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‘Walk the talk’: Women’s council urges government action ahead of UN review
Cook Island News
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July 24, 2025
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) has presented its Shadow Report as part of the lead-up to the Cook Islands review by the United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women...
Legal Tender Dennis Rodman Silver Trading Coin for ANA Show
CoinNews
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August 8, 2025
Former star basketball player Dennis Rodman is the latest sports figure to be portrayed on a new series of trading coins created by Celebrity Mint™ (www.CelebrityMint.com) of Houston, Texas. The one-ounce .999 silver Rodman coins will make their...
Pest survey findings to strengthen crop protection
Cook Island News
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August 6, 2025
The fieldwork involved surveillance of key crops and entry pathways across Aitutaki and Rarotonga, followed by in-country diagnostic training for ministry staff. MoA/25080151 The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to receive a final report this...
U.S. Coast Guard, international partners conclude Operation Nasse in Pacific region
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 24, 2025
Sai Sarau, a Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officer, conducts a boarding on a commercial fishing vessel operating in the Cook Islands’ exclusive economic zone June 9, 2025. The crew of medium endurance cutter USCGC Harriet...
Luxon talks up more united Pacific on PNG visit
RNZ
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August 5, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon views a mortar training and live firing exercise with NZDF and Papua New Guinea troops on Tuesday. Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is talking up a more united Pacific in Papua New...
India, Fiji Discuss Bilateral Ties And Ways To Strengthen Cooperation
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, July 30 (IANS) India and Fiji held the 6th Foreign Office Consultations in Suva on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in health, education, capacity building, trade, investment, agriculture,...
Routes & Networks Latest: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C Aug. 4, 2025)
Routes
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The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements. Aug. 5 Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines has received exemption authority from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to begin...
PACER Plus: NZ backs Fiji’s ambitious push for membership
Pacific Media Network
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New Zealand is ramping up its support for Fiji’s inclusion in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus. PACER Plus is a trade and development agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and eight Pacific Island countries,...
Visa-free entry for Sri Lankans to 42 destinations; here's the full list
Khaleej Times
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Citizens of Sri Lanka, the island nation located in the Indian Ocean southeast of India, now enjoy a wider range of visa-free destinations, particularly within Africa. According to the Henley Passport Index 2025, the Sri Lankan passport has...
Letter: Respect for locals
Cook Island News
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August 6, 2025
Dear Editor, What is happening to us? First the police, on their outrider motorcycles taking dignitaries in their big cars up the back roads of Rarotonga treat their own people like dogs, waving their arms furiously and screaming at people to get...
Philippines grants visa-free entry to Indians, New Delhi to give free e-visa to Filipinos
Firstpost
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August 6, 2025
In a significant move to enhance tourism and foster closer people-to-people ties, the Philippines has announced visa-free entry for Indian passport holders. In a reciprocal gesture, India has decided to offer free e-visas to tourists from the...
Is the end of NCEA a step forward or a step backward for Pasifika?
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
Maisiri says that the proposed changes could be used to exclude students in marginalised communities. Photo: 123rf The end of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) has many in the Pacific education community concerned, as...
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 29 July
RNZ
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July 28, 2025
Fijian rugby fans celebrate Photo: Photosport Rugby The Fiji Rugby Union has recorded a net income of FJ$105,962 (around US$47,000) for the financial year ended 31 December 2024. This is a drop from a net income of more than US$470,000 the...
Cyclist Fyfa Dawson’s death prompts call for safety measures and timelier investigations
Newstalk ZB
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August 6, 2025
The death of a teen cyclist killed after a collision with a concrete truck has prompted calls for change from the coroner – and the victim’s grieving family. Fyfa Dawson was cycling through a temporary traffic management site on Springs Rd during...
Luxon welcomed to Papua New Guinea for celebration of diplomatic ties
RNZ
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August 4, 2025
Christopher Luxon was welcomed to Papua New Guinea with a 19-gun salute before being treated to a lavish state banquet. Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape has warmly welcomed his New Zealand counterpart...
Te Pāti Māori Acknowledges 60 Years Of Self Government In Rarotonga
The Daily Blog
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August 5, 2025
Te Pāti Māori wishes to acknowledge and celebrate our tuakana in Rarotonga today as they mark 60 years of self-government, a powerful milestone in their ongoing assertion of mana motuhake. We state unequivocally: we support Rarotonga’s right to...
NZ Customs 'very concerned' about drug movements in the Pacific
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
Photo: Customs NZ The New Zealand Customs Agency says it is "very concerned" about the movement of drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine through the Pacific. Organised crime groups supplying the lucrative New Zealand and Australia markets...
Visa-Free Entry: 44 Countries Lebanese Passport-Holders Can Travel To Hassle-Free
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Want to travel to the chilly mountains of Georgia or roam amongst Rwanda's impeccable wildlife? Lebanese passport-holders can do it all as citizens of the Middle Eastern country can now travel to 44 nations across the...
Why the FBI are really in Wellington – God (and FBI) defend NZ, because Kiwis sure as Christ can’t.
The Daily Blog
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August 3, 2025
There has been an explosion of rage on the activist Left at the FBI opening about base in Wellington… Peace Action opposes establishment of FBI office “Peace Action Wellington completely opposes the opening of a US FBI office in Aotearoa New...
Chris Arnade on China, Wall Street, and Walking Around the World
Reason Magazine
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August 2, 2025
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. Chris Arnade is a photojournalist and the author of the Substack newsletter Chris Arnade Walks the World. He spent a decade walking through American...