBC News
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June 24, 2025
[Photo Credit: Fiji Government] In a powerful address at the recent Melanesian summit, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka highlighted the urgent need for Melanesian countries to stand united in the face of an increasingly fragmented global landscape....
Reforms for legal agencies launched
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 24, 2025
The Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Clezy Rore, has commended the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) for initiating long-overdue reforms aimed at strengthening legal agencies in the country. Hon. Rore made the...