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French Polynesia Announces The Largest Ever MPA
Deeper Blue
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June 30, 2025
The government of French Polynesia has announced the creation of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area. The announcement was made at the United Nations Ocean Conference in France, where the French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson stated...
The UK, France, and Italy Coordinate an International Indo-Pacific Aircraft Carrier Operation
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 7, 2025
Following a week-long port visit to Singapore, the Royal Navy’s flagship has begun preparations to carry out joint operations with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The carrier airwing of HMS Prince of Wales will reportedly conduct flight...
China rejects 'false narratives' on Pacific military base claims
RNZ
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July 7, 2025
China has been building roads and bridges, and addressing development issues that respond to people's urgent needs, the Chinese embassy in Fiji says. Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Koroi Hawkins China says it is not interested in geopolitical competition,...
Review: The Westin Bora Bora Resort and Spa, French Polynesia
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
Honeymooners, a once-in-a-lifetime blow-the-budget trip, or rich listers escaping from the hustle and bustle of daily life. First impressions: Bora Bora has long been my dream destination, and I desperately hoped it wouldn’t be a “never meet your...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: French Polynesia, a Model of Shared Sovereignty?
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
French Polynesia creates world’s largest MPA
Dive Magazine
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June 18, 2025
Bora Bora, one of French Polynesia’s Society Islands, will be included in the new MPA (Photo: Shutterstock) By DIVE Staff The government of French Polynesia has announced the creation of a marine protected area (MPA) that will extend around the...
James Ellsmoor | International Sustainability Summits highlight benefits of collaboration, inclusivity
The Gleaner
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July 3, 2025
OVER THE course of the past few weeks, several major regional and international events focused on sustainability and the environment have served as a reminder that to achieve the prosperous future we want for local, regional, and global...
France should apologize for decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia: Parliamentary report
Yeni Safak
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A new French parliamentary report urges Paris to apologize for its decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia. "The investigation reinforced the conviction of the parliamentary commission of inquiry that France must issue an apology to French...
New Zealand's role in international half-tonne cocaine seizure
1News
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New Zealand Customs has played an important role in an international operation which led to the seizure of more than half a tonne of cocaine destined for Australian shores, officials confirmed this week. The operation, which ran across April and...
French parliament: Government should apologize for nuclear tests in Polynesia
NHK
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France's parliament has called on the government to apologize for nuclear tests France conducted in the South Pacific for three decades and amend the compensation law for residents suffering health damage. France staged 193 nuclear tests over a...
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energising for global peace
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 10, 2025
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy is the horrendous legacy of Pacific nuclear testing for the people of Rongelap, the...
The Rainbow Warrior bombing
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 10, 2025
BY David Robie THE bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July, 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy is the horrendous legacy of Pacific nuclear testing for the people of...
US Allies in Europe Project Aircraft Carrier Power Near China
Newsweek
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July 11, 2025
European NATO members have projected naval power into the Indo-Pacific through aircraft carrier deployments in recent years, as China—a European Union trading partner and U.S. rival—undergoes a military buildup, challenging Washington and its...
Global Voices: 40 Years on from the Bombing of Rainbow Warrior
Samoa Global News
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July 10, 2025
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energising for global peace, By: David Robie. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, activists sti...
Modern Ghana
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Forty years ago this week, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bombs planted by French secret service operatives. The bombing, which killed photographer Fernando Pereira, was intended to halt Greenpeace's campaign against French...
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energizing for global peace
The Pacific Island Times
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July 10, 2025
French Pacific Regiment troops at a Bastille Day parade in Nouméa, New Caledonia, 1985. Photo by David Robie The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on July 10, 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy....
Underwater Photographer May Face Trial Over Gold Taken From Historic Shipwreck
PetaPixel - California
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July 10, 2025
A special agent with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations holding two of the five gold ingots looted from a 18th century shipwreck in France. The gold bars were returned to France in 2022 An underwater photographer could face trial over the...
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
Pacific News Service
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A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. By Derek Grossman Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its...
French Navy vessel makes first visit to American Samoa
Samoa News
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July 8, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 28, the American Samoan community was welcomed onto the French Navy vessel Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai during its first time in the territory with a reception and tour, hosted by Captain Philippe Dumee....