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Thomas Wynne: Peace and agreement
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Thomas Wynne. In 1965 Taru Moana said the following, “I te patu paepae ka kaue taenatini, ka poroaki ei kia ‘au – On the meeting ground, matters of disagreement can be discussed and resolved by peaceful means, writes Thomas Wynne. To be willing to...
Caution over West Papua issue
The National
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PRIME Minister James Marape says the West Papua issue must be approached respectfully, within the boundaries of Indonesia’s sovereignty. But he emphasised that the Melanesian Spearhead Group, as a regional political and cultural bloc, was fully...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: French Polynesia, a Model of Shared Sovereignty?
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
How a sleepy Sydney suburb became the French capital of Australia
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 28, 2025
Killarney Heights might be a sleepy suburb in Sydney's Northern Beaches, but for much of Australia's French community, it is their chosen home. Surrounded by bushland and the tranquil waters of Middle Harbour, thousands of people from the other...
The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court
Rolling Stone
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June 27, 2025
There is no English equivalent for the word the women of Yakel use to describe the shame they feel when they are unable to carry out their customary duties. It is not exactly embarrassment. It is not simply sorrow. It is something deeper — a...
Pacific leaders call for peace amid Middle East tensions as Melanesia eyes regional solidarity
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific leaders have voiced their worries about the ongoing political unrest around the world, especially the conflicts involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The concerns were shared during a meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group...
Fiji assumes MSG chairmanship from Vanuatu
NBC PNG
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Prime Minister James Marape (second-left) and the MSG Leaders of the member countries Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka, Vanuatu PM Jotham Napat, Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele and FLNKS Spokesman Wamytan Roch of New Caledonia inside the BLV Talanoa for...
A guide to Renzo Piano’s magic touch for balancing scale and craft in architecture
Wallpaper*
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June 28, 2025
The title of his practice is the Renzo Piano Building Workshop: a name that emphasises the intimacy of craftsmanship, materials, and making. Yet Renzo Piano and his firm have designed billion-pound ventures, defining capital cities at historical...
What is PNG saying At The MSG Leaders' Summit In Fiji?
Lekmak
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June 22, 2025
Prime Minister, James Marape, arrived Sunday in Suva, Fiji, to participate in the 23rd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit. This summit, chaired by Fiji this year, is a critical forum for Melanesian nations and the FLNKS (Kanak and...
MSG to send letters urging self-determination for Melanesian groups
NBC PNG
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MSG Leaders at the recent Summit in Suva, Fiji (Image: MSG Secretariat) The Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders have agreed to write two different letters to the Governments of France and the Republic of Indonesia. These letters will represent a...
Investigation Ongoing After Tragedy at Reykjavík Hotel
Iceland Review
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June 25, 2025
A French woman in her 60s remains in custody, suspected of killing her husband and daughter, who were found dead in a hotel room on June 14. The investigation remains active, with police awaiting further evidence and international cooperation from...
Pacific news in brief for 25 June
RNZ
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June 25, 2025
Photo: 123rf American Samoa - mining Leaders in the American Samoa government have expressed their opposition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's proposed commercial leasing of the territory's exclusive economic zone. They said this was in...
China irks NZ as its influence spreads in the South Pacific
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 23, 2025
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook Islands is following in the footsteps of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in signing strategic deals...
World News | China Irks NZ as Its Influence Spreads in the South Pacific
Latestly
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June 23, 2025
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook Islands is following in the footsteps of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in signing strategic deals...
‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG
Asia Pacific Report
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June 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence movement leader has warned the Melanesian Spearhead Group after its 23rd leaders summit in Suva, Fiji, to not give in to a “neocolonial trade in betrayal and abandonment” over West Papua. While...
New marine reserve planned for western Pacific
Samoa News
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June 24, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are teaming up on an ambitious plan to create a massive marine reserve covering six million square kilometers of ocean. It's called the Melanesian Ocean Reserve, and if it...
Melanesian leaders call for unity amid global fragmentation
FBC News
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June 24, 2025
[Photo Credit: Fiji Government] In a powerful address at the recent Melanesian summit, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka highlighted the urgent need for Melanesian countries to stand united in the face of an increasingly fragmented global landscape....
Téin released from French jail after appeal fails
RNZ
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June 12, 2025
New Caledonia’s CCAT leader Christian Téin speaks during a press conference held at Union Calédonienne headquarters in Nouméa. Photo: RRB A Court of Appeal in Paris on Thursday ruled for the release of Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin...
United Nations Ocean Conference: Indigenous peoples and local communities dialogue in the framework of the Ocean Decade
Pacific Community (SPC)
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During the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025, various traditional knowledge experts and representatives from Indigenous communities gathered for a workshop to shape key objectives for the second half of the United Nations Decade of Ocean...
Pacific news in brief for 20 June 2025
RNZ
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June 19, 2025
An NGO carrying out testing on drugs at an event - including this this bag of cocaine, in Colombia, in 2021. Photo: AFP/ Juan Pablo Pino New Caledonia - cocaine The French Directorate General of Customs says 67 kilograms of cocaine has been seized...