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Pacific Olympic and Paralympic athletes stoked with new funding
PacificAus Sports partnership supports Pacific Olympic and Paralympic athletes gear up for Tokyo 2021.
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In brief: News from around the Pacific
Ni-Vanuatu register for covid-19 vaccine shots, Niue's cable launch follows delays, Tonga and Tuvalu sign new grant agreement with the ADB.
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Division over NZ's RSE worker boost, Pacific reacts
Unions and economists are joining in a call to overhaul the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme. Audio
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Nauru vaccinates entire adult population
Nauru's Covid-19 vaccination campaign has exceeded the government's expectations.
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Pacific fisheries bloc opens new HQ in Majuro
A powerful Pacific island fisheries bloc opened a multi-million dollar, four-story headquarters in the Marshall Islands.
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Australia sending vaccine doses to Fiji, Timor Leste
Australia says it is sending fresh batches of Covid-19 vaccine doses to Fiji and Timor-Leste.
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The Pacific went a year without Covid-19, now it’s all under threat
Opinion - While isolation has proven itself effective, it is not perfect - and now the Pacific Islands must overcome misinformation, stigma and geography to vaccinate, Jonathan Pryke writes.
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ADB tips Pacific return to growth in 2021
The Pacific's largest development bank claims the region is set to return to growth this year.
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In brief: News from around the Pacific
Fijian government services hit by cyber attack; Tropical storm Surigae brings heavy rain to Micronesia; and tobacco tax in American Samoa to rise.
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In brief: News from around the Pacific
Covid-19 surge in PNG continues, Adventists set up Kiribati health hub, Nauru begins vaccination rollout, and more.
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In brief: News from around the Pacific for 24 March
Palau triggers Forum withdrawal, the Cook Islands names new Speaker, activists calls on Pacific to remember those suffering in West Papua, key Bougainville department changes name and more.
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Standoff brings USP operations under scrutiny
The ongoing stand-off between the University of the South Pacific's host country Fiji and its governing body, the USP Council, has put the regional institution's future under scrutiny.
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Timeline: The year of Covid-19 in New Zealand
One year on from the first Covid-19 case announced in New Zealand, RNZ takes a day-by-day look back at the unfolding of the pandemic in this country.
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Pacific pact torn apart by infighting over leadership
The Pacific Islands Forum is facing unprecedented disruption at a time when it's arguably needed the most, to present a united front on issues such as Covid and climate change. Audio
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Pacific children on frontline of global nutrition crisis
The world is on the brink of a nutrition crisis, warns Save the Children. Audio
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In brief: News from around the Pacific for 17 February
Fiji reviews Agreement on Establishment of Pacific Islands Forum; over 500 students from a Vanuatu primary school are sent home following a series of earthquakes; there's another case of Covid in the…
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Pacific Forum's consensus failure lamented
Papua New Guinea's former prime minister Peter O'Neill has lamented the failure to reach consensus at the latest Pacific Islands Forum meeting.
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In brief: News from around the Pacific 3 February
Former Vanuatu PM avoids jail, Samoa village bans all political billboards, Amnesty International challenges Nauru on lack of transparency, and more.
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Marshalls fisheries hires one of the Pacific's top fisheries experts
The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority has signed on one of the Pacific region's top fisheries experts provide it legal advice.
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Expanded pre-departure Covid-19 testing starts next week
Pre-departure testing for passengers travelling to NZ from nearly all countries will come into force at 11.59pm on Monday.
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Marshall Islands fisheries revenue expected to drop 20 percent
Fisheries revenue normally injects between 10 and 15 percent of the government's total annual revenue, but several factors in 2020 means this could fall significantly.
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ADB points to further shrinkage in Pacific economies
The Asian Development Bank has further cut growth expectations in the Pacific as coronavirus continues to squeeze the region's economies.
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New PNA head keen on Majuro move
The new head of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement is to relocate to the Marshall Islands as part of her role. Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 19 November 2020
The Solomon Islands government is moving to suspend Facebook in the country; Border restrictions due to the pandemic are forcing people in the Pacific to miss out on life-saving treatments; Nauru… Audio
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Nauru refugees corralled on 71st floor of Brisbane hotel
A refugee advocate in Australia is mystified at the treatment meted out by Australia's Border Force to a group of ten asylum seekers from Nauru Audio