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Pelite stars as Samoa keep World Cup hopes alive

Evania Pelite has starred in her first match since switching from Australia to Samoa, leading her side to a 30-16 win over arch-rivals Tonga in Fiji.

AAP · Oct 19, 2024

Jarryd Hayne joins Fiji's Pacific Championships staff

Jarryd Hayne has landed his first rugby league gig since having a sexual assault conviction overturned.

AAP · Oct 14, 2024

Pacific Island Nations Swamped By Global Drug Trade

A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific, as cartels and triads use far-flung island nations to channel narcotics across the globe, top police and UN officials have told AFP. Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to…

International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024

Pacific nations want ecocide to become a crime – here’s why NZ should support the proposal

The recent proposal by Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa to recognise ecocide as a crime against humanity is timely and could provide a global framework of accountability for environmental damage.

The Conversation · Sep 17, 2024

Meet the Survivor season 47 cast: who's been eliminated so far

18 brave castaways are headed to Fiji to try to win $1 million on Survivor season 47. Keep up with who's been eliminated so far this season.

WhatToWatch · Sep 11, 2024

Pacific islands submit court proposal for recognition of ecocide as a crime

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

US road to 2031 Rugby World Cup starts with Pacific Nations challenge

Eagles coach Scott Lawrence has picked college talent – and crossovers from football and wrestling – in his squad to face Canada and Japan in new event

The Guardian - US · Aug 30, 2024

‘Hot mic’ moment aside, the Albanese government’s Pacific policing deal is a masterstroke of diplomacy

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be attempting to backpedal from a “hot mic” moment at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in which he joked the United States “go halvies” on a new regional policing agreement.

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2024

Fiji's Mar aims to leave her mark in para-taekwondo

Fiji's 19-year-old Paralympic debutant Irene Mar wants to prove she can adapt to para-taekwondo at the top level.

AAP · Aug 29, 2024

‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean

First female Fijian sail master on traditional vessel Uto ni Yalo led a difficult week-long voyage to the Pacific leaders’ summit in Tonga

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2024