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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...
Curbing single-use plastic starts with a reboot
Global Environment Facility
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The global plastic crisis is a tale of numbers. Here are just a few: - The world produces more than 400 million tons of plastic waste each year. Of that, 11 million tons end up in the ocean, equivalent to a garbage truckload every minute. If this...
Baltic security: Keeping an eye on the Kremlin
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 30, 2025
Russia looks to be preparing major NATO provocations, including hybrid attacks and military buildup near Nordic borders, and may test Article 5. Lithuanian soldiers stand with drones during the NATO Quadriga military exercise, in Pabrade,...
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,...
E Avaiki toku: Knowing our place, shaping our future
Cook Island News
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July 26, 2025
Vaine Tutai Richard, General Manager, Cook Islands Development Agency New Zealand (CIDANZ). “E u'u no te akau roa, ka oki rai ki tona akau roa” (the (parrot) fish from the reef, will always return to its home) - Aitutakian proverb. I was born...
Oire Nikao's passionate youth carry forward cultural legacy, traditions
Cook Island News
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July 26, 2025
Oire Nikao practicing their ute for Te Maeva Nui night, under the guidance of Raemaki Karati, a big helper to team Nikao. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25072520 Oire Nikao takes pride in having young and first-time performers carry on the legacy and traditions...
Charted: Average Income by Global Region, Over 200 Years
Visual Capitalist
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July 29, 2025
Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways There are...
Thomas Wynne: Through the reef of 1965, to the ocean of 1974 and deep waters of 2025, 'Let US begin'
Cook Island News
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July 26, 2025
Thomas Wynne. “And to you, the people of the Cook Islands, I say-let us begin.” – Albert Henry, Inaugural Address, 1965. These were the words of the Papa of our democracy, spoken in 1965 at his inaugural address. Words that still echo today,...
Why The Pakistani Passport Remains One Of The Weakest In The World
Friday Times
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July 29, 2025
The Henley Passport Index released its 2025 global passport report almost a week ago, where Asian nations outpaced the rest of the world. However, the Pakistani passport maintained its legacy of standing as the fourth worst, with a 96th rank,...
New Zealand’s concerns about China’s Pacific motivations grow
Diplomatic Courier
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nder the Radar is a weekly special series bringing you compelling, under–the–radar stories from around the world, one region at a time. This week in SE Asia and Oceania, New Zealand suspends funding to the Cook Islands after its agreement with...
Tahitian community returns to TMN stage
Cook Island News
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July 25, 2025
Tahiti community members will be performing tonight at the National Auditorium. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25072409 After a long absence, the Tahitian community in the Cook Islands is proudly returning to the stage with first-time performers at Te Maeva Nui...
Road safety and security top priority for police
Cook Island News
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July 25, 2025
POLICE MEDIA / 25071323 With the influx of visitors in Rarotonga, both tourists and those from the Pa Enua, the Cook Islands Police Service will be engaged in a number of operational duties, including traffic management, in the coming days. Police...
Mapped: Global Income Level Classification, by Country
Visual Capitalist
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July 28, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
Celebration as first travel bubble flight lands in Rarotonga
Pacific News Service
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There were tears, singing and applause as the first travel-bubble flight from New Zealand landed in Rarotonga on Tuesday. Passengers on board Air New Zealand flight NZ940 didn’t let the bad weather in the Cook Islands deter their excitement as...
‘If we can’t get help from NZ, we will go somewhere…
Pacific News Service
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown defended the nation’s new strategic partnership with China, citing the need for diverse international partners to fund a $650 million(US$389 million) infrastructure plan that New Zealand alone cannot support,...
Pacific news in brief for 28 July
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Test for leptospirosis in laboratory, conceptual image. Photo: DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/FCA/Science Photo Libraray via AFP American Samoa - health American Samoa's Department of Health is warning about the risk of leptospirosis after...
‘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...
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...
Pacific Water, Wastewater conference in Honiara next month
Solomon Star
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July 28, 2025
The 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers Forum and 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and Expo (PWWC25) will be staged in Honiara next month. The Solomon Islands Government, through the Ministry of Mines, Energy...
The Pacific island nation that wants to mine the ocean floor
TUKO
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July 23, 2025
Marine biologist Teina Rongo passes the research vessel MV Anuanua Moana in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Photo: William WEST / AFP Source: AFP A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves,...