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Pacific Islands News Roundup – Jan. 10–16, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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January 16, 2025
Political Leadership, Regionalism, Peace and Security New Cabinet ministers in Samoa sworn-in to replace those dismissed by Samoa PM (RNZ) Ruling FAST Party ousts Samoa PM and original members (Samoa Observer) Earthquake cannot derail Vanuatu’s...
Sharks could bite humans as a form of self-defence, study finds
9News
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April 28, 2025
A new study has found some shark bites may be an act of "survival instincts" rather than a planned attack. Scientists from Université PSL observed 74 shark bites in French Polynesia from 2009 to 2023 and concluded four were self-defence. "These...
A splendid new biography of Gauguin separates man from myth
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 6, 2025
For much of his life, Paul Gauguin railed against the deadening effects of bourgeois domesticity. But as Sue Prideaux writes in “Wild Thing,” her terrific new biography of the artist, for about a decade early in his career the self-proclaimed...
The World’s 50 Best Beaches 2025: Turquoise Bay named best beach in Australia and 11th in the world
PerthNow
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April 29, 2025
A stunning WA beach has been named Australia’s best and earned a spot among the world’s most breathtaking coastal destinations, appearing on the 2025 list of The World’s 50 Best Beaches.. Announced on Tuesday, the annual ranking features only...
Seven continents, 102,000 miles, 13 months and countless lessons you wouldn’t learn in school
CNN
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April 29, 2025
CNN — Imagine this: you pull your kids out of school for a year, stash your stuff in storage, rent out your house, put your career on pause and set out into the wide world, bound for all seven continents as a family. You serve up lessons the kids...
Digging for Minerals in the Pacific’s Graveyard: The $20 Trillion Fight Over Who Controls the Seabed
The Good Men Project - California
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April 28, 2025
By Anita Hofschneider, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Solomon Kahoʻohalahala steadied himself on the double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa as a 15-foot swell rose and the...
Sustainable Waste Actions to make a difference in our Pacific
Pacific News Service
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Solutions for sustainable waste actions in used oil management, marine debris and disaster wastes will be in place across the Pacific islands through a special project that began in 2020. The Committing to Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific...
Major UN powers question Pacific islanders’ call for nuclear legacy help
Pacific News Service
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Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the consequences of nuclear testing, sources following the talks involving countries including the United States, Britain,...
Palawan named world’s top island to visit in 2025
Philstar
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April 26, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — An online news outlet based in the United States has named Palawan the world’s top island destination for 2025. In an article published on April 22, US News & World Report ranked the Philippine archipelagic province first in...
Peru Pavilion will unfold the ancestral techniques of the Uros and Aimara communities
World Architecture Community
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April 28, 2025
The Peruvian curators, Alex Hudtwalcker (Lead Curator), Sebastián Cillóniz, Gianfranco Morales, and José Ignacio Beteta, along with the Patronato Cultural del Perú (pacupe), have announced the theme for the Peru Pavilion at the 2025 Venice...
Pacific Island Affairs and US Diplomatic Relations
Foreign Policy Research Institute
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January 13, 2025
Under the Biden administration, there have been a number of extraordinary events that have had a significant impact on US diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Niue. Among other things, the Pacific Partnership Strategy...
The world's 50 best beaches revealed - as European location bags the top spot... and it's only four hours from the UK
Daily Mail
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April 30, 2025
1. Cala Goloritze, Italy 2. Entalula Beach, Philippines 3. Bang Bao Beach, Thailand 4. Fteri Beach, Greece 5. PK 9 Beach, French Polynesia 6. Canto de la Playa, Dominican Republic 7. Anse Source D'Argent, Seychelles 8. Nosy Iranja, Madagascar 9....
Swim With Sharks In Rangiroa’s Blue Lagoon In French Polynesia
Forbes
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Rangiroa is a laid-back Pacific paradise full of underwater wonders, including a bevy of shark species. One of the largest atolls in the world, the island lies 200 miles northeast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. My family of four spent three weeks...
Minister Arrindell attends 116th EU-OCT Tripartite Meeting in Brussels. Funding available for Orange Economy and Cultural Heritage
EA News
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March 22, 2025
Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell attended the 116th European Union (EU) Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) tripartite meeting in Brussels to discuss a number of programs and funding initiatives that would strengthen OCTs...
Island hopping in French Polynesia: A tropical LGBTQ+ adventure
The Advocate
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January 7, 2025
Captivated by French Polynesia French Polynesia and The Islands of Tahiti are one and the same – a true tropical paradise Courtesy Grégoire Le Bacon I often get asked, “Where’s a place you’d want to return?” And since visiting in May this year,...
MSC Develops First Ever All-Luxury Island, Little Ocean Cay
Live and Let's Fly - California
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April 27, 2025
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51st Pacific Islands Forum Communique
Pacific News Service
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The Fifty-First Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Retreat was held virtually on 06 August 2021, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua...
In its Indo-Pacific strategy, France should engage more with Pacific islanders
The Strategist
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February 11, 2025
France is still expected to unveil a long-awaited update to its Indo-Pacific strategy. This should be an opportunity for it to do more in the region. Its current Indo-Pacific strategy relies on two visions: one is more defence-industry-oriented,...
I'm a boomer who didn't want to return to the corporate world after sailing the Pacific and traveling in an RV. Freelancing was the answer.
Business Insider
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April 27, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 62-year-old freelancer Melissa Harlow. It's been edited for length and clarity. Before I freelanced, I was the manager of the home caregiver department at our local trauma center and medical...
The digital nomads and wealthy retirees moving to super-luxe residential megayachts for a neverending cruise
AOL
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In 2019, the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created Comedian, a series of three identical pieces, each consisting of a fresh banana diagonally duct-taped to a wall. One is at the Guggenheim. Another was devoured by cryptocurrency platform...