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Sámi's reindeer land rights at risk ahead of Swedish election
A junior partner in a Swedish coalition government is moving to cut the Indigeno...
Andrew Mathieson 10 Sep 2026
Fiji strengthens frontline animal health workforce with para-vet training
Fiji has strengthened its frontline animal health workforce after 26 agriculture...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Sep 2026
PNG Chiefs secure record-breaking NRL sponsorship deal
The PNG Chiefs won't play an NRL game until 2028, but already the start-up club...
George Clarke (AAP) 9 Sep 2026
Māori riders to take Te Tiriti petition to Parliament on horseback
Riders from across the lower North Island in Aotearoa will travel hundreds of ki...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Sep 2026
Papua New Guinea Language Week: A journey from Port Moresby to Auckland
Professor Guy Fiti Sinclair's lifelong connection to learning, Pacific cultures...
Giovanni Torre 9 Sep 2026
West Papua National Liberation Army soldiers killed in gunfire with Indonesian forces

Note: This report includes an image some readers may find distressing. Indonesian forces have killed four West Papuan independence fighters inside the most volatile area of the disputed Indigenous ter...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 9, 2026
Santos to increase stake in huge $20b PNG gas project

Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer will pay hundreds of millions to increase its stake in a long-delayed $19.5 billion gas project in Papua New Guinea. Santos is buying the additional 3.

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Derek Rose (AAP) Sep 9, 2026
Trans-Tasman partnership supports Māori investment in Australia’s Indigenous economy

Two of the largest Indigenous investment institutions in Australia and Aotearoa / New Zealand have formalised a long-term partnership to invest in major Indigenous-led projects across Australia.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 8, 2026
Free education in $1b sweetener for Solomons treaty

Australia and Solomon Islands appear to be on the brink of a new security treaty after promises of almost $1 billion worth of additional aid from Canberra.

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Ben McKay (AAP) Sep 8, 2026
Sleepless in Sāmoa: Scholar’s vision for Pacific youth mental health

When a world-leading Oxford sleep scientist visited Sāmoa and Aotearoa as part of a prestigious Hood Fellowship, Li'amanaia Dr Roannie Ng Shiu was already thinking beyond sleep.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 8, 2026
No-confidence vote in Solomon Islands PM Wale pulled

Australia's relationship with one of its closest neighbours has been bolstered by the calming of political ructions in Solomon Islands. Matthew Wale was due to face a motion of no confidence early thi...

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Ben McKay (AAP) Sep 7, 2026
Pacific research centre to be officially launched as WHO Collaborating Centre

The University of Auckland's Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, Centre for Pacific and Global Health, will be officially launched as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 7, 2026
Fijian circus takes off, as crowds build for Riverfire

Fiji's first and only professional circus is touring Australia, with acrobatics, aerials, and perhaps the strangest skill of all - hair hanging.

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Liz Hobday (AAP) Sep 7, 2026
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