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Pacific countries have narrow window to adapt to climate change
Matangi Tonga Online
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July 15, 2025
Pacific representatives have called for urgent reform to climate finance and regional cooperation at a high-level panel on climate security on day one of the 2025 Pacific Regional and National Security Conference being held in Suva, Fiji from...
Seabed Strategy: Why Nauru Should Be Central to Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Vision
[your]NEWS
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July 14, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna In an executive order issued in April 2025, President Donald Trump emphasized the strategic necessity of offshore critical minerals in building U.S. supply chains that are independent of adversarial nations like the People’s...
Is New Caledonia's agreement a 'new chapter' or a 'betrayal'?
RNZ
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July 15, 2025
By Doug Dingwall, Jordan Fennell and Johnson Raela, ABC with wires French officials met with New Caledonian representatives in Paris to negotiate an agreement on the territory's status. Photo: AP French President Emmanuel Macron hailed it a...
Letter: Keyboard warriors
Cook Island News
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July 15, 2025
Dear Editor, I see a lot of debate around “keyboard warriors” lately, some see them as all talk, no action, I’m a self-confessed keyboard warrior and damn proud as. But I’d suggest a different lens, some of our most strategic, intelligent, and...
NZ film Tinā set for US release after Rialto Distribution acquires global rights
Newstalk ZB
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July 16, 2025
The global rights to New Zealand film Tinā have been acquired by Rialto Distribution, with a United States theatrical release date set for next month. One of the most successful local productions to date, Tinā – which was written, co-produced and...
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 15 July
RNZ
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July 14, 2025
Manu Samoa got their Pacific Nations Cup campaign back on track. Photo: World Rugby Manu Samoa Manu Samoa rugby team head coach Lemalu Tusiata Pisi says he is working with players who are in the squad for Friday's one-off Test match against...
Overlooked lock given chance to push Test case
ESPN Philippines
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July 14, 2025
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto will have another chance to push his case for Wallabies selection, with the lock included in the First Nations and Pasifika squad to face the touring Lions in Melbourne. Editor's Picks 2 RelatedAfter turning out in the AUNZ...
Tyla’s crusade: The grieving mum who wants her son’s death to make a difference
Newstalk ZB
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July 15, 2025
There was pain on the streets of Whangārei, raw and unfiltered, in the form of a march led by Tyla Simona who became a mum at 21 and the mother of a dead child just three years later. That march last week was the second she has led, trying to find...
Pacific News In Brief For 15 July
Scoop
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Samoa - elections In a historic milestone for Samoa, two prominent members of the Samoa Fa'afafine Association (SFA) have announced they will be candidates in the upcoming general election. Afioga Falesaopule Seimaleula Vaialia Iosua will be...
Security guard Leon Saufoi who ‘badly assaulted’ Uber driver allowed to keep licence
The New Zealand Herald
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July 15, 2025
McConnell, in her decision, confirmed the assault conviction was grounds for disqualification and therefore a mandatory ground for cancelling Saufoi’s certificate unless a waiver from disqualification was granted. She accepted his actions were out...
Ruta Mave: ‘Fit, healthy, active, proud nation’ 60 years ago
Cook Island News
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July 14, 2025
Ruta Tangiiau Mave. Photo: CI NEWS There is a lot of talk about the New Zealand China thing right now but what no one is talking about is the elephant in the room, writes Ruta Mave. Us, our people, we are the elephant in the room, and not one lone...
Building national readiness: Exercise Itiki’anga
Cook Island News
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July 14, 2025
Exercise Itiki’anga brought together emergency services, government agencies, NGOs and community leaders to test our disaster readiness, and strengthen it. OPM/ 25071322. Exercise Itiki’anga, a national emergency preparedness simulation that...
Iran beat Mongolia in FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division B
Tehran Times
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July 15, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran’s women’s basketball team defeated Mongolia 89-55 in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division B on Tuesday. Negin Rasoulipour scored 20 points for Iran and Tsatsral Bayarmaa and Khulan Onolbaatar collected 10 points for Mongolia....
Negin Rasoulipour wants to rewrite history
Tehran Times
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July 14, 2025
TEHRAN - For Negin Rasoulipour Khameneh, the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 is more than just another tournament. It is a chance to rewrite history. Now in her third appearance for Iran at the Women's Asia Cup, having played in 2021 and 2023,...
France has agreed to create a new 'state' near Australia. What does it mean?
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 14, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron hailed it a historic "new chapter" for New Caledonia, bringing a peaceful end to devastating turmoil that has rocked the Pacific territory. Leaders from New Caledonia, one of Australia's closest neighbours, emerged...
Hausia-Haugen’s Last-Minute Heroics Fire Tonga To Victory
Pacific Scoop
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July 13, 2025
Press Release – Oceania Football Confederation A dramatic 90th-minute strike from Leila Hausia-Haugen sealed Tongas first win of the OFC Womens Nations Cup 2025. With both teams chasing a positive end to their campaigns, it was Tonga who struck at...
Mataiea stop offers profound reconnection with ʻohana, place for Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia crews
Big Island Now - Hawaii
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July 13, 2025
Photo Courtesy: Danee Hazama Crews of traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia resumed their journey through French Polynesia this week, beginning with a meaningful and emotional 4-day stop in Mataiea, Tahiti. The double-hulled waʻa...
Vaka Puaikura welcomes first-time performers for Te Maeva Nui 2025
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
Choir group finding the perfect melody to follow to blend in with the boys and the rest of the girls. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25071005 Fifteen-year-old Maraea Wichman is one of the youngest dancers at team Arorangi’s Vaka Puaikura, marking her first year...
Celebrating 130 years of faith and education
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
Provincial Leader of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Sister Allison Macalister (left), former principal of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, is visiting Rarotonga for the school’s 130th anniversary celebrations next week. She is pictured...
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Consortium News
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July 10, 2025
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...