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Former Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama avoids jail time despite guilty verdict
The court cited the 69-year-old's poor health in granting him a reprieve.
Published: Location: FijiTopic: International Courts and Tribunals
'Brown girls like me do not become writers': Poet Tusiata Avia on what she would tell her 15-year-old self
As the first Pasifika woman to win the New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literature or be appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, these are accolades Tusiata Avia didn't quite envision for herself growing up in a period of dawn…
Published: Location: New ZealandTopic: Art
Inside this brightly coloured pod is white slimy gold. Tiny PNG villages are cashing in
Over the last few years, a peculiar change has taken place in Papua New Guinea's north-west, with remote, traditional villages modernising at a rapid pace. Here's how the price of cocoa is fuelling development.
Published: Location: Papua New GuineaTopic: Fruit
Rebuilding spaces to keep traditional knowledge alive in Solomon Islands
A Solomon Island organisation knows as ‘Kastom Keepers’ is helping to preserve traditional knowledge and cultural practices in the country.
Published: Location: Solomon IslandsTopic: Disaster Preparedness
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Papua New Guinea’s cocoa opportunity
Papua New Guinea is hoping to take advantage of a global shortage of cocoa in West Africa by dramatically increasing exports.
Topic: Agriculture