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Vanuatu's national airline teeters on the brink of voluntary administration
Travellers are stranded in Vanuatu after the country's national airline cancelled international flights for four days, while the Vanuatu government considers putting it into voluntary administration.
Published: Location: VanuatuTopic: Tourism and Leisure Industry
Timor-Leste has banned anyone from practising martial arts. Here's why
Large sections of the community support a ban, hoping it will help put a stop to violence, but martial arts leaders and advocates are outraged.
Published: Location: Timor-LesteTopic: World Politics
Tears in court as Fiji's former PM and coup leader Frank Bainimarama sentenced to one year in jail
It comes after Bainimarama's conviction over his role in influencing a police investigation into funding of the region's biggest university.
Published: Location: FijiTopic: Courts and Trials
Australia increases financial support to Tuvalu in face of competition with China
Australia and Tuvalu declare there are only a "narrow set of circumstances" where the federal government might trigger a contentious part of the Falepili Union which allows Canberra to veto security arrangements struck by the Pacific Island nation.
Published: Location: TuvaluTopic: Foreign Aid
Why this sunken island is changing the way we think about myths
Legend has it a jealous husband used a wave curse to sink Teonimenu into the ocean forever. Scientists have worked out what really happened.
Published: Location: Solomon IslandsTopic: History
Bougainville and PNG agree on mediator for referendum talks
The governments of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have agreed on enlisting a moderator to progress talks on a 2019 independence referendum.
Published: Location: PacificTopic: Government and Politics
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Our pop culture expert unpacks the latest Planet of the Apes film
If you're a fan of the Planet of the Apes, our pop culture expert Michel Mulipola a.k.a The Bloody Samoan unpacked the new Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes film and took a trip down memory lane recounting the series.
Topic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment
Pacific Break 2023
Pacific Break winner Ju Ben's performance at WOMADelaide Festival
From the beautiful island of Fiji to the international stage in Australia, the 25-year-old sugar cane machine operator turned music sensation rocked the Adelaide stage.
Topic: Music (Arts and Entertainment)