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Catalina Paddlers Brave Ocean
The Catalina Islander - California
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August 29, 2025
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
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
WATCH: Tagata Pasifika 2025 Episode 23
TP+
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August 22, 2025
Tagata Pasifika | Television Series Join host Marama T-Pole as she takes you through news and stories from our Pacific Community! This week we talanoa with legendary Tokelau–Tuvaluan musical maestro Opetaia Foa’i — fresh from receiving the Pacific...
Talanoa: Opetaia Foa’i Honoured with Lifetime Achievement
TP+
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August 22, 2025
Marama T-Pole | Presenter This week, the 21st Pacific Music Awards were held in Manukau. The Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Lifetime Achievement Award went to legendary Tokelau–Tuvaluan music maestro Opetaia Foa’i, who also received the PMN Best...
APCC celebrates grand opening of its newly built home
Tacoma Weekly - Washington State
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On Sept. 8, 2023, a grand groundbreaking ceremony was held to kick off construction for the Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s long-awaited new facility. Now, it is time to cut the ribbon on Friday, Aug. 29, and the public is invited to take part....
PM Rabuka’s Visit Adds New Momentum to India-Fiji Relations
The Diplomat
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August 26, 2025
India and Fiji’s bilateral relations are deeply rooted in shared history, cultural ties, and a strong diaspora presence. Overlapping strategic concerns, shared economic interests, and efforts to integrate with the Indo-Pacific economic...
I visited every country in the world using only public transport and no planes - this is how much it cost me
Daily Mail
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August 27, 2025
A British adventurer has shared the extraordinary story of how he became the first person to travel to every country in the world without taking a single flight. Instead of hopping on planes, Graham Hughes, from Liverpool, used buses, trains,...
Request for Quotations
Tuvalu Fisheries Department
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August 18, 2025
The Tuvalu Fisheries Authority (TFA), implementing the New Zealand funded Tuvalu Fisheries Support Programme Phase 2 (TFSP2), is seeking quotations for supply of 5 lots of materials and equipment as follows: Lot 1 – Mariculture hatchery supplies...
Double acts: The royals who bring out the best – and cheekiest – in each other
Woman & Home
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August 25, 2025
Sure, they're famous for their pomp and ceremony, but the royals can crack up with the best of them. From their royal tours to hilarious moments where the younger kids steal the show, the Royal Family's appearances can come with a surprising...
UPSC Key: Fiji-India relationship, Tourism sector and Salwa Judum
The Indian Express
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August 26, 2025
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Story continues...
How to watch Rugby Championship 2025: free live streams and key dates
TechRadar
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August 14, 2025
Watch Rugby Championship 2025 live streams with the Springboks taking on the challenge for their title from the Wallabies, All Blacks and Pumas between this August and October. Below we have all the info on how to watch Rugby Championship from...
South Africa vs Australia streams: How to watch Rugby Championship 2025 live online from anywhere
TechRadar
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August 23, 2025
Are the Wallabies back? There's only one way to find out. Australia pulled off the most stunning result of the year last week, coming back from 22-0 down – they'd touched the ball twice when the Springboks scored their first try, and one of those...
Imanuela Akatemia hosts historic education conference and student convention
Cook Island News
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August 22, 2025
Apii Imanuela Akatemia for the first time hosted two significant events – the Cook Islands Regional Educators Conference and a student convention – that brought “inspiration, training, and fellowship to both educators and students”. Both events...
Boxing drama premieres
The Fiji Times
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August 18, 2025
BATI is a Fijian boxing drama about a humble security guard named Sam who dreams of becoming a professional boxer to provide a better life for his struggling family. Set in Fiji, the film follows Sam (played by James Rabuatoka), a quiet and...
Your Fall Guide to Being the Chicest Person at Pilates
Marie Claire U.S.
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August 22, 2025
Twenty-twenty-five is the year I became what they call a "Pilates princess." In other words, I go to reformer and mat Pilates classes four to five times a week and document my journey on Instagram Stories with mirror selfies of my outfits and...
Largest exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s clothing on display in London 2026
PerthNow
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August 9, 2025
A glimpse inside the wardrobe of one of history’s most fashionable Queens will be on display in a world-first exhibition next year. To mark the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth, the Royal Collection Trust is set to exhibit 200 of the late...
What will happen when the small Pacific states disappear under the sea?
The Business Times Singapore
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August 5, 2025
WHAT happens when climate change meets the 21st-century version of the Great Game? The destiny of the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu may hold some clues. This country has a population of just 10,643 at last count and is located midway between...
Project targets poverty
Islands Business
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August 17, 2025
FOR too long the Pacific has watched others create stories about the region’s people. The tide has started to turn as an upcoming filmmaker launches his film, Bati, approaching Pacific issues through a Pasifika lens. Born in Tuvalu, raised and...
Argentina vs New Zealand streams: How to watch Rugby Championship 2025 rugby live online from anywhere
TechRadar
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August 16, 2025
This weekend's Argentina vs New Zealand live stream sees the Pumas and All Blacks kick off their Rugby Championship 2025 campaigns, with the hosts hoping to seal their first ever crown and the All Blacks eager to extend their record nine titles....
Last country on Earth without a national football team are ready for debut
The Times
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The final resistance to football’s global dominance is set to fall in the early hours of Friday, when the self-proclaimed “last country on Earth without a team”, the Marshall Islands, play their first international match. Led by a former...