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Inclusive Access To Quality Education - A Priority For The Pacific
Scoop
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Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:27 pm Press Release: PacREF Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, 10 February 2025 – Inclusive education is top of the agenda this week as representatives from 15 Pacific Island countries’ education systems join a...
Hot-button issues lose their media heat
Canberra CityNews
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July 3, 2025
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN reflects on how two once hot-button issues this week barely sparked media and political interest. Political and news cycles often work in a certain and predictable way. Issues flare like bushfires, then rage...
Small Island, Big Vision: Nauru's Journey Towards A Sustainable Tomorrow
Scoop
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When Nauru achieved independence in 1968, it marked the beginning of a new chapter for the Pacific Island Country. And while it may be the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, as well as the smallest...
The issues that once caused political storms barely registered this week
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 3, 2025
Political and news cycles often work in a certain and predictable way. Issues flare like bushfires, then rage for weeks or even months, until they are finally extinguished by action or fade by being overtaken by the next big thing. On two very...
Miss Litara Ieremia-Allan is Contestant No 2 and her Topic is Culture
Samoa Global News
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February 2, 2025
Miss Samoa will appear at the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant in the Solomon Islands, as Contestant Number 2, and her topic to present at the pre-pageant interview will be “culture”. Pageant hosts Solomon Islands will take the stage first as...
Australia to use Indigenous rangers to patrol coast for asylum seekers
The Straits Times
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January 29, 2025
SYDNEY - Australia said on Wednesday it would enlist indigenous Aboriginal rangers to patrol its vast and remote northern coastline amid an influx of illegal fishing boats that have also been used by people smugglers. The Australian Border Force...
Vaiala Village Representatives to Embark on Historic Trip to Nauru for Independence Celebrations.
Samoa Global News
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January 28, 2025
In an extraordinary display of goodwill and international friendship, representatives from the village of Vaiala will travel to Nauru this week to attend the country’s 31st January Independence Day celebrations. The trip marks the strengthening of...
Vaiala Village Embark on Historic Trip to Nauru for Independence Celebrations
Samoa Global News
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January 28, 2025
In an extraordinary display of goodwill and international friendship, representatives from the village of Vaiala will travel to Nauru this week to attend the country’s 31st January Independence Day celebrations. The trip marks the strengthening of...
Vaiala Village Representatives to attend Nauru Independence Celebrations
Talamua
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January 28, 2025
Apia, Samoa – 29 January 2025 – In an extraordinary display of goodwill and international friendship, representatives from the village of Vaiala in the Vaimauga district, Samoa, will travel to Nauru today, to attend the country’s Independence Day...
Vaiala reps off to Nauru
Samoa Observer
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Representatives from the village of Vaiala in the Vaimauga district will travel to Nauru on 29 January to attend the country’s Independence Day celebrations on 31 January. The Vaiala delegation will include paramount chiefs Tofaeono Leavasa, Patu...
PRESS RELEASE – Vaiala Village Representatives to Embark on Historic Trip to Nauru for Independence Celebrations.
Government of Samoa
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January 28, 2025
In an extraordinary display of goodwill and international friendship, representatives from the village of Vaiala in the Vaimauga district, Samoa, will travel to Nauru on January 29,2025, to attend the country’s Independence Day celebrations on...
Grattan on Friday: how two once hot-button issues this week barely sparked media and political interest
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
Political and news cycles often work in a certain and predictable way. Issues flare like bushfires, then rage for weeks or even months, until they are finally extinguished by action or fade by being overtaken by the next big thing. On two very...
Baron Waqa’s tenure as Nauru’s president has been called a ‘very dark chapter’
Pacific News Service
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There are already calls to reconsider former Nauru president Baron Waqa’s appointment as Pacific Islands Forum secretary-general. Waqa — who has a controversial record on human rights and press freedom — has been selected to lead the Pacific...
Nauru: Third smallest country in the world
Oman Observer
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November 4, 2024
Muscat: Nauru, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean is the third smallest country in the world after Vatican City and Monaco. According to Britannica, it is a raised coral island located in southeastern Micronesia, 25 miles (40 km)...
New visa offers lifeline for Tuvaluans amid global climate crisis
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific Islanders, especially those from the climate-threatened nation of Tuvalu, are taking advantage of Australia’s new resettlement aimed at helping people affected by climate change. The move is part of a special agreement called the Falepili...
Chloe was visiting Nauru when she came across Australia's immigration detention centre... what the guards did next surprised her
Daily Mail
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January 20, 2025
A young woman filmed the moment she 'accidentally broke into' an offshore Australian immigration detention centre. Travel blogger Chloe Jade was visiting the Micronesian island of Nauru, north-west of Papua New Guinea, with her friends on December...
Nauru Airlines receive support to continue weekly flights
Islands Business
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November 5, 2024
Students and teachers of Buakonikai Primary School on Rabi are now enjoying improved access to renewable electricity and internet thanks to Australia’s Pacific Climate Infrastructure Financing Partnership (PCIFP). The Australian Government, in...
Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
Harassment of religious groups still on the rise, Pew reports
Church Times
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January 16, 2025
THE harassment of religious groups, either by government or other groups, is at its most widespread since records began, the latest study by the Pew Research Center says. Pew, which is based in the United States, has been tracking hostility and...
'Southern Frontier': Australia’s cold pursuit of empire and identity
Independent Australia
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A new book uncovers the overlooked history of Australia’s deep entanglement with Antarctica, a story of ambition, exploration and national self-definition. Jim Kable reviews The Southern Frontier: Australia, Antarctica and Empire in the Southern...