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Dawn Raids: Christchurch art exhibition showcases 'Pacific cultures...don't give up'
Josiah Tualamali'i, who made a documentary for the Fibre Gallery's Lotogatasi o Tagata exhibition, said there hadn't been a gathering in Christchurch for Pacific communities marking the apology.
Social impacts of labour mobility need to be better understood - study
A UNICEF Pacific report has found regional employment schemes can sometimes create family tensions and lead to marital breakdowns. Audio
Opposition MP calls for Cook Islands prison minister to resign
Diane Charlie-Puna, who committed fraud, is less than six months into an 18-month prison sentence and had breakfast at a popular eatery in the capital Avarua last Friday.
Vanuatu: Book project to 'create a sense of their own identity'
Children in Vanuatu will soon be able to see themselves in books, which will likely include themes of climate change and natural disasters. Audio
Tropical depression Bebinca passes Guam Wednesday morning
The damage is not expected to be as severe as last year's tropical cyclone Mawar.
Gay chief justice's 'lifestyle conflicts with the law' - Tongan lawyers
But an LQBTQ+ advocate in the Kingdom claims the law has only ever been used against minors not in consenting same sex relations.
Petition to remove Tonga's first openly gay chief justice
Tonga Law Society president Lopeti Senituli has distanced himself from the petition, saying the lawyers who kicked the petition into motion were acting independently.
'Numerous questions': Fiji govt sticks with new anti-corruption chief
Barbara Malimali was revealed new anti-corruption head on Wednesday, detained the next day, and was back in the same office investigating her for an abuse of office allegation Friday.
France injects new aid to keep New Caledonia's economy afloat
The new financial buoy would allow those essential services to continue operating, at least for the month of September.
'Demand quite high': Starlink licences to operate Pacific wide
Starlink is now in the last stages of getting operation licences across the Pacific following people illegally smuggling units from New Zealand and Australia. Audio
The Metals Company: 'It's just the regulatory hurdles' holding back deep sea mining
Deep sea mining involves extracting potato size rocks called nodules - which are packed full of valuable metals - from the seafloor many kilometres deep. Audio
Whipps and Remengesau to run against each other
Palau's incumbent President Surangel Whipps Jr will go up against his brother-in-law and former president, Tommy Remengesau, in the 2024 Palau elections.
'The problem is the family': Fiji drug use crisis
Breakdown in "family values" blamed for the drug problem, as authorities warn of surge in HIV cases due to "bluetoothing" and concerns about "meth lollies" finding its way to Fiji. Audio
China using economic coercion to influence Palau's relationship with Taiwan - Palau leader
Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr claims China is "weaponising tourism" in a bid to get the nation to sever its ties with Taiwan.
Winston Peters says 'we need to keep engaged' with Micronesia
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) officially held his first ever bilateral meeting with a New Zealand government minister on Tuesday. Audio
Marshall Islands goes with other Pacific nations on Fukushima
President Hilda Heine has decided to join other Pacific countries in recognising "the IAEA as the authority on nuclear safety".
US territories get greenlight for associate membership to regional body
"There is widespread support for the membership of Guam and American Samoa...that is the recommendation from [Pacific Islands Forum] foreign ministers." Audio
Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia
The three-person Pacific leaders mission to New Caledonia is expected to happen prior to the Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga on 26 August, PIF chair Mark Brown says.
'Our neighbourhood is important to us'
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says: "A lot of people think that charity begins at home but in your long-term interest as a country, you neglect your neighbourhood at your peril."
RNZ goes live with new Pacific shortwave transmitter
Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, who officiated at the commissioning in Wellington on Thursday, says it is "seriously important now" than when it began in 1990.
Tuvalu calls for deep sea mining precautionary pause
Tuvalu and other nations have joined the call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the International Seabed Authority Assembly meeting in Kingston, Jamaica.
Campaigner warns world moving towards Pacific for deep sea minning
An advocate against deep sea mining says if action is not taken the world is "going to descend in the waters of the Pacific".
Abuse in Care inquiry: Call for Pacific focused redress pathway
The Royal Commission of Inquiry's final report found Pacific people were overrepresented along with Māori, deaf, disabled, and mentally distressed people. Audio
Police call off search for Fijian man
Luke Vakayawa, 22, was a crew member on Lady Moana, which was returning to Rarotonga from Mangaia, when he fell overboard.