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Yes, there are Chinese police in Fiji. But that’s none of our business

Yes, there are Chinese police in Fiji. But that’s none of our business

Australia has no right to dictate to Fiji who its police force works with, particularly when we already work with Chinese police on transnational crime.

  • by Graeme Smith

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Chile to investigate LATAM plane’s big drop, injuring 50 onboard

Chile to investigate LATAM plane’s big drop, injuring 50 onboard

The Chilean aviation authority will examine the sudden altitude drop of a Sydney-to-Auckland flight over the Tasman Sea, as the flight data and voice recordings are seized.

  • by Jessica McSweeney, Amelia McGuire and Julie Power
One passenger in serious condition, 11 in hospital after plane drops in midair

One passenger in serious condition, 11 in hospital after plane drops in midair

Ambulances met the plane on the Auckland tarmac and treated at least 50 people who were injured during a “drop” mid-flight.

  • by Josefine Ganko and Angus Thomson
NZ tour operators told to pay $12m in fines and reparations over White Island eruption

NZ tour operators told to pay $12m in fines and reparations over White Island eruption

In handing down his sentence, the judge was particularly scathing of the island’s owners who he said had “appeared to have profited handsomely” from tourists.

US Coast Guard boards Chinese fishing boats near Pacific island

US Coast Guard boards Chinese fishing boats near Pacific island

Kiribati is considered strategic as it is relatively close to Hawaii and controls a 3.5 million square kilometre exclusive economic zone.

  • by David Brunnstrom and Kirsty Needham
Khawaja reveals official New Zealand PM’s residence uninhabitable

Khawaja reveals official New Zealand PM’s residence uninhabitable

NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon “couldn’t live in his place”, Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja said at an event on the lawn of Premier House.

  • by Ben McKay
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Tahitians worry about hosting Olympic surfing in ‘Land of God’

Tahitians worry about hosting Olympic surfing in ‘Land of God’

“We hear a lot about the infrastructure and heritage that will be left by the Olympic Games, but we already have an ancestral heritage.”

  • by Daniel Cole
Dozens massacred in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea

Dozens massacred in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea

Australia was ready to provide support to the Marape government to quell the violence in Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

  • by Tess Ikonomou