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International Filmmakers Touch Down For Doc Edge Festival 2025
Scoop
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Over 40 international filmmakers, producers, and film subjects are arriving in Aotearoa for the 20th anniversary of the Doc Edge Festival, and will available for in-person interviews and panels as their films make their world and international...
Princess Kate and Prince William receive new power from King Charles
GB News
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June 30, 2025
King Charles has appointed the Prince William and Princess Kate as grantees of Royal Warrants, marking a significant expansion of their official duties. The new arrangement allows the Prince and Princess of Wales to grant warrants to companies...
Ani-One Asia Streams
Anime News Network
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Image via Dr. Stone anime's X/Twitter account©米スタジオ・Boichi／集英社・Dr.STONE製作委員会Ani-One Asia announced on Thursday and Friday that it will stream the Dr. Stone: Science Future (second part), Hotel Inhumans, With You and the Rain, Onmyō Kaiten...
“Bundee vs Hunter” – 3 Key Battles: British & Irish Lions vs Queensland Reds
Ruck
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June 30, 2025
The British & Irish Lions continue their tour of Australia with a fiery mid-week clash against the Queensland Reds in Brisbane this Wednesday, July 2nd (11:00 KO GMT). After brushing aside the Western Force, Andy Farrell’s men face a step up in...
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...
WATER SPORTS KICKS THINGS OFF IN DAY 1
GSPN
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June 30, 2025
By Charlotte Oh KOROR, Palau – Guam’s swimming and va’a teams kicked off the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to an exciting start in Palau. Wearing Guam’s flag with honor, these athletes competed with focus and strength while also making memories that...
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...
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...
Channel Ten host ‘blindsided’ after sudden axing
Sky News Australia
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June 30, 2025
Australian Survivor host Jonathan La Paglia has said he was "blindsided" after Network 10 axed him from the reality series ahead of its 14th season. A 10 spokesperson on Monday confirmed the upcoming season of Survivor: Australia V The World will...
‘It’s not Chinese assistance’: Australia accuses China of taking undue credit for aid projects in the Pacific
The Guardian
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June 29, 2025
China is bolstering its geo-political influence in the Pacific by “branding” Asian Development Bank projects – funded in significant part by Australian taxpayer dollars – as Chinese projects, the Australian government says. On the island of...
Vanuatu Arts in Global Museum Collections
Art of the Ancestors
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Located in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean, Vanuatu is situated east of New Guinea, northeast of New Caledonia, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is composed of four main islands surrounded by eighty smaller orbital isles. The...
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...
Roman Reigns As Akuma In Street Fighter? How WWE's Star Is Taking Over Cinema
Zee News
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WWE Superstar Roman Reigns, known worldwide as the "Tribal Chief," has slowly but surely made his way into Hollywood. While he's best known for dominating the wrestling ring, Reigns is now turning heads with his on-screen presence in films. With a...
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...
She lost her home in the Palisades fire. She’s trying to adapt to a new life. She is 100
Los Angeles Times
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June 29, 2025
BONNY DOON, Calif. — Lee Calvert’s new bedroom glowed with the dappled sunlight of a late-spring afternoon. Just outside her window, she could see hot-pink rhododendron flowers and the stately redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Despite the...
St. Mary’s says goodbye to historic building
Samoa Observer
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The sound of demolition machinery now echoes across the compound of St. Mary’s Primary School in Savalalo, where a familiar two-story building that stood for decades is being brought down. The decision to demolish the structure comes after years...
Ranked: Countries With the Most Children in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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June 28, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: Countries With the Most Children in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven...
There’s a ‘Afa-sized hole in our world’ as Utah gathered to honor Arthur Ah Loo
KUER - Utah
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June 28, 2025
The celebration of 39-year-old Arthur “Afa” Folasa Ah Loo’s life was a sea of vibrant color and emotion. The grand ballroom of the Salt Palace was filled with hundreds of family, friends and community members who commemorated the fashion designer...
Drug traffickers targeting Pacific waterways: Oceania Customs
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 25, 2025
Pacific nations must urgently strengthen maritime enforcement as criminal networks deliberately exploit geographic vulnerabilities, generating unprecedented trafficking drugs across the region. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) says detection...
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...