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‘Newnew Polar Bear’ Containership Set to Return to Europe via Arctic After 2023 Balticconnector Incident
gCaptain
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July 28, 2025
Finnish Border Guard's photo of a Hong Kong registered cargo ship 'Newnew Polar Bear', which was spotted moving close to the Balticconnector gas line, during the joint press conference of the investigation of the possible attack on the...
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,...
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...
Pacific Tourism Organisation Releases Tourism Data Reports in Cooperation with Tourism Solomons
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 22, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with Tourism Solomons and with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MTC) and the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO), released the completed 2024 International...
Pacific Tourism Organisation and Vanuatu Tourism Organisation Release 2024 Visitor Data to Drive Tourism Growth
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 22, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with the Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO) and with support from the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics, is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 International Visitor Survey (IVS) Report—an...
Pacific Tourism Organisation and Niue Tourism Office Release Key Insights from Niue Community Attitude Survey
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 22, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), through its Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI), has completed the Community Attitudes Survey (CAS) for Niue, delivering important insights into public sentiment around tourism development and its...
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,...
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 28 July
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Issak Fines-Leleiwasa scores a try for the ACT Brumbies. Photo: Photosport Rugby Former Wallaby Issak Fines-Leleiwasa is joining the Fijian Drua for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season. Fines-Leleiwasa has featured for the Western Force in the...
Future stars shine bright at School Holiday Football Festival
Cook Island News
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July 24, 2025
About 100 enthusiastic young footballers from across the island gathered for the Future Stars School Holiday Football Festival — a one-day event packed with football, learning and fun! CIFA MEDIA/25072301 The CIFA Complex was buzzing with energy...
Northerners arrive to a heartfelt welcome for 2025 Te Maeva Nui
Cook Island News
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July 21, 2025
Little darlings from Pukapuka Nassau are full of excitement to be in Rarotonga for Te Maeva Nui. MELINA ETCHES/25072010 Hundreds of Cook Islanders from the northern islands arrived in Rarotonga by sea to participate in the 2025 Te Maeva Nui...
Te Maeva Nui begins!
Cook Island News
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July 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown lights the cauldron to officially open the nation’s 60th Te Maeva Nui festival, celebrating the theme “Kua kite au i toku turanga, e Avaiki toku” (I know who I am, I have a homeland). MELINA ETCHES/25072533 Rarotonga...
Reframing conservation as livelihood
Cook Island News
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July 21, 2025
Louisa Castledine, the owner of Ocean Toa Cook Islands, at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. SUPPLIED/25071832 A new movement has been established to promote bold initiative that combines indigenous knowledge with scientific practices to...
Leaders to convene in Rarotonga for Pa Enua Governance Forum 2025
Cook Island News
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July 21, 2025
The Aitutaki Island Council members sworn-in last year will be among Pa Enua leaders taking part in the Pa Enua Governance Forum 2025, which starts today. NANE PUREA/24091115 The Government of the Cook Islands will welcome island leaders from...
Katoa elevates indigenous wisdom in award-nominated master’s thesis
Cook Island News
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July 26, 2025
Pukapukan architect Romani Katoa. 21060925. This week, Pukapukan architect Romani Katoa graduated with his Master’s degree from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). His thesis entitled: “Resilient Futures: Unearthing Indigenous Maori...
Building a ‘dominant scrum’
Cook Island News
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July 18, 2025
Cook Islands rugby legend Steven Setephano run a scrummaging session at Victoria Park in Tupapa on Wednesday. CIRU/25071723/25071724 The Cook Islands Rugby Union (CIRU) is holding scrummaging sessions with the help of two rugby legends to improve...
Defending champions Tupapa faces arch rival Puaikura FC
Cook Island News
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July 26, 2025
Tupapa-Maraerenga FC take on Puaikura FC last season at Victoria Park. CIFA MEDIA/25072530 Defending champions of the Rarotonga Football Competition, Tupapa-Maraerenga will face Puaikura in the Premier Men’s feature match at 3pm today at Victoria...
A cultural legacy in motion
Cook Island News
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July 19, 2025
Secretary for Cultural Development, Emile Kairua. The journey of the Cook Islands from 1965 to 2025 is not only a tale of political evolution and economic development, but also equally a profound story of cultural resilience, continuity, and...
Pacific Islands Forum mission completes visit to Japan
Pacific News Service
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Commitments to further engage in “intensive dialogue” and information sharing on the proposed Fukushima ALPS treated nuclear wastewater discharge into the Pacific are the leading outcomes of the Forum’s high level visit to Japan. The high-level...
Thomas Wynne: Sir Albert Henry’s Call to the Future: A Voice from 1965 - Aru i te ara o te rā — Follow the pathway of the sun
Cook Island News
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July 19, 2025
Thomas Wynne. In August 1965, newly anointed Premier Albert Henry stood before the United Nations not just as a leader of a newly self-governing nation, but as a visionary of what the Cook Islands could become. With measured dignity, he offered a...
Baudinet aims for historic Davis Cup doubles record
Cook Island News
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July 15, 2025
Cook Islander Brett Baudinet is three wins away from claiming the world record for the most doubles wins in Davis Cup history. VTF/25071420 Cook Islands tennis veteran Brett Baudinet is set to compete in his 21st Davis Cup, aiming for a historic...