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Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 15 – August 21, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 22, 2025
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Warrior NZ construction boss John Gemmell hauled before the Employment Relations Authority again
The New Zealand Herald
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August 24, 2025
According to the recent determination, Gemmell offered Prasad a job as a mechanic repairing his vehicles in early 2021. When that work dried up, Gemmell suggested Prasad start working for his company as an apprentice builder. Prasad liked Gemmell...
‘This is home’: Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia receive emotional welcome in Rarotonga
Cook Island News
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August 21, 2025
Hōkūleʻa arrives in Avatiu Harbour ahead of the official welcoming ceremony. MELINA ETCHES/25082011 Rarotonga was treated to a breathtaking welcome yesterday morning as the Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived in Avatiu...
PRC supports regional water forum
Solomon Star
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August 24, 2025
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has provided SBD 200,000 in support for the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Forum and the 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and Expo (PWWC25). Solomon Islands is...
Japan’s Ties to Pacific Island Nations Have New Significance 80 Years after World War II, as U.S.-China Rivalry in Region Grows
The Japan News
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August 22, 2025
The Yomiuri Shimbun Then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front center, welcomes Pacific leaders in Tokyo at the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in 2024. By Yuko Mukai 8:00 JST, August 23, 2025 Eighty years ago, Japan lost its...
Whale Watch Kaikōura fined $245k for safety breaches after crew injuries
The New Zealand Herald
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August 23, 2025
There had been changes in her personality; her confidence was low and she struggled to talk to people. The woman was a crew member aboard Whale Watch Kaikōura’s vessel Wheketere when, in December 2023, she was hosing down the deck. As she moved...
Te Aroha doctor honoured with Community Service Medal from Royal NZ College of GPs
The New Zealand Herald
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August 21, 2025
The RNZCGP said Eade received the medal because he often went above and beyond, but Eade said that was the duty of all GPs when dealing with their patients. “I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m doing anything more special than any of my other GP...
PRC Supports Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers Forum in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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August 22, 2025
Friday 22 August 2025, Honiara – The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has provided SBD 200,000 in support for the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Forum and the 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and...
China Contributes SBD 200,000 to Support Pacific Water Forum
Tavuli News
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August 22, 2025
The People’s Republic of China has contributed SBD 200,000 to support the upcoming 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Forum and the 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and Expo (PWWC25), to be held in...
Meet the cast of Survivor 49 By Dalton Ross
Entertainment Weekly
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You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to play Survivor. But in the case of Survivor 49, one person actually is. That is just one of the unique professions among the group of contestants set to do battle in Fiji on the next season of the reality...
OPINION: Deep-sea mining ‘would be catastrophic’
Australian Geographic
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August 21, 2025
Home Topics Opinion & Analysis OPINION: Deep-sea mining ‘would be catastrophic’ By Professor Jessica Meeuwig and Professor Callum Roberts • 21 August 2025 Billions of polymetallic nodules – mineral-rich rock concretions – lie strewn across the...
First Pitch tribute to Standish coin concept
Coin World
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Two years after the passing of world-renowned numismatist Miles Standish, 7k Metals revealed exclusive coins carrying his design concept. The design, First Pitch, combines Standish’s love for numismatics and baseball. The high-relief,...
Aust-PNG relations at 50: Pride,politics and price of partnership
The National
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Papua New Guinea kicked off a festival of 50th anniversary independence celebrations last month with breathless fanfare that will run well into the rest of the year. The national milestone will fall on Sept 16. Billboards have sprung up around...
Deep-sea mining: Gold rush or disaster?
Australian Geographic
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August 21, 2025
Home Topics Opinion & Analysis Deep-sea mining: Gold rush or disaster? By Professor Jessica Meeuwig and Professor Callum Roberts • 21 August 2025 Billions of polymetallic nodules – mineral-rich rock concretions – lie strewn across the deep-sea...
Coroner confirms cause of death in Takuvaine road fatality
Cook Island News
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August 20, 2025
Two drivers were arrested and charged for returning blood results in excess of the limit for alcohol in the weekend. Both were bailed to appear in court this week. POLICE MEDIA / 25071323 Police have confirmed that the case of the country’s sixth...
Competing With China in the Gray Zone
The American Spectator - Virginia
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Former Senator and Navy Secretary Jim Webb recently wrote a powerful article in The National Interest advocating that the United States support resistance to the illegitimate and genocidal military junta that now rules Myanmar (formerly Burma)....
Letters to the Editor | August 20, 2025
The Fiji Times
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August 19, 2025
Schools cadet program It’s nice to see various schools now participating in the cadet program. I have also noted rural-based schools partaking in the same program. The program itself teaches about punctuality, respect, understanding, adherence to...
Letter: MFEM defends role in shipping
Cook Island News
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August 18, 2025
Dear Editor, In response to the Letter to the Editor in CINews dated August 12th titled “Centralising Power at MFEM”, MFEM (Ministry of Finance and Economic Management) provides the following: MFEM, through its management of the domestic shipping...
ACT + Northland’s crime wave + Newtown’s crime wave + FBI – It’s all connected man
The Daily Blog
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August 17, 2025
Right, this is occurring… 90 extra police officers sent to Northland amid surge in violent crime …because ACT legalised Pseudoephedrine which allowed local gangs who didn’t have the overseas contacts to ship meth in to cook it themselves and it is...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 8 – August 14, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 15, 2025
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