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Ooh La La! Tahiti Is Closer Than You Think
Seattle Magazine - Washington State
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July 8, 2025
From the Bounty to Brando, French Polynesia stirs our most primal escapism. Lush, verdant peaks teetering above gin-clear lagoons, filled with a brilliant, sapphire menagerie — it only begins to describe the allure, as does the scent of gardenias...
My long-distance romance is stuck in a budget airline nightmare
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 18, 2025
Qantas says to me and to millions of other Qantas frequent flyers that its “focus is on doing all we can to support you” in relation to the hacking of 6 million customers’ personal information. The best and most secure thing Qantas could do for...
Avaroa taps Hawaiki to boost Pacific communications, connect Samoa and Australia
Pacific News Service
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Avaroa Cable Limited (ACL) has today announced the selection of Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP (Hawaiki) for the turnkey provision of international capacity from Samoa to Australia. A state-owned enterprise of the Cooks Islands Government, and funded...
Relais & Châteaux Adds Nine New Members
Travel Market Report - New York
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Luxury collection Relais & Châteaux has added nine new members to its portfolio. The independent properties – 10 hotels and one restaurant – are located across Europe, Asia and Pacific Ocean, and South America. “Our association is firmly committed...
Kapetalwa: A Cruiser’s Journey Through the Blue Frontier
Cruising World
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July 16, 2025
Sailing canoes ply the lagoon waters off Lamotrek Island. These vessels sail hundreds of miles in open ocean between islands. Behan Gifford Come to our canoe house, and we’ll have kapetalwa. We’re being invited, but in Micronesia, kapetalwa can...
Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia deepen cultural ties, spark ocean protection dialogue
Big Island Now - Hawaii
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July 16, 2025
After four days of community engagements in Mataiea, Tahiti, traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed Tehoro Marina the morning of July 10 and made their way across the channel to the island of Moʻorea. Photo Courtesy:...
8 of the best adults-only cruises
The Times
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Not everybody relishes the idea of a holiday at sea with other people’s children. Luckily, while many cruise lines do a sterling job in catering to families, there are also plenty of ships geared to an adults-only market. These range from the...
Cook Islands warriors shine at Tu’aro Mā’ohi Traditional Games
Cook Island News
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July 15, 2025
Cook Islands proudly represented at the 2025 Heiva Tu'aro Mā'ohi traditional sports games in Tahiti, joining more than 800 athletes from around the Pacific for the vibrant cultural event. Pictured are manager Viani Tixier-Teau (middle) and mentor...
Tourism at a Tipping Point: How the World—and India—Are Grappling with Over-Tourism
ETTravelWorld.com
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July 15, 2025
Image credit - iStock-2059000948 In 2024 alone, Europe welcomed over 747 million international visitors, according to the UN World Tourism Barometer. Southern and Western Europe accounted for the lion’s share—over 70%—highlighting the intense...
France’s Agreement on the State of New Caledonia: Strategic Accommodation or Deferred Independence?
SpecialEurasia
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July 13, 2025
Executive Summary France and New Caledonia’s leaders reached a landmark agreement in July 2025 to create a “State of New Caledonia” within France, changing the territory’s political standing. After a decade of political stalemate and violent...
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Consortium News
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July 10, 2025
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...
Archaeologists make surprising discovery at Easter Island - turning everything we know on its head
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
There's no doubt Easter Island is geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth. More than 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, it was first settled by humans around AD 1200, who built its famous enlarged head statues. Historically, the...
Global Voices: 40 Years on from the Bombing of Rainbow Warrior
Samoa Global News
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July 10, 2025
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energising for global peace, By: David Robie. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy...
Rainbow Warrior bombing 40th anniversary: Advocates warn of expanding nuclearism in Pacific
RNZ
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July 9, 2025
The Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, in July 1985. Photo: Greenpeace / John Miller As Thursday marks 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, anti-nuclear advocates warn the Pacific region is facing expanding...
The Most Romantic Honeymoon Destinations
Elle Decor
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July 7, 2025
The champagne has been popped, the last dance has been danced, and now comes the moment every newlywed dreams of: escaping somewhere utterly magical with the person you've just promised forever to. Whether you're the type who finds romance in...
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energizing for global peace
The Pacific Island Times
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July 10, 2025
French Pacific Regiment troops at a Bastille Day parade in Nouméa, New Caledonia, 1985. Photo by David Robie The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on July 10, 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy....
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
These Are the Best Islands in the World—and No. 1 Has Postcard-worthy Blue and White Villages
AOL
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Thomas Gravanis The Greek island of Paros.Travel + Leisure readers’ favorite islands for 2025 represent many continents, cultures, and climates—including colorful reefs, tropical beaches with sea-weathered rocks, temperate forests, and scrubby,...
Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior, justice still waits
Independent Australia
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As France rebrands itself as a climate and ocean leader, Pacific civil society reminds the world of its unrepented nuclear legacy and unfinished colonial business, writes Dave Sweeney. FORTY YEARS AGO this week, the quiet of Auckland Harbour was...
Te Koutu Nui hosts public seminar on effective ra‘ui conservation
Cook Island News
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July 8, 2025
Joshua Jim (left) from Atiu, an executive member of Kōrero o te 'Ōrau, participated in the Rāhui (Ra'ui) Workshop in Kauai, Hawai'i last year. Picture: Kōrero o te 'Ōrau/24032011 Traditional leaders from Te Koutu Nui will host a public seminar...