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China downplayed missile test: NZ papers
Taipei Times
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June 18, 2025
China tried to mislead foreign governments last year by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand diplomats privately warned in documents obtained by Agence France-Presse (AFP). Beijing sent...
China Downplayed Nuclear-Capable Missile Test; Tried To Hoodwink The World By Calling It ‘Routine’; Classified NZ Govt Papers
The Eurasian Times
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June 18, 2025
Beijing sent shivers through the South Pacific in September 2024, when its elite Rocket Force fired a dummy warhead into the high seas near French Polynesia. A tranche of classified government briefing notes obtained by AFP shows deep concern...
PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...
Decoding PNG leader Marape's discussions with President Macron
RNZ
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June 16, 2025
PNG Prime Minister James Marape, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Facebook / Department of Prime Minister & NEC Analysis - The recent series of high-level agreements between Papua New Guinea and France marks a significant...
Brazil’s So-Called Arte Popular Gets Even More Popular
Art in America
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June 30, 2025
Earlier this spring, artist Julia Isídrez led an informal guided tour at the São Paulo gallery Gomide & Co. The occasion was a joint exhibition featuring her work alongside that of Maria Lira. At face value, the two artists don’t seem to have much...
China Downplayed Nuclear-capable Missile Test: Classified NZ Govt Papers
International Business Times - Australia
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June 18, 2025
China tried to mislead foreign governments in 2024 by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand diplomats privately warned in documents obtained by AFP. Beijing sent shivers through the South...
What was the result of the UN Ocean Conference?
RTE Ireland
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June 14, 2025
The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) drew to a close in Nice yesterday following five days of high-level meetings between governments, experts, climate campaigners and community representatives. More than 15,000 delegates took part in...
Why Fishing With A Local is hooked on benefits beyond the catch
About Regional
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June 30, 2025
Fishing With A Local school holiday program with Figtree High out of school care group. Photo: Supplied. When George Newcombe talks about fishing, it’s about more than catching a meal. For this UK-born adventurer turned Illawarra and Shoalhaven...
170 nations commit to expand marine protected areas, combat pollution
Nagaland Post
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June 14, 2025
The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference concluded with more than 170 countries adopting an inter-governmentally agreed declaration committing to urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the world’s oceans. The political declaration titled...
The John Ford movie that John Wayne admitted he’d been miscast in: “I felt awkward”
Far Out Magazine
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June 29, 2025
(Credits: Far Out / Paramount Pictures) John Wayne always exuded confidence. It was part of his schtick. Any hint of uncertainty and all that messianic swaggering would have come crashing down. Many of his co-stars said that he was equally at ease...
Registration is open for 14th Annual Paddle Imua
Hawaii News Now
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June 29, 2025
KAHULUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Registration is now open for the 14th Annual Paddle Imau event from Maui happening on Sunday, July 13. The race takes place after the Maliko Run down the North Short of the Vally Isle and takes paddlers eight miles to the...
170 Nations In Nice Commit To Expand Marine Protected Areas, Combat Pollution
Ommcom News
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June 14, 2025
Nice (France): The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference concluded with more than 170 countries adopting an inter-governmentally agreed declaration committing to urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the world’s oceans. The political...
From Tatami to Turquoise Waters: The Oceania Judo Open Returns to Tahiti
International Judo Foundation
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When you think of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, the first image that comes to mind is a postcard of a beach in paradise and it's not wrong. Yet these days, Tahiti has also become a paradise for Oceanian judo. The IJF had two very special envoys...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Wallis and Futuna: Of Monarchies, Catholicism… and Rugby
The Diplomat
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June 20, 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...
Air Tahiti Welcomes TERAIEFA, A New ATR 72-600, And Strengthens Its Commitment To Archipelago Connectivity
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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June 27, 2025
As part of its ongoing modernisation strategy, Air Tahiti is proud to announce the addition of a new ATR 72-600, named TERAIEFA, to its fleet. This name, meaning “the appearing sky” or “the skies that appear or are born” in Reo Mihiroa (one of the...
Finafinau represents Am Samoa at 3rd U.N. Ocean Conference
Samoa News
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June 25, 2025
Nice, FRANCE — From June 2- 13, 2025, the city of Nice, France, hosted the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), a global summit dedicated to the sustainable management and protection of the world’s oceans. Representing American Samoa,...
Regional Collaboration: A Strategic Approach to Climate-Resilient Finance in the Pacific
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Deuba, Fiji The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in Fiji, in partnership with the Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN), the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI),...
SNIJs announce intl. coalition to increase representation, access to climate finance
The Daily Herald
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Press conference at the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, with from left: James Ellsmoor, Chief Executive Officer of Island Innovation; Vannesa Toré, Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation for the Ministry of Economic Development,...
What sharks are worth—and why that matters
Mongabay
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June 25, 2025
Stefanie Brendl, founder of Shark Allies, transitioned from shark tourism to advocacy after a pivotal free-diving encounter with a tiger shark, leading her to champion the world’s first shark fin trade ban in Hawaii. Her legislative work has since...
Investigation: France tried to discredit research exposing hidden nuclear fallout in Pacific
Environmental Health News
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June 2, 2025
France’s nuclear agency spent more than €90,000 on a public relations campaign to counter research suggesting its tests in French Polynesia exposed far more people to radiation than officially acknowledged. Jon Henley reports for The Guardian. In...