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| UpdatedThe Director of Human and Social Services in American Samoa who was at the centre of an extraordinary outburst against his own staff has kept his job, but he's still facing action for sex discrimination in the courts.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, american-samoa
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| UpdatedWhen the players from the Auckland Blues and the Queensland Reds assemble for an historic Super Rugby clash under lights in Apia on June 2nd, it's set to be a particularly memorable occasion for those players on both teams who have a Samoan heritage.
Topics: rugby-union, pacific, samoa
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| UpdatedThe Papua New Guinea cricket team are in Canberra today to take on a team representing the Australian Capital Territory, as the curtain raiser for the match between the Australian Prime Minister's XI and the touring Sri Lankan team.
Topics: cricket, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedHundreds of people attended a vigil last night in Port Moresby to pay their respects to Ruby Laufa.
Topics: people, grief, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe Fiji government has rejected a recent Amnesty International report alleging the use of torture by the security forces.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedThe Royal New Zealand Air Force has flown more than a tonne of books to Papua New Guinea for disadvantaged children.
Topics: community-and-society, community-education, pacific, papua-new-guinea, new-zealand
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| UpdatedHe's the tech billionaire with the ear of new US President Donald Trump.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, immigration, pacific, new-zealand
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| UpdatedA major report into the Asian Development Bank by the Lowy Institute argues that the 50-year old organisation risks losing influence and relevance in the region in the years ahead.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, pacific
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| UpdatedThe chairman of the recently-formed Football Federation Papua New Guinea, John Kapi Natto, is pressing ahead with plans for a new national soccer league, with the backing of a dozen association presidents around the country.
Topics: soccer, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe PNG Lewas have suffered another huge defeat in their final match at the Women's Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Sri Lanka, losing to South Africa by ten wickets.
Topics: cricket, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe Tongan rugby sevens squad have started their build up to the World Series qualifying tournament in Hong Kong in April, as they look to close the gap with their Pacific neighbours Fiji and Samoa.
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| UpdatedAmnesty International has rejected Fiji government claims that they failed to contact the Director of Public Prosecutions before writing their recent report on the use of torture by the country's security forces.
Topics: police, government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedA former Fiji journalist has just published a study of self-censorship in the Fiji media.
Topics: print-media, media, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedThe Kingdom of Tonga is getting a formal postal system - something it's never really had before.
Topics: community-and-society, pacific, tonga
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| UpdatedHeavy rain is continuing to fall across the Pacific with the Fiji Weather Bureau putting out a special bulletin on Monday to warn about a slow-moving trough that is expected to continue to bring significant amounts of rain for the next couple of days.
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| UpdatedOn World Radio Day, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation is running a series of programs with the theme of Radio And You to acknowledge the significance of the medium.
Topics: radio-broadcasting, pacific, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedThe Director of Fisheries in Vanuatu, Kalo Pakoa, is calling for the public's help in tracking down Vietnamese 'blue boats' fishing illegally in the country's exclusive economic zone.
Topics: illegal-fishing, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedA bill to change the constitution and formally declare Samoa as a Christian state now seems certain to become law.
Topics: christianity, pacific, samoa
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| UpdatedWith less than a year to go before the Winter Olympics in South Korea, one of the members of the fledgling Tongan team has made an encouraging start to his quest for qualification.
Topics: alpine-skiing, pacific, tonga
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| UpdatedThe inaugural Brisbane Rugby Tens tournament played out in Brisbane came down to an all New Zealand shoot out in the final, with the Chiefs defeating the Crusaders 12-5 to take out the trophy.
Topics: rugby-union, pacific
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| UpdatedAfter coming under fire from former coach Ben Ryan for not doing more to grow the brand of rugby sevens after winning Olympic gold last year, the recent deal signed by the Fiji Rugby Union with the Australian company Velocity Brand Management would appear to be a big step in the right direction.
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| UpdatedAt least eight people are dead and more than 120 are injured after a powerful earthquake strikes in the southern Philippines, damaging buildings and an airport and knocking out power.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, philippines, asia, pacific
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Heavy rains continue to fall across the South Pacific, as islands from Papua New Guinea to Samoa experience simultaneous flooding in a "first time" event.
Topics: weather, floods, pacific, samoa, fiji, cook-islands, solomon-islands, asia
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| UpdatedMuch of the Pacific is currently experiencing heavy rainfall and flooding.
Topics: rainfall, floods, pacific, solomon-islands, vanuatu, fiji, samoa
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| UpdatedThe Solomon Islands government is being urged to consider relocating the country's main hospital after it was flooded by the torrential downpours being experienced right across the region this week.
Topics: health, rainfall, pacific, solomon-islands