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Cecelia has created a women-only gym in Papua New Guinea — and it's a hit
Cecelia Kanawi was always intimidated to exercise in public, so she started her own women-only gym in her backyard — and now it's attracting huge interest across Port Moresby.
Published: Location: Papua New GuineaTopic: Sport
These returnees to Tonga arrived as strangers to their own land — now they're helping fight a drug crisis
Many people deported to Tonga arrive with few connections to the country — a trend experts say is fuelling the country's drug problem. But a group of returnees are using their own experiences to help others find their feet in the Pacific country.
Published: Location: TongaTopic: Immigration Policy
'It's so shameful': Seasonal workers, tourists stranded as Air Vanuatu enters voluntary liquidation
Ernst & Young confirms it has taken control of the airline after the Vanuatu government appointed it as voluntary liquidator of the company.
Published: Location: VanuatuTopic: Tourism and Leisure Industry
Timor-Leste has banned anyone from practising martial arts. Here's why
Large sections of the community support a ban, hoping it will help put a stop to violence, but martial arts leaders and advocates are outraged.
Published: Location: Timor-LesteTopic: World Politics
Tears in court as Fiji's former PM and coup leader Frank Bainimarama sentenced to one year in jail
It comes after Bainimarama's conviction over his role in influencing a police investigation into funding of the region's biggest university.
Published: Location: FijiTopic: Courts and Trials
Australia increases financial support to Tuvalu in face of competition with China
Australia and Tuvalu declare there are only a "narrow set of circumstances" where the federal government might trigger a contentious part of the Falepili Union which allows Canberra to veto security arrangements struck by the Pacific Island nation.
Published: Location: TuvaluTopic: Foreign Aid
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Pacific Break 2023
Pacific Break winner Ju Ben's performance at WOMADelaide Festival
From the beautiful island of Fiji to the international stage in Australia, the 25-year-old sugar cane machine operator turned music sensation rocked the Adelaide stage.
Topic: Music (Arts and Entertainment)