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FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 5: The Solomon Islands Prevent a Second Tonga Double
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - The competition was fierce at Stop 5 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2, with almost every match-up proving to be a close contest. The Tongan teams came out strong once again at stop five, looking to...
One million children in the Pacific without a birth certificate –…
Pacific News Service
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An estimated one million children in the Pacific region lack an official identity, which is hampering their access to education, healthcare, and legal rights. The experts warn that growing up without a birth certificate has far-reaching...
Palau dominates Guam 8–1 to capture Baseball Gold at Pacific Mini Games
Island Times
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July 8, 2025
KOROR, Palau — Palau stormed past Guam with a commanding 8–1 win in the gold medal game of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games baseball tournament, capping off a dramatic final with a dominant seventh-inning performance and strong pitching in front of a...
REVIEW: Samoan author and poet’s struggle with mental health is focus of new documentary
TP+
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July 7, 2025
Photo: Before the Moon Falls Gladys Hartson | Senior Journalist A new documentary chronicling the last nine years of murder-accused Samoan poet and author Sia Figiel makes for confronting viewing on many levels, says reporter Gladys Hartson. When...
Major celebration in Manurewa marks restoration of Sāmoa citizenship rights
Pacific Media Network
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A community gathering in Manurewa this week marked a significant moment of long-awaited justice for Sāmoans who lost their New Zealand citizenship in 1982 and have now had it restored. The Citizenship (Western Sāmoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act...
One million children in the Pacific without a birth certificate - SPC
Pacific Media Network
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An estimated one million children in the Pacific region lack an official identity, which is hampering their access to education, healthcare, and legal rights. The experts warn that growing up without a birth certificate has far-reaching...
Immigration NZ confirms fraud in Samoa: Staff bribed to help Samoan nationals obtain visas
RNZ
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July 8, 2025
Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi Second Samoan national sentenced to six months home detention in New Zealand migrant exploitation case. Was it a case of corruption? ''Yes'', an INZ spokesperson said. INZ found immigration workers in Samoa engaged in...
Cook Islands’ knockout hopes dim after 3-0 loss to Samoa
Cook Island News
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July 7, 2025
A comfortable 3-0 win over Cook Islands yesterday sees Samoa keep progression to the knockout stages in sight at the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup in Lautoka, Fiji. OFC MEDIA/25070701 A comfortable 3-0 win over Cook Islands yesterday sees Samoa...
The King welcomes the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea to Highgrove House
Royal Central
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July 7, 2025
The King welcomed the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, to Highgrove House on Monday. His Majesty received the Prime Minister in audience at his tranquil Gloucestershire residence – away from the hustle and bustle of London. The...
Athletics lead Team Cook Islands’ final medal push at Mini Games
Cook Island News
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July 7, 2025
Team Cook Islands hosted a thank you ceremony for their village mayor, the village liaison, the state governor for Ngaraard (the sister state), the Palau Community College president and their sister state liaison over the weekend. CISNOC/25070650...
NRL Team of the Round: Tigers and Broncos dominate: but what a Weekes for Kaeo
Love Rugby League
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July 7, 2025
We waxed lyrical about Connor Tracey last week as the Bulldogs fullback put in one of the best single half performances of the year – and that might have been bettered within a single round by Kaeo Weekes. The Raiders’ 1 was the standout in the...
Wāhine Māori rally for their Pacific sisters - and push for their own place in rugby history
Te Ao Maori News
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As Samoa and Fiji gear up for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, their final prep matches have come with powerful support. A group of wāhine Māori have banded together, some even coming out of retirement, to help their Pacific sisters get...
World Bank strips Namibia of upper middle income status over falling Gross National Income
Business Insider Africa
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July 7, 2025
This change, detailed in the World Bank’s FY26 Updated Country Income Classification report, is primarily due to a decline in the country’s Atlas The figure falls below the new threshold of US$4,495 required to maintain upper-middle-income status....
Family at the heart of everything for Tagiilima
Samoa Observer
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A son of Samoa is at the heart of the University of Otago’s Pacific Islands Centre (PIC). He is a quiet but determined presence. Tagiilima Feleti, whose journey from early childhood education to Pacific leadership speaks volumes about family,...
Team Fiji: Young, Miller, Karan and Qaqa win gold at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau
Fijivillage
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Team Fiji: Young, Miller, Karan and Qaqa win gold at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau Heleina Young, Frederico Miller, Yeshnil Karan and Errol Qaqa all secured gold medals for Fiji at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau. Young says she was happy to...
Was Easter Island less isolated than we previously thought?
The Spectator
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July 7, 2025
It’s hard to exaggerate how isolated Easter Island was before its discovery by Polynesian sailors eight or nine centuries ago. This tiny island, which you can walk round in a day, is thousands of miles in any direction from inhabitable land. Yet a...
Climate Change Minister Embarks on Pacific Tour to Boost COP31 Bid
The Epoch Times
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July 7, 2025
Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen looks on during a federal cabinet meeting in Perth, Australia, on June 3, 2025. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is set to tour four Pacific...
Pacific Mini Games: Marist student Nehemiah Elder wins three golds and breaks nine records
Fijivillage
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Pacific Mini Games: Marist student Nehemiah Elder wins three golds and breaks nine records 16-year-old Marist Brothers High School student, Nehemiah Elder made history at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau, winning three gold medals and breaking nine...
Tourism’s role in peace and prosperity
Newsroom
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July 4, 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize has been won by presidents, fighters for the oppressed, people who’ve changed history and put their lives on the line for a cause. So when Washington-based Auckland-educated Lelei Tuisamoa Lelaulu found out he’d been...
Conference unites 15 Pacific universities
The National
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THE Pacific Islands Universities Regional Network (PIURN) conference brought together 15 member universities from the Pacific Island countries and Territories to the PNG University of Technology in Lae, Morobe. PIURN coordinator Mathilde Souchon,...