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Fiji name 25-man squad for 2025 Pacific Championships
Fiji Bati have confirmed their 25-man squad for the upcoming 2025 Pacific Championships against the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea. Fiji has selected a star-studded squad that includes several current and former NRL players as the team looks to...
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Super League stars past, present and future named in Fiji squad for Pacific Championships
Super League stars past, present and future have been named in Fiji’s extended 25-man squad ahead of this year’s Pacific Championships. Just as they did last year, Fiji will square off against Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands in the Pacific...
Owner: Simon P. W. Glazebrook, Timothy & Desere Orrill-Legg
Cook Islands dance connects cultures at Te Maeva Nui NZ 2025
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Pacific Media Network
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The world’s largest Cook Islands festival kicks off in Tāmaki Makaurau this Friday, celebrating culture and heritage for everyone, Kūki or not. Modeled on the original festival in Rarotonga, Te Maeva Nui NZ (TMNNZ) engages communities from across...
Owner: New Zealand Government
The Pacific Tourism Organisation Hosts Two-Week Research Training for PNGTPA to Strengthen Tourism Data Capacity
From 16 to 30 September 2025, the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) hosted a two-week research training program for the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA), aimed at strengthening PNGTPA’s capacity to manage and deliver...
Pacific islands bound by climate change, divided by deep-sea mining: Nauru…
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Pacific News Service
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“The climate crisis is not up for debate,” Micronesian President Wesley Simina said. “The only question is whether we will act with the urgency it demands.” Pacific island leaders agreed. At the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly...
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Political Divide Deepens Over Seabed Mining in the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands should be allowed to “make their own choices” and “have a right to their own future development” in terms of seabed mining, according to former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Deep-sea mining was a subject at a panel...
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The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP) Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Journey: What are we doing differently?
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP), being implemented across 15 participating countries1, provided a rare opportunity to reimagine how MERL can meaningfully contribute to ensuring sovereign warehouse storage and response...
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New Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani Series Tamariki Katu Kanga Launches at Te Maeva Nui NZ
The cast and creative team of Tamariki Katu Kanga bring reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani to life at Te Maeva Nui Aotearoa. Photo: Supplied A new reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani animated series, Tamariki Katu Kanga, will be unveiled at Te Maeva Nui this weekend, the...
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Hōkūleʻa to sail from Cook Islands to New Zealand for the first time in 40 years
Crew members on the Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are gearing up to continue on their Moananuiākea voyage. But this time, they’re taking a route that hasn’t been sailed in 40 years: from the Cook Islands to New Zealand, or...
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Pacific Islands focus: health and gender inequities, climate updates, and some hope for marine biodiversity
Introduction by Croakey: In breaking news on Thursday, Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a landmark defence agreement with Australia. PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, known as the PukPuk treaty, “will elevate the two...
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Pacific islands bound by climate change, divided by deep-sea mining: Nauru swimming against the tide
Deep-sea mining equipment. Photo courtesy of Impossible Metals “The climate crisis is not up for debate,” Micronesian President Wesley Simina said. “The only question is whether we will act with the urgency it demands.” Pacific island leaders...
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Pacific Resort Hotel Group Wins Multiple Prestigious Titles at 2025 Cook Islands People's Choice and Air New Zealand Tourism Awards
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Infonews NZ
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Rarotonga, Cook Islands – [30 September 2025] – Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) is proud announce a series of significant wins at the 2025 Cook Islands People’s Choice and Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, reaffirming its position as...
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Stat of the week: the Cook Islands’ trade balance
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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In December 2024, the Cook Islands recorded a trade deficit of USD -14,954,000, meaning the value of imports far exceeded exports. The biggest import category was prepared foodstuffs, beverages, spirits and tobacco, totalling USD...
Owner: Pacific Community
From Silk Road to Blue Pacific: Tourism as a Bridge to Shared Prosperity
Tourism has always been about connection. From the ancient Silk Road to the vast ocean highways of the Blue Pacific, it links cultures, fosters understanding, and creates prosperity through shared journeys. The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)...
Micronesia’s exit from the Pacific Islands Forum
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Pacific News Service
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By Graeme Dobell The slow-motion crash of Micronesia’s break with the Pacific Islands Forum has reached the one-year mark. Back on 8 February 2021, the Micronesia five—the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru and...
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New Caledonia defeat Fiji and make history
[Photo Credit: OFC] New Caledonia defeated Fiji 2-0 to qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026™ in Poland and secure a spot in the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2025 final. Fiji dominated the first half and created several chances, but...
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‘A bitter pill to swallow’: Pacific families hardest hit as Tokoroa plywood plant set to close
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Pacific Media Network
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Pacific and Māori families in Tokoroa are facing a harsh blow as Carter Holt Harvey announces it will shut down its plywood plant, axing 199 jobs. On Tuesday afternoon, workers were told the plant is expected to close in November. Only a small...
Owner: New Zealand Government
E/V Nautilus arrives in the Cook Islands
On Friday, the exploration vessel (E/V) Nautilus arrives in the Cook Islands for the first time. Owned and operated by the U.S-based non-profit organisation Ocean Exploration Trust (OET), the 68-meter vessel specialises in scientific exploration...
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Shadow fleet: French detain tanker crew as another tanker loiters over Baltic cables
Baltic Sea: as suspicious activities continue, Finnish court steps back from prosecution AIS data and analysis by maritime artificial intelligence firm Windward has shown an Aframax tanker of dubious provenance drifting over undersea cables in the...
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