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Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

Island Times · July 1, 2025

By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...

Pacific Mini Games 2025 draws regional viewership, offers wide access to sports coverage

Island Times · July 1, 2025

By: Eustoria Marie Borja KOROR, Palau (July 1, 2025) — The Pacific Mini Games 2025 opened with vibrant color, traditional dances, and a dazzling fireworks display on Sunday, marking the Games’ return to Palau after 20 years. Despite a rain shower,...

Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”

Islands Business · June 30, 2025

Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...

Atmospheric river bears down on NZ, gales, rain for north, fresh deluge for storm-hit south

Newstalk ZB · July 1, 2025

The top of both islands are once more in the firing line of an atmospheric river, with South Island emergency officials saying, “this is not the news we wanted right now”. Strong wind and heavy rain watches have been issued for the top half of the...

Tahiti leads Medal tally on Day 1 of Pacific Mini Games

Island Times · July 1, 2025

KOROR, Palau — Tahiti surged ahead on the opening day of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, topping the medal table with 9 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals, thanks to dominant performances in swimming and Va’a. Tahiti made waves in the pool, claiming...

Atmospheric river to swamp parts of northern NZ, flood-hit South Island braces for fresh deluge

Northern Advocate ·

MetService forecaster Samkelo Magwala told the Herald a low was developing in the Tasman Sea and would move towards New Zealand late tomorrow and early Thursday. “It will result in heavy rainfall in the upper South Island as well as the central...

Marape leads path for regional unity and reform at 23rd MSG Summit

PNG Business News ·

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has called for sweeping reforms, deeper cooperation, and renewed unity among Melanesian countries. Addressing the 23rd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit on Monday, 23 June, in Suva, Fiji,...

PNG claims two silver medals on day one of Pacific Mini Games

NBC PNG ·

PNG Va'a mix team with their silver medals after their race in the V12 500 meters (Image: Team PNG) Papua New Guinea has secured two silver medals on the opening day of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games. The first medal came in the Va’a competition,...

Govt changes travel advice level for holiday destination on Australia’s doorstep

KARRYON · June 30, 2025

Previously, the government advised Aussie travellers to “Reconsider your need to travel” – or level three – for certain parts of the country, but that has now been downgraded. “We’ve reviewed our advice and now advise exercise a high degree of...

Buyer Beware: The Alcohol Level on Your Wine’s Label Might Be Lying to You

Food & Wine ·

That “12% ABV” might not mean what you think. U.S. rules let wines under 14% alcohol vary by ±1.5%, so a bottle labeled 12% ABV could actually be anywhere from 10.5% to 13.5% ABV — a swing that changes both the buzz and roughly 20 calories per...

Helen Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’

The Daily Blog · June 29, 2025

David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific From: Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face...

Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

Asia Pacific Report · June 30, 2025

Asia Pacific Report The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR) has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as the new chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to “uphold justice, stability and security” for Kanaky New Caledonia and...

UOG TO HOST PACIFIC TEACHER EDUCATION FORUM

PNG Haus Bung · June 30, 2025

The University of Goroka (UoG) in the Eastern Highlands province is set to host the inaugural Pacific Teacher Challenge Conference from July 5th to 7th, 2025. This landmark event, the first of its kind for UoG and a significant gathering for the...

Palau welcomes the Pacific

NBC PNG ·

Team PNG Flag Bearers Josh Tarere and Thelma Toua at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games with Team PNG Chef De Mission Kinivanagi Karo (left) (Image: Team PNG) In a spectacular opening ceremony of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games last...

'Rise together': 2025 Pacific Mini Games officially underway

RNZ · June 29, 2025

2025 Pacific Mini Games opening ceremony. 29 July 2025 Photo: Facebook / 2025 Pacific Mini Games, Palau The 2025 Pacific Mini Games are officially underway after Sunday's opening ceremony formally launched the event in Palau's capital, Koror. Rain...

Pope Leo XIV: Peter and Paul, examples of communion and harmony

Vatican News · June 29, 2025

Presiding over the Mass on the Solemnity of the patron Saints of the Diocese and City of Rome, with the blessing and imposition of the pallium on the new Metropolitan Archbishops — Leo XIV invites the faithful to contemplate the two Apostles....

Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’

Asia Pacific Report · June 29, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face of gathering global storm clouds. Writing in...

Meet Thomas – SPTO’s New Marketing Intern from New Caledonia!

Pacific Tourism Organisation · June 27, 2025

There’s a new face in the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) family—Thomas, our new Marketing Intern from New Caledonia! SPTO Chief Executive Officer Christopher Cocker welcomed the French-speaking intern to the SPTO team and highlighted that...

France’s Macron calls talks on New Caledonia future

The Local - France · June 25, 2025

President Emmanuel Macron has invited New Caledonia leaders to talks next week on the future of the French overseas territory, a year after deadly separatist violence in the Pacific archipelago. New Caledonian elected officials, as well as...

How a sleepy Sydney suburb became the French capital of Australia

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) · June 28, 2025

Killarney Heights might be a sleepy suburb in Sydney's Northern Beaches, but for much of Australia's French community, it is their chosen home. Surrounded by bushland and the tranquil waters of Middle Harbour, thousands of people from the other...