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Eugenio and Sgambelluri finished Mini Games with a win and experience
The Guam Daily Post
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As a newly formed beach volleyball team, Guam’s Kåna Sgambelluri and Ryan Eugenio entered the 12th Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau with lofty aspirations and finished having gained valuable experience and a lifetime of memories. Although the...
Fired-up Mikey Lewis talks Hull KR stumble, HIAs, Australia and being a gaming star
Hull Live
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July 19, 2025
Fired-up Mikey Lewis can’t wait to return Hull KR to winning ways after his enforced absence. The reigning Man of Steel is back in action for the Super League leaders tonight. He missed last Saturday’s 28-10 loss at Leigh due to a head knock...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
CFO Dive
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Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
WAtoday
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July 18, 2025
Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy said: “The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty is the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world and the most significant Pacific policy this country has undertaken in the last 50 years.” A...
WATCH: Tagata Pasifika 2025 Episode 18
TP+
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July 18, 2025
Tagata Pasifika | Television Series Join Marama T-Pole as she takes you through news and stories from our Pacific Community! This week, we talanoa with Malaetogia Dr Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow about the Government’s plan to scrap the five-year...
World Rugby rankings: All Blacks can end three-and-a-half year drought as Springboks’ top spot under threat
Planet Rugby
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July 18, 2025
New Zealand could surpass South Africa at the summit of the World Rugby rankings this weekend, in the event of history being made. The Springboks host Georgia in Nelspruit on Saturday, and in the event that Lelos avoid defeat, the All Blacks could...
Initiative for growth
The Fiji Times
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July 18, 2025
FIJI has been selected as the Pacific base for the launch of the Cup Rugby development programme, an ambitious new initiative spearheaded by the French Rugby Federation in partnership with Oceania Rugby and France’s overseas development agency...
Wāhine Māori rally for their Pacific sisters - and push for their own place in rugby history
Te Ao Maori News
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As Samoa and Fiji gear up for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, their final prep matches have come with powerful support. A group of wāhine Māori have banded together, some even coming out of retirement, to help their Pacific sisters get...
Family at the heart of everything for Tagiilima
Samoa Observer
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A son of Samoa is at the heart of the University of Otago’s Pacific Islands Centre (PIC). He is a quiet but determined presence. Tagiilima Feleti, whose journey from early childhood education to Pacific leadership speaks volumes about family,...
Australia vs Lions referee: Who is first Test official Ben O’Keeffe?
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 18, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Key figure standing down in PNG’s league team bid is a welcome move
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 18, 2025
The chairman of the successful bid for Papua New Guinea’s new rugby league franchise faces corruption concerns because of evidence linking his company to suspect dealings, and this is a sign of the broader problems likely to confront Australia’s...
Key figure standing down in PNG’s league team bid is a welcome move
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 18, 2025
The chairman of the successful bid for Papua New Guinea’s new rugby league franchise faces corruption concerns because of evidence linking his company to suspect dealings, and this is a sign of the broader problems likely to confront Australia’s...
Kaipu magic nets PNG 2-1 winner
The National
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THE Papua New Guinea Women’s Football team will take on Tahiti today at 10am (PNG time) in their second Group A fixture of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup at Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji. In their opening match on Friday against Samoa, two brilliant...
New World Rugby rankings table delivers Wales catastrophe amid big England change
Wales Online
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July 7, 2025
Wales have sunk to an all-time low of 14th in the latest rugby world rankings, published today. Having previously sat in 12th, Matt Sherratt's side have been overtaken by Japan and Samoa in the latest round of rankings, plumbing unprecedented...
Protect the public, fine dodgy retailers
Samoa Observer
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A slap on the wrist is not enough when it comes to taking action against retailers who are unscrupulous and deceitful in raising the prices of goods when they should not. And all of this for a few extra tala. The people in this country are...
PSA Hopes To Spark Revival With New House
Newsline Samoa
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July 17, 2025
PSA Members Meeting at Tu’utu’uile Loloto Hall, Mulivai – FILE PHOTO The new PSA House and Headquarter, is to officially open later this afternoon, Friday 18 July 2025, at Fugalei. The association of public servants in a statement, declares the :...
Young wāhine leading change: Driving better outcomes for hapori
Te Ao Maori News
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July 18, 2025
Aspiring Community-Based Advocate Aria (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is a proud wahine Māori and emerging researcher, currently completing a conjoint Law and Science degree at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria...
Contributors question education loan
Samoa Observer
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No clear answer has been given as to why the Samoa National Provident Fund's Educational Loan Scheme has been put on hold. Many are frustrated and want answers. The Chief Executive Officer for SNPF, Lemalu Selesitina Meni-Reti was asked by the...
League versus union: Australia’s rugby diplomacy needs a game plan
The Interpreter
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July 7, 2025
As sure as night follows day, Australia finds itself drawn into strategic competition with China in the Pacific – this time in a domain entirely of its own design. News broke last week that the governments of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa are preparing to...
Mid-year internationals Team Tracker: Georgia fully stocked for ‘daunting’ Springboks while England back youth against USA
Planet Rugby
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July 18, 2025
Check out the teams ahead of the third weekend of the mid-year international action, which is headlined by Australia’s first Test against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane. Meanwhile, in other action, Georgia face a daunting task against the...