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Thousands of Fijians are celebrating culture and heritage for Fijian Language Week or Macawa ni vosa vakaviti in Aotearo...
06/10/2025

Thousands of Fijians are celebrating culture and heritage for Fijian Language Week or Macawa ni vosa vakaviti in Aotearoa New Zealand this week.

Music collective Vatu Dei, whose harmonies are steeped in itaukei stories and traditions, have picked the week to release their debut album.

🔗Read the full story, linked below.

06/10/2025

: Cook Islands cultural identity was celebrated over the weekend at the Waitakere Trusts Arena.
Thousands of performers making up ten teams have been preparing for months on end, culminating in two days of energetic performances.

🎥: Tiana Haxton / RNZ Pacific

The government has paid $6 million to Samoa's government as compensation following the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui.Monday...
05/10/2025

The government has paid $6 million to Samoa's government as compensation following the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui.

Monday marks a year since the ship ran aground on a reef off the south coast of Upolu, and then sank.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said the payment, worth 10 million Samoan tala, followed a request from the government in Apia.

🔗Read the full story, linked below.

US Pacific territories and affiliated states are watching Washington DC closely after the US government entered a shutdo...
05/10/2025

US Pacific territories and affiliated states are watching Washington DC closely after the US government entered a shutdown.

The US government began shutting down after midnight Wednesday (local time) as lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse.

🔗Read the full story from Lydia Lewis, linked below.

03/10/2025

: Te Maeva Nui NZ has kicked off in Auckland, with over a thousand performers making up ten teams.

Participants say this festival is integral to promoting and preserving language and the traditional arts.

🎥: Tiana Haxton / RNZ Pacific

New Zealand and eight Pacific Island nations are failing to stop human trafficking, a new United States Department of St...
02/10/2025

New Zealand and eight Pacific Island nations are failing to stop human trafficking, a new United States Department of State report has found.

The 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which involved 185 countries, defines human trafficking broadly as s*x trafficking and forced labour.

🔗Read Margot Staunton's full story, linked below.

01/10/2025

| The Prime Minister of Tonga says protecting the ocean protects Pacific livelihoods.

At the United Nations General Assembly, 'Aisake Valu Eke told world leaders small island nations need access to more financing to protect their resources and communities against Climate Change.

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01/10/2025

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Tuvalus Prime Minister told the United Nations they must ensure Pacific communities will retain their sovereignty if their lands are ever lost to rising seas.

Feleti Teo says the world can learn from their Falepili Union treaty with Australia.

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While most of the world is calling for a two-state solution, Pacific nations are going against the tide on the Israel-Pa...
01/10/2025

While most of the world is calling for a two-state solution, Pacific nations are going against the tide on the Israel-Palestine issue, and one international politics expert believes their position risks undermining the principle of self-determination.

🔗Read Tiana Haxton's full story, linked below.

01/10/2025

| The Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa says the worlds biggest emitters need to take accountability.

Toelupe Onesemo, told the United Nations, Climate Change related disasters are leaving a trail of destruction across the Pacific, threatening the livelihoods of Pacific people.

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01/10/2025

| The Prime Minister of Fiji says the biggest carbon emitters must take more responsibility to support those impacted most by Climate Change.
Sitiveni Rabuka told the United Nations the world is failing to meet their Paris Agreement promises, and Pacific Island nations are expecting the worst.

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30/09/2025

| The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea told world leaders there is no back-up planet to escape to if Climate Change destroys the Earth.
James Marape says it is not feasible to fly to a second Earth so leaders must "save the one planet we have"

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