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Football Australia And PacificAus TV Extend Partnership
Football Australia and Free TV Australia have extended their partnership to distribute matches across the Pacific through PacificAus TV. The extension covers all Football Australia-controlled home matches for the CommBank Matildas and CommBank...

Tuvaluan Youth Among NZ Reps at World Youth Scrabble Championships in Malaysia
Maheu Papau T-Pole (R) with teammates at the World Youth Scrabble Championships in Subang, Malaysia Marama T-Pole | Presenter More than 250 competitors from 17 countries have gathered in Subang, Malaysia for the World Youth Scrabble Championships....

Leeds v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings on Saturday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Leeds v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Saturday (5.30pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to get their first win...

How Anguilla’s .ai Domain Became the Caribbean’s Hottest Export
Born in the dial-up era, Anguilla’s .ai internet domain now generates more revenue than some of the island’s tropical resorts. Riding the artificial intelligence wave, this two-letter code is reshaping a small island’s future—powering hospitals,...

Newcastle v Liverpool Live TV – Global channel listings on Monday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v Liverpool Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Monday (8pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to get the perfect...

How to watch Man City vs Tottenham today: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, team news
The Man City vs Tottenham live stream is a heavyweight clash this early in the Premier League 2025/26 season, not least after the sides won their respective opening fixtures 4-0 and 3-0. City purred in winning by four goals at Wolves. An Erling...

How to watch Bundesliga 2025/26: live stream guide, TV channels and free streams
2025/26's Bundesliga live streams see Bayern Munich set out to defend their crown, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig try to stop them. Below we have all the information on how to watch Bundesliga 2025/26 season...

2025 Pacific Music Awards honours creative cultural excellence and talent
Manukau came alive tonight as the 2025 Pacific Music Awards (PMA) transformed the Due Drops Events Centre into a showcase of Pacific artistry. The event brought together industry heavyweights, emerging stars, families, and the community to...

The tiny Caribbean island making millions thanks to AI web address
A small island in the Caribbean is enjoying a windfall thanks to AI – but not through large language models or the latest buzz surrounding Nvidia. Anguilla, an overseas British Territory with a population of about 16000, is cashing in on something...

How to leave a sinking nation: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
In November 2022, Simon Kofe, then foreign minister of the island nation of Tuvalu, announced a sensational plan for his country’s survival. Climate breakdown poses an existential threat to small island-nations in the Pacific, but Tuvalu’s...

How to watch Premier League 2025/26: live stream guide, TV channels and key dates
2025/26's Premier League live streams see Arne Slot leading Liverpool into the season as champions, with Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and the rest all hoping to dethrone them. Below we have all the information on how to watch Premier League 2025/26...

From Fiji Village to NZ Film Festival: Bati is a Triumph for Pacific Cinema
The first Fijian feature to screen at NZIFF, Bati. has struck a chord with Pacific audiences. Photo: Supplied Aroha Awarau | Guest Writer The new Fijian boxing film Bati. opens and closes with its main character striking a lali – a traditional...

Samoan composer Recipient of the 2025 SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission
Samoan Artist and Composer Joshua Pearson. Photo: Supplied SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, has named Sāmoan sonic artist and composer Joshua Pearson as the recipient of the 2025 SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission. A collaboration...

How sheer luck made this tiny Caribbean island millions from its web address
Jacob EvansBBC World Service ShareSave Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory renowned for its pristine beaches Back in the 1980s when the internet was still in its infancy, countries were being handed their own unique website addresses to...

How sheer luck made this tiny Caribbean island millions from its web address
Jacob EvansBBC World Service ShareSave Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory renowned for its pristine beaches Back in the 1980s when the internet was still in its infancy, countries were being handed their own unique website addresses to...

Huge spike in numbers
There’s a huge spike in the participation numbers in the Vodafone Suva Open Tennis Championship according to Tennis Fiji president Rimal Patel. A total of 163 players competed over the course of four days in 19 different categories. Some came as...

FEATURE | What will this take? Securing and sustaining our Blue Pacific
First of all, I pay my deepest respects to traditional owners of lands on which we are meeting. I acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander elders, chiefs – past, present and emerging. Thank you. I am deeply honoured to be invited to...

The World's Least Visited Country is Sinking into the Sea
The most popular tourist destinations are, unsurprisingly, large, well-known countries. France, Spain, and the United States see hundreds of millions of visitors annually. Nations at the bottom of the list are a little more obscure, but Tuvalu is...

Catalina Paddlers Brave Ocean
By Dominik Haering At dawn in Oceanside Harbor on August 23, the air buzzed with anticipation. Colorful canoes, long and narrow with paddles laid across their hulls, lined the beach and the steady rhythm of Polynesian drums filled the air along...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
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