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Australia to provide funding support for Solomon Islands election, Honiara calls for review of security treaty

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had a bilateral meeting with the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Richard Marles Wednesday. The Australian DPM used the official engagement to reaffirm his country’s bilateral relations and cooperation with Solomon Islands and also made announcements in key areas of cooperation which include the support for 2024 national general election, opening...

U.S has helped Pacific Island countries unlock US$0.5 billion to manage climate change

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The U.S Government has helped Pacific Island countries unlock more than half a billion US dollars in funding to manage the growing impact of climate change. This was stated by the United States of America Ambassador to Fiji Marie Damour while delivering her speech during the American Independence Day celebration in Suva. Ambassador Damour said the Pacific Islands are leading the...

Fallout of French nuclear testing in Pacific still affecting men decades later

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Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia. The crew of HMNZS Otago, and later the frigate Canterbury, were sent there to protest French nuclear testing. Little did they know that the fallout from the mission would continue decades later, with health problems and worries about the effects on their children and...

The rising ocean will extinguish more than land. It will kill entire languages

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As the climate crisis forces migration, so native tongues wither, too. But it’s not too late to intervene By Anastasia Riehl Rising sea levels already pose an existential threat to the populations of Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and other low-lying Pacific atolls. In these places, however, it is not just homes, crops and community cohesiveness that are at risk:...

Drua dominate stacked Fiji side for Internationals

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The Fijian Drua's strong Super Rugby Pacific season has been reflected in the Fiji national squad, accounting for 18 of the 39-man squad, Head coach Simon Raiwalui named the squad ahead of their first Test of 2023 against Tonga on 22 July, reduced from a wider 45-player training squad a fortnight ago. “We had to wait until all club commitments were...

Fiji and Cook Islands win final Group games as quarter final match ups are confirmed at OFC U-19 Women’s Championship

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The quarter final draw has been made following the completion of the Group stage at the OFC U-19 Women's Championship in Fiji. Group A runners up Samoa will play Tahiti in the first quarter final and HFC Bank Stadium in Suva on Saturday. The second quarter final on Saturday will feature Group A winners New Caledonia against hosts Fiji who finished...

Cook Islands well-positioned to demonstrate and uphold strong regional leadership: Puna

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Cook Islands is well-positioned to demonstrate and uphold the strong regional leadership that we need to ensure that we, as the Blue Pacific, are able to capitalise on the opportunities before us today, says Forum Secretary General Henry Puna. Puna in his special Parliamentary address in the Cook Islands Parliament today said as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and...

Pacific group pushing for global shipping to act on climate target

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A group of Pacific states, known as the 6-PAC, is leading the call for the shipping industry to align itself with the 1.5 degrees’ climate target. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is meeting for the next fortnight for a climate summit in London to finalise a strategy to decarbonise the sector as well as discuss a potential new carbon levy. “2023...

Broke and hungry, Pacific Islanders are abandoning Australian farms in droves

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Pacific Island nationals brought to Australia under a workforce scheme to bolster regional economic and diplomatic ties have abandoned the programme by a nearly 10-fold increase in the past five years, with some complaining of racking up debt while languishing for months without work. While employers accuse the government of aiding the black market because of the low numbers of...

Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

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An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human rights. “The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change,...

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