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Bougainville election results deadline extended rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Bougainville votes: Return of writs deadline extended, Electoral Commission says

Bougainville votes: Return of writs deadline extended, Electoral Commission says

The Office of Bougainville's Electoral Commission (OBEC) has announced that, after careful consideration, it has determined that there is insufficient time to return the writs for the 2025 general...

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"I believe firmly that the Forum belongs to its members, not countries that are non-members," said President Heine Monday in parliament's opening ceremony. rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Marshall Islands President warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

Marshall Islands President warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

Leaders of the three Pacific nations with diplomatic ties to Taiwan are united in a message to the Pacific Islands Forum that the premier regional body must not allow non-member countries to dictate...

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Land reforms aim to end stalled development in Papua New Guinea rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Land reforms aim to end stalled development in Papua New Guinea

Land reforms aim to end stalled development in Papua New Guinea

Reforms to land laws in Papua New Guinea should ensure that landowners have more control over their land.

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Outer islands' delicacies in hot demand at Cook Islands 60th anniversary celebrations rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Outer islands' delicacies in hot demand at Cook Islands 60th anniversary celebrations

Outer islands' delicacies in hot demand at Cook Islands 60th anniversary celebrations

Unique island specialties are selling fast at the Cook Islands 60th Constitution celebrations trade days in Rarotonga.

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NZ's status as a 'cash cow' of Pacific meth market driving drug crises in region - crime expert rnz.co.nz/news/world/568619/…
NZ's status as a 'cash cow' of Pacific meth market driving drug crises in region - crime expert

NZ's status as a 'cash cow' of Pacific meth market driving drug crises in region - crime expert

A transnational crime expert says New Zealand and Australia's status as the "cash cows" of the Pacific methamphetamine market is a driving factor in the drug crisis facing the region.

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New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party denounces 'Bougival' deal rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party denounces 'Bougival' deal

New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party denounces 'Bougival' deal

New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), on Thursday officially rejected a political agreement signed in Paris last month.

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Pacific families bear the brunt of public housing evictions rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Pacific families bear the brunt of public housing evictions

Pacific families bear the brunt of public housing evictions

Pacific families are being kicked out of public housing at disproportionate rates in Manurewa and Porirua, sparking calls for an urgent review of policy.

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China hits back at FBI director's 'groundless assertions' in Wellington rnz.co.nz/news/national/5686…
China hits back at FBI director's 'groundless assertions' in Wellington

China hits back at FBI director's 'groundless assertions' in Wellington

China says it strongly opposes any "groundless assertions" after comments made by the head of the FBI at its new office in Wellington.

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Nauru is the latest Pacific nation to report dengue deaths rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Nauru is the latest Pacific nation to report dengue deaths

Nauru is the latest Pacific nation to report dengue deaths

Nauru's Health Department has confirmed two deaths related to dengue fever: a 15-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl.

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Chief of War cast hope new series is a 'jumping off point' for audiences to learn about the real Hawai'i rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Chief of War cast hope new series is a 'jumping off point' for audiences to learn about the real...

Chief of War cast hope new series is a 'jumping off point' for audiences to learn about the real...

Spoken almost entirely in Ōlelo Hawai'i and telling a story of Hawaiian culture, language and history, Chief of War was a first from the moment the script was written.

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Bougainville's election challenge: one day of polling on 4 September rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Bougainville's election challenge: one day of polling on 4 September

Bougainville's election challenge: one day of polling on 4 September

This year's Bougainville election will be a single-day poll involving hundreds of workers across the autonomous Papua New Guinea region.

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Russia earthquake further upgraded to magnitude 8.8, tsunami threat for parts of the Pacific Tonga's Meteorological Services has issued a tsunami alert for the kingdom following the powerful quake rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Pacific on tsunami watch following powerful 8.8 quake off Russia

Pacific on tsunami watch following powerful 8.8 quake off Russia

The Cook Islands Meteorological Service has upgraded its earlier tsunami advisory to a tsunami warning following the powerful 8.8 quake which occurred 133km south east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,...

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Mormon Church responds to allegations against American missionary accused of abusing Tongan boys rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Mormon Church responds to allegations against American missionary accused of abusing Tongan boys

Mormon Church responds to allegations against American missionary accused of abusing Tongan boys

Content warning: This story discusses the sexual abuse of children.

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Flying Fijians eye improvements ahead of Pacific Nations Cup rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Flying Fijians eye improvements ahead of Pacific Nations Cup

Flying Fijians eye improvements ahead of Pacific Nations Cup

Flying Fijians head coach Mick Byrne believes his team will be better heading into the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup (PNC), following their recent Test matches against the Wallabies and Scotland.

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How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world's highest court. And won. rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world's highest court. And won.

How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world's highest court. And won.

Last week, the UN's highest court issued a stinging ruling that countries have a legal obligation to limit climate change and provide restitution for harm caused, giving legal force to an idea that...

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Vanuatu RSE workers celebrate first-ever Bislama Language Week rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Vanuatu RSE workers celebrate first-ever Bislama Language Week

Vanuatu RSE workers celebrate first-ever Bislama Language Week

For the first time, Vanuatu Bislama Language Week is being officially celebrated in New Zealand and for Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers toiling in the orchards of Pukekohe, they are feeling a sense of...

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New Caledonia’s population drops to below 265,000, census reveals rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
New Caledonia’s population drops to below 265,000, census reveals

New Caledonia’s population drops to below 265,000, census reveals

New Caledonia's population has shrunk to 264,596 over the past six years, the latest census, conducted in April and May 2025, has revealed.

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Born for this: Fa'afāfine, matai, and now ... MP? rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Born for this: Fa'afāfine, matai, and now ... MP?

Born for this: Fa'afāfine, matai, and now ... MP?

A 20-year dream is coming true for one prominent Samoan fa'afāfine, who is contesting a key Savai'i seat in next month's general election.

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Nauru seeks transform its economy by becoming a cryptocurrency powerhouse rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
Nauru seeks to transform its economy by becoming a cryptocurrency powerhouse

Nauru seeks to transform its economy by becoming a cryptocurrency powerhouse

An Australian finance director has flown to Nauru with ambitions to turn it into the crypto powerhouse of the Pacific.

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More Pasifika households denied emergency housing - report rnz.co.nz/international/paci…
More Pasifika households denied emergency housing - report

More Pasifika households denied emergency housing - report

A new report on homelessness in Aotearoa shows more Pasifika families were denied emergency housing due to ineligibility than were accepted in the month of March.

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