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Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast
Asia Pacific Report
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July 2, 2025
Pacific Media Watch In July 1985, Australia’s Pacific territory of Norfolk Island (pop. 2188) became the centre of a real life international spy thriller. Four French agents sailed there on board the Ouvéa, a yacht from Kanaky New Caledonia, after...
More than two tonnes of cocaine worth $800m bound for Australia seized
Sky News Australia
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July 2, 2025
A New Caledonia-based French Navy operation has discovered an enormous amount of cocaine onboard a vessel bound for Australia, with approximately 2.5 tonnes of the drug, worth about $800 million, seized. New Zealand broadcaster RNZ has reported...
Edition Hotel Murderer Sent Last Will To Relatives
Reykjavik Grapevine
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July 3, 2025
The French woman suspected of killing her husband and daughter at the Reykjavík Edition hotel in June denies conviction. As reported by RÚV, the woman, her husband, and daughter sent their last will from Iceland. Its assets amount to approximately...
Entries rolling in for the Hobie AUS Championships in the West
Mysailing
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July 3, 2025
There is excitement in the air for the Pitts Design and Construction 53rd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. To be held in Busselton in the South West of Western Australia and hosted by Geographe Bay Yacht Club in December / January. The...
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...
Joint military ops ‘Exercise Pukpuk’ comes to a close
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 3, 2025
EXERCISE Pukpuk, the joint engineering exercise between the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) and Australian Defence Force (ADF), ended on Thursday, June 26. It was concluded by the Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph. This year, Exercise Pukpuk...
BoP acts like a 'scoop' for wild weather
SunLive
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July 2, 2025
Heavy rain warnings have been issued for Bay of Plenty from late morning as a new “atmospheric river” moves down from the subtropics. A severe thunderstorm watch is also in place for the region tonight. MetService meteorologist Devlin Lynden said...
Heavy rain, thunderstorm warnings for Bay of Plenty today
The New Zealand Herald
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July 2, 2025
“And looking into the eastern ranges there, we’re expecting between 150 to 200mm to accumulate through the day and into the early hours of tomorrow morning.” Lynden said the most “interesting” element of this weather system so far has been the...
The 10 best summer video games to play if you’re missing the heatwave
Metro
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July 2, 2025
What are your go-to summer video games? (Metro) Whether you’ve been enjoying the hot weather or not there is a way to maintain the summer atmosphere without getting sweaty, via these scorching hot video games. There have been some blistering hot...
Death of an artist drawn to colour and life
Queanbeyan CityNews
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July 2, 2025
Artist Marc Rambeau surrounded by some of his paintings. Marc Rambeau, born May 26, 1945 in Saujon, France – died June 20, 2025 Canberra. French-Australian artist Marc Rambeau has died in Canberra following a heart attack. He was 80. Born in...
Australian Hobie Cat Nationals entries rolling in
Sail-World
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July 1, 2025
by Susan Ghent 1 Jul 14:15 PDT 27 December 2025 - 5 January 2026 There is excitement in the air for the Pitts Design and Construction 53rd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. To be held in Busselton in the South West of Western Australia...
Youth in sport
Noosa Today
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July 2, 2025
Ron Lane Rugby League Interesting to note that at present time two of our football codes Rugby and NRL are performing well in the junior ranks. In the Noosa Pirates Rugby League, the senior grades are having a tough time. However, the junior teams...
BoP braces for heavy rain amid tropical outlook
SunLive
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July 1, 2025
As more rain bears down on the Bay of Plenty, authorities are warning of a wetter and warmer than average second half of 2025. An orange heavy rain warning is in place for the region from 10am tomorrow, with areas west of Whakatāne expected to get...
Wet, wet, wet: Rain warning for BoP as more tropical weather looms
The Country
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MetService warned of rapidly rising streams and rivers, surface flooding, slips and poor driving conditions, and advised people to clear their gutters before the rain hit. Strong wind and heavy rain watches were also in place for Auckland,...
Weather: Heavy rain forecast for storm-hit Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough
The New Zealand Herald
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July 1, 2025
About eight residents in the Old Mill Rd (Brooklyn) area and 10 to 15 residents on the lower side of the main road in Tapawera have been warned they may need to evacuate, and “all the contractors we can get our hands on” - including from outside...
The journey of our branching trees
Otago Daily Times
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June 29, 2025
Our trees have some intriguing family histories. International travellers to Aotearoa New Zealand often comment about how far our country is from the rest of the world. However, it wasn’t always so, 180 million years ago we were part of Gondwana....
Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...
The Fragrance Phenomenon: We’re calling it—2025 is the year of scent
Retail Beauty
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July 1, 2025
Even the most fragranced-obsessed among us can attest we have more than one or two perfumes bottles (perhaps 10-15?) on rotation to spritz and run, as we head out the door in a halo of delicious fragrance. In 2025, the fragrance market in...
Marape leads path for regional unity and reform at 23rd MSG Summit
PNG Business News
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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has called for sweeping reforms, deeper cooperation, and renewed unity among Melanesian countries. Addressing the 23rd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit on Monday, 23 June, in Suva, Fiji,...
Atmospheric river bears down on NZ, gales, rain for north, fresh deluge for storm-hit south
Newstalk ZB
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July 1, 2025
The top of both islands are once more in the firing line of an atmospheric river, with South Island emergency officials saying, “this is not the news we wanted right now”. Strong wind and heavy rain watches have been issued for the top half of the...