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King Charles to give up royal train in modernising move
Hello!
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June 30, 2025
The Royal Train will be decommissioned after decades of service to the Royal Family and may go on display to the public in future. The King, who is said to have fond memories of travelling in the nine-carriage train, has decided to give it up...
Leitī study highlights unique intersectional experiences of LGBTQIA+ Tongans
Pacific Media Network
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The life experiences of Tongan leitī in Aotearoa are explored in a new study that combines Pacific identity, wellbeing, and culturally grounded clinical psychology methods. The study, titled Leitī in Red: Exploring the Life Experiences of Kau...
Tonight's rugby news as big new Welsh rugby signing to face Lions as new player flies in
Wales Online
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June 30, 2025
Your evening rugby headlines on Monday, June 30. Welsh rugby signing to face Lions New Welsh rugby signing Ryan Smith is set to line up against the Lions on Wednesday. The lock has agreed a deal to join Ospreys next season, but has been named...
Williams out of tour and replaced by White as Lions name XV to face Reds
The Times
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Tomos Williams is out of the British & Irish Lions tour, having sustained a hamstring injury in the win over Western Force. Ben White, the Scotland No9, has replaced him. The Wales scrum half Williams, 30, suffered the injury when scoring his...
Williams out of tour and replaced by White as Gibson-Park picked to face Reds
The Times
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Tomos Williams is out of the British & Irish Lions tour, having sustained a hamstring injury in the win over Western Force. Ben White, the Scotland No9, has replaced him. The Wales scrum half Williams, 30, suffered the injury when scoring his...
Commonwealth Trade Ministers And Business Leaders Convene In Namibia To Tackle Global Trade Headwinds
Scoop
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As global trade grapples with rising tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and shifting economic alliances, the Commonwealth is stepping forward with a united vision for inclusive, sustainable, and digitally enabled trade. From 18–20 June 2025,...
Former Fijian journalist returns home to revive cultural connections
Pacific Media Network
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A former Fijian journalist relocated his family to his ancestral home in Nalutu Village on Naqelelevu Island to repopulate and revitalise its heritage. Nalutu, nestled far removed from the bustling mainlands of Fiji’s main islands - Viti Levu and...
Forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent, families share their stories
Culpeper Star-Exponent - Virginia
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Before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in...
Ian Foster’s book reveals All Blacks coaching challenges – Phil Gifford
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
Sir Graham Henry in 2007. Hard to believe now after the World Cup triumph of 2011. But when Henry was reappointed after his All Blacks were eliminated at the 2007 Cup in a quarter-final, the reaction here gave new meaning to the word fury. On...
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Shelby Sun Times - Tennessee
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June 28, 2025
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Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access
Pacific Community (SPC)
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To strengthen the skills of Pacific biosecurity, border control, exporter representatives and relevant stakeholders in using Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) databases and platforms, a regional capacity-building workshop is underway in...
At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
Inside Climate News
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June 18, 2025
NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their...
Clear government ownership structures can help boost SOE performance-PSDI
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (24 June 2025)—Pacific governments can improve the performance of their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and reduce fiscal risks by implementing clearer and more consistent government ownership and oversight arrangements, according...
New Zealand abandons international fossil fuel pledge
Newsroom
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June 25, 2025
New Zealand’s departure from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance came quietly, but not as a surprise to anyone closely following the Government’s fossil fuel policies. Resources Minister Shane Jones says the coalition’s fossil fuel plans meant the...
China in the Pacific – Joint statement of the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
FROM May 28 to 29, 2025, the People’s Republic of China and Pacific Island Countries having diplomatic relations with China (hereinafter referred to as “All parties”) held the third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The...
The neighbour market
The Monthly
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I realised too late that the front door was open. I should have called out and let myself in. Instead, I rang the bell, forcing Kitione Waqanisau to labour his way up the hallway on crutches. Kiti, as he likes to be called, guided me to the lounge...
Letter: New Zealand aid
Cook Island News
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June 26, 2025
Dear Editor, There is a claim by some doing the rounds, that New Zealand’s economy is struggling, and the aid freeze is just a convenient excuse to pull back funding. TBH (to be honest) think it through, that’s highly unlikely, budgeted foreign...
Are all children equal in the eyes of God?
Samoa Observer
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An interesting call was made by a church leader on Wednesday when he told the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) to offer the $1000 only to babies whose parents are married and not to those born out of wedlock. Reverend Tusi Pou Tuigamala’s...
Humboldt Bay Trail South celebrates grand opening Saturday
Times-Standard - California
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June 26, 2025
This Saturday, community members and stakeholders from throughout Humboldt County will come together to celebrate the completion of the Humboldt Bay Trail South project, some four miles of paved trail connecting Eureka to Arcata along the...
ADB’s Director General for Pacific in Honiara
Solomon Star
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June 25, 2025
Director General (DG) of the Pacific Department within the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) is on a five-day visit to the Solomons. Emma Veve who was appointed to the position in late February 2025 arrived in Honiara on Monday and has been visiting...