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John Mackie from Christchurch Civil Defence talks to ABC News24 as a bushfire near the New Zealand city rages into its fourth day, February 16, 2017.
Topics: bushfire, new-zealand, pacific
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| UpdatedA row has broken out between New Zealand and it's smallest Pacific territory, Tokelau.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, tokelau
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| UpdatedA prominent Fijian-Australian academic is questioning a recent deal which will see Australia supplying armoured troop carrying vehicles to Fiji
Topics: defence-forces, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedWith the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Winston just days away, many in Fiji are looking at how far they've come since the disaster.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedIt's a long way from Vanuatu to the red carpet of the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Topics: film-movies, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedEleven homes burn down and a state of emergency is declared as a raging New Zealand bushfire heads into its fourth day.
Topics: bushfire, new-zealand, pacific
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| UpdatedThe Chairman and Chief Executive of the Pacific Games organising committee in Tonga, Lord Fred Sevele, says it's time for he and Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva to put their personal differences aside and work together to ensure that the 2019 Games are a success.
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| UpdatedImages of young people buying fruit and vegetables, taking Zumba classes, and surfing lessons, were among the winners in a photography competition aimed at capturing the effort that Pacific Islanders are making to tackle the scourge of non-communicable diseases.
Topics: photography, health, pacific
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| UpdatedThe PNG Barramundis have pulled off a landmark victory in a 20/20 thriller against the ACT XI in Canberra, winning by three runs in a match that went down to the last ball.
Topics: cricket, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe Barramundi's will be heading back to Papua New Guinea in good spirits after an impressive performance in front of Australia's cricketing elite in Canberra.
Topics: cricket, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedLoghman Sawari, the 20-year-old Iranian refugee deported from Fiji to Papua New Guinea, is granted bail by a magistrate in Port Moresby.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, refugees, papua-new-guinea, pacific, asia
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| UpdatedIranian refugee Loghman Sawari has been granted bail in Port Moresby.
Topics: courts-and-trials, refugees, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThere's been a plea for the role of men in combating gender-based violence in PNG not to be ignored.
Topics: domestic-violence, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedGlobal efforts to combat tuberculosis need to be urgently expanded to avoid millions of deaths in the future.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, infectious-diseases-other, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA Kokoda Track tour operator has taken issue with claims that local porters are being treated poorly.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, tourism, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe problem of urban drift in Solomon islands is a complex one, with no easy or simple answers.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, pacific, solomon-islands
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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