The incoming chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum says the regional body tries to deal with too many issues and needs to become more focussed; New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee is examining the PACER-Plus trade and aid agreement prior to making final ratification recommendations to Parliament; In Vanuatu, women selling handicrafts at the Port Vila market have set up a co-operative society to buy quality items made in the outer islands; 75 years ago today, allied forces began a major offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific; Indigineous Hawaiian’s protest the construction of a telescope on a sacred mountain.
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The 75th anniversary of the allied invasion of the Solomon’s Guadalcanal; indigineous Hawaiian’s protest the construction of a telescope on a sacred mountain; the corruption watchdog Transparency International takes a new approach and Pacific countries step up the battle against plastic bags.
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Vanuatu is undergoing its first Pacific Islands Forum gender and human rights review of its policies and programmes.
The European Union is assisting with the initiative which began with a review of Nauru last month.
The review is led by Tongan government economist Ma’u ‘Alipate Leha who told Koro Vaka’uta what her team is working on.
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One man dead, several injured in West Papua police shooting; Latest figures show glaring PNG govt financial mismanagement; Forum review of gender and human rights underway in Vanuatu; An Auditor-General’s report in Fiji has raised eyebrows, not just because of the details of financial mismanagement, but for the reaction to subsequent media coverage; Honolulu moves to legislate against crossing the street while looking at a mobile electronic device; From this Saturday through to next Thursday a series of events on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands will be held to mark the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles of World War Two.
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Sale of exotic timber in US helps drive illegal forestry in PNG; Solomons ombudsman expecting more complaints under new law; The EU and the Pacific discusss replacing the Cotonou Agreement; A stageplay revisits the “dark place” of Wellington’s Cannon’s Creek in the 1980s.
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Catholic Church leaders hope deported religious lay worker Doug Tennent will be let back into Papua New Guinea; Where the political landscape remains fluid as crucial vote approaches; A new tool to highlight the best sites in the Pacific for solar power is unveiled in Samoa, and; Attacks on Manus Island detainees intensify.
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PNG’s political landscape remains fluid as crucial vote approaches; Attacks on Manus Island detainees intensify; Tonga Police root out ‘bad cops’; Fiji MP calls for govt action over water crisis, and; Rugby captains in Bougainville become ambassadors for peace-building and sustainable development.
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A social kava-drinking club in Auckland has come under fire from some Pacific people.
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