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The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
Wellbeing grants boost recovery across Tāmaki Makaurau
Our Auckland
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Community and iwi-led initiatives are continuing to play a vital role in supporting the long-term wellbeing of people affected by the 2023 weather events – with a new round of grants now helping to sustain this momentum. Building on the 19 mental...
Special report: Saffa beasts rule the east
SA Rugby magazine
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June 17, 2025
Jesse Kriel, Johan Ackermann and Frans Ludeke provide unique insight into a Japan Rugby League that’s stronger than most think, writes SIMON BORCHARDT in SA Rugby magazine. Six seasons in Japan have boosted Jesse Kriel’s bank balance, but it’s...
Trailblazing Women in Media Fiji Conference kicks off, Championing gender equality and leadership in Pacific Journalism
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 17, 2025
SUVA, 17 JUNE 2025 (WOMEN IN MEDIA FIJI/FBC NEWS/FIJI TIMES): The inaugural Women in Media Fiji Conference has officially commenced at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva. This landmark event brings together female media professionals from across the...
#opinion The graves of those long gone should not be forgotten
Waatea News
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June 15, 2025
Role Funding: If you’ve been reading about the Kaupapa ive been involved in over the last few years youll know of the stance I took on the unmarked graves in Tokanui. Tokanui, located in the Waikato region of Aotearoa New Zealand near Te Awamutu,...
Clare photographer makes waves on new David Attenborough film
The Clare Champion
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June 15, 2025
An award-winning underwater photographer based in the Banner has created the main cover for the new Ocean with David Attenborough documentary. George Karbus who is originally from the Czech Republic lives outside Lahinch, and a picture he took of...
Media must protect its women
FBC News
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June 16, 2025
Women in media need stronger protections against online abuse, stolen content and digital threats. This, according to Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection Sashi Kiran. Speaking at the opening of the inaugural Women in Media...
Let’s celebrate the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations together
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 11, 2025
Last year, China together with other 82 countries proposed a resolution，which was unanimously adopted by the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, June 10th was thus designated as the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations. It is a...
LSE Identity Project reflects on 20 years of observing, influencing digital identity policy
Biometric Update
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June 17, 2025
The London School of Economics (LSE) Identity Project is celebrating twenty years of existence. At an event held in London, academics gathered to reflect on the June 2005 launch of the LSE Identity Project report regarding the standing...
You can’t reset your DNA. So why are you letting companies treat it like a password?
Biometric Update
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June 17, 2025
Not long ago, mailing your saliva to a Silicon Valley startup was treated like a novelty – a quirky gift, a shortcut to family history, a light-hearted peek into your genetic future. Tens of millions have handed over their DNA to companies like...
Biometrics Institute Congress and side events
Biometric Update
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June 17, 2025
Biometrics Institute Congress and side events London, UK October 14-17, 2025 The Biometrics Institute Congress is a premier event for professionals seeking to understand and influence the future of biometrics. The Institute provides an independent...
Driver licence tests available in Vosa Vakaviti for NZ Fijians
Pacific Media Network
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The New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has announced that starting on Wednesday, Fijians in Aotearoa can take their driver’s licence theory test in the Fijian language, also known as Vosa Vakaviti. The agency says the initiative aims to make...
Time to plan ahead with these top places to visit in September 2025
The Times
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September may mark the start of autumn but it can also be a transient, liminal month. Take Europe, for instance, where the sea remains wonderfully warm off the sun-soaked shores of Malta or Greece, yet harvests have begun in earnest amid...
Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed
Evolution News & Science Today - Washington
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June 16, 2025
Photo: Kilauea volcano, by James St. John, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Life as we know it could not exist without phosphorus. I’ve written before about this essential element (here, here), but geochemists know that of the 29 atomic...
Real Life: Habitat for Humanity CEO Alan Thorp urges law change for affordable housing
The New Zealand Herald
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June 16, 2025
“So the central government can step in here and change the legislation to ensure that councils, local territorial authorities, can actually use this mechanism all around New Zealand. At the moment they’re not able to do that because they’re too...
Staying ahead of the "Television, teleprompter, tell-a-tubby Blitzkrieg" (part 3)
Renew America
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Staying ahead of the "Television, teleprompter, tell-a-tubby Blitzkrieg" (part 3) By Curtis Dahlgren March 20, 2009 "Paradoxically, the people who like say that public servants are "all alike," and "they're all crooks," are the very same people...
How A 48-Country Travel Ban Could Suppress U.S. Tourism In A World Cup Year
Forbes
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors...
High Court Recognises Ātiawa Ki Whakarongotai Entitlement To Customary Marine Title
Scoop
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Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai has held, and continues to hold, the marine and coastal area within their rohe in accordance with their tikanga since 1840, the High Court has ruled. In May-June 2024, the High Court heard applications for Customary Marine...
Wealth beneath the waves: US takes a step toward promoting deep-sea mining amid concerns in the Pacific
The Pacific Island Times
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June 11, 2025
Around 16,404 feet beneath the northern Pacific Ocean, the whole seabed—stretching around 4,500 miles from east to west—is littered with potato-sized chunks of what look like charcoal lumps called polymetallic nodules. Rich in metals such as...