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Data center projects facing local pushback
Indianapolis Business Journal
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July 4, 2025
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The Clooneys charm Charles! Harry and Meghan's pals George and Amal show their warm bond with the King at star-studded palace reception
Daily Mail
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June 25, 2025
Hollywood superstar George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney turned on the charm as they warmly greeted King Charles at a star-studded reception at Buckingham Palace today. George and Amal, believed to be close friends with the Sussexes, were...
Book of the Week: On the crisis of masculinity
Newsroom
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May 21, 2025
The world and much of its art at the moment is consumed with the crisis masculinity finds itself in. The loudest voices want to frame the problem in terms of binaries – good and bad, masculine and feminine, guilt and innocence, us and them. Social...
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...
Groundbreaking gay Samoan-Aussie drama launches on SBS
QNews
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July 3, 2025
New Australian drama Moni, about a gay Samoan man navigating life in Western Sydney, premiered overnight on NITV and SBS On Demand. The series follows its title character, Moni — a 30-something gay Samoan man who returns home after ten years away...
Makefu village celebrates 30 years milestone of show day
Television Niue
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May 15, 2025
People turned up in numbers at the Makefu Village show day over the weekend. NZ Tourist Anna Schimmel is on her third visit to Niue for a two weeks holiday celebrating her husband’s retirement. She was lucky enough to be part of the show day...
NZ Youth Choir Heading To European Choir Games In Denmark
Scoop
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NZ Youth Choir singing at Waitangit this year / Supplied Tour marks the last for director David Squire – “It’s been my great honour” The world’s longest running national youth choir, NZ Youth Choir (NZYC), is getting ready for its 14th...
George and Amal Clooney charm King Charles during Buckingham Palace reception celebrating global youth awards
TDPel Media
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June 25, 2025
It was a night where Hollywood elegance met royal tradition. George and Amal Clooney, known as much for their style and social causes as their A-list status, brought extra sparkle to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening. The couple turned heads as...
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...
Lisa Latta aims for big wins at Riccarton Park during New Zealand Cup Week
The New Zealand Herald
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November 14, 2024
“I think when they’ve had a couple of starts as a two-year-old, they are a bit more advanced than other horses, it makes it a bit easier to be ready for a race like this,” she said. “She’s also had a trip down there already, which is quite...
Kāhu ownership: Female full-court press in basketball takeover
The New Zealand Herald
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September 25, 2024
And now she’s one of five female owners of the BNZ Kāhu franchise – who believe they are one of the first sports teams solely owned, coached and managed by women, globally. And she’s had advice from one of the founders of the most valuable women’s...
Palau signs Landmark Security MOU with 12 Pacific Nations for Pacific Mini Games
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau — The Republic of Palau has signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 12 Pacific Island nations to enhance regional security cooperation during the 2025 Pacific Mini Games (PMG), marking...
Former BCN journalist thankful for experience
Television Niue
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May 9, 2025
In marking World Press Freedom day this week, we share highlights and challenges of working in the media in Niue. Former BCN journalist and one of the youngest to be recruited- Sariah Magaoa joined the news team in 2022, fresh out from graduation...
King stresses urgent need to ‘save our forests and protect wildlife’
The Times
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The King has spoken of the urgent need to “save our forests”, as he was presented with a photo of a thriving Amazon rainforest tree he planted 34 years ago with Princess Diana. “There is so much urgency” to protect forests, he said at a meeting in...
King hailed as nature ‘leader’ at event to drive private money into biodiversity
Suffolk News
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June 25, 2025
The King shook hands with a “gorilla” and was made a “care-holder” of an area of pristine Pacific ocean as he attended an event on driving finance into nature protection. Ministers, indigenous leaders and businesses and investors representing...
NZ celebrates Rotuman language as part of Pacific Language Week series
RNZ
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May 13, 2025
Aotearoa celebrates Rotuman language as part of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples' Pacific Language Week series this week. Rotuman is one of five UNESCO-listed endangered languages among the 12 officially celebrated in New Zealand. The others being...
Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day
Asia Pacific Report
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May 5, 2025
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning society — including the Pacific. Held annually on May 3, World Press Freedom Day prompts...
Whau Pasifika Festival celebrates youth leadership, calls for genuine govt support for future growth
Te Ao Maori News
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June 29, 2025
The Whau Pasifika Festival has returned to West Auckland promising most ambitious programme yet, but organisers stress that meaningful government investment is key to ensuring its survival beyond 2025. Ina Sauni, the festival director, says the...
Pua House-2025 games champion
Television Niue
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May 1, 2025
Pua House are the Champions of this year’s annual Niue High School Athletic Games taking top spot once again at yesterday’s event held at the Paliati ground. Second place went to Lagakali, third-Moea and fourth place went to Kieto. Lagakali House...
‘The Pacific Islands!’ Dahlia Malaeulu’s favourite place to read
The Spinoff
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June 24, 2025
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Dahlia Malaeulu, publisher at the award-winning Mila’s Books, and author of Mataali’i, which is finalist for the...