Pacific
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Pacific Games Council hoping for amicable conclusion to dispute with Tongan Government
APIA, 19 JULY 2019 (INSIDE THE GAMES)—The Pacific Games Council (PGC) are hopeful an amicable resolution can be reached to…
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Samoa 2019 highlights Australia and China’s soft power play in the Pacific
By Michael Pavitt at the Main Press Centre in Apia APIA, 15 JULY 2019 (INSIDE THE GAMES) — Locals…
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Australia, NZ voted onto Pacific Games Council
Australia and New Zealand are now associate members of the Pacific Games Council following a unanimous vote in Apia over…
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Solomon Islands 2023 release logo for Pacific Games but forced to defend selection process
Solomon Islands 2023 have unveiled their logo for the next edition of the Pacific Games but have been forced to…
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Palau awarded 2025 Pacific Mini Games
Palau have been awarded the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, it was announced in Apia Sunday. It will be the second…
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Twelve countries bid for glory at Pacific Games
Ten men’s and eight women’s rugby sevens teams will compete at the Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games on 12-13 July,…
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Coral Sea Cable work set to commence in Solomon Islands
The Australian and Solomon Islands’ Governments has announced, the installation of the Coral Sea Cable in the Solomon Islands.The Coral…
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A quarter of Pacific islanders live below ‘basic needs poverty lines’, top UN development forum hears
While progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been made over the past four years, some vulnerable island States…
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Rate of child sexual exploitation in Pacific ‘appalling’
New research into child sexual exploitation in the Pacific reaffirms that children are most often sexually exploited by people they…
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UK ‘stepped back too much’ from Pacific – High Commissioner
The British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa says the UK stepped back too much from the Pacific in…
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