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Moana Pasifika have named their best available match-day 23 to meet the Waratahs at home in North Harbour on Saturday. Captain Ardie Savea, who moves to openside flanker for the clash, told reporters in Albany, “the job is not done”, as they search for their first back-to-back win in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The side defeated the Crusaders at home...

With the Fijian Drua reaching the halfway point of the Super Rugby Pacific season, head coach Glen Jackson acknowledges that the stakes are getting higher. As teams begin to test their squad depth, recent rounds have highlighted the consequences of any lapse in performance, with some sides suffering heavy defeats. Jackson sees this as a crucial period for his players to...

Fiji and other Pacific countries will now face higher export charges to the US under newly introduced reciprocal tariffs. Under the new policy, Fiji will face a 32 per cent tariff on its exports to the United States of America. This in response to the 63 per cent tariff Fiji imposes on American goods. Other Pacific countries will also see changes in...

In a heartfelt farewell, BenarNews, a trailblazer in independent journalism across the Asia-Pacific, has announced a pause in operations due to funding challenges. After a decade of delivering crucial news from countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and the Pacific the outlet faces an uncertain future after the U.S administration withheld essential financial support. “As BenarNews pauses its...

Members of the PNG Defence Force and police will never set foot on Bougainville again, says Prime Minister James Marape. He was asked by TVNZ in New Zealand last week if he expected any need in future to deploy PNG soldiers to Bougainville again. “We will put it into law in our Constitution: Never again will the PNG Defence Force set...

Achieving gender equality is not the business of governments alone. It is something that needs to be addressed by all sectors of our Pacific.” Mereseini Rakuita, Principal and Strategic Lead for Pacific Women at the Pacific Community (SPC) made this statement at a briefing yesterday ahead of a meeting of the CEDAW Committee (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against...

Vanuatu Minister of Health John Still Tari Qetu was arrested in Port Vila Wednesday and charged with intentional assault and causing public disorder over an incident that occurred in July last year. Police confirmed that they arrested the minister around midday and took him into custody at the police station, where he provided a sworn statement. Daily Post spoke to the...

Solomon Islands Premier of Choiseul Province Harrison Pitakaka has made his feelings known—sounding the alarm of his province’s intention to join the Autonomous Region of Bougainville by 2027. Choiseul is in the western part of the country, close to the Bougainville southern border with the Solomon Islands. His pro Bougainville switch comments was made when he commented on a news thread...

A project proposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and the U.S Air Force to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll could harm the many seabirds that nest at the wildlife refuge, according to biologists and experts who have spent more than a decade working to protect them. It would not be the first time that SpaceX's activities...

Countries that have experienced conflict in the past possess the capacity to achieve peace, says Johanna Podlesak, Director of Pacific Programmes (South East Asia and Pacific) at Conciliation Resources. Speaking to Solomon Star during the recent two-day Peacebuilding and Security Dialogue in Honiara, Podlesak emphasised the resilience of Pacific nations despite their histories of conflict. “Many countries in the region have...