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A marathon runner in the 100m sprints? It’s a story that spread across the world. And in Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 it has sparked heated debate. Chrisnrita Aumanu- Leong abc.net.au/news/2024-08-1…

Swell of emotions as i started the news with... “Yadra Vinaka Mai, Noa'ia, Mauri, Kaise and BULA! This is Pacific Beat, on ABC News Radio Australia...... Vaka Turaga Saka ki na vanua o Cakaudrove kei Tailevu…” …. the tears came. They heard Vaka Turaga Saka Ki Na Vanua They

Fiji is in the midst of a drug problem. (a symptom of trafficking through the Pacific region). LICE MOVONO and I looked into it👇 It is part 1 of a broader investigation that will go air when ABC News The Pacific program returns to air on Thursday… abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

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Story: the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat targeted by hackers linked to the Chinese government. Australia has sent teams of cyber experts to Suva this year to help abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

🇸🇧 PM prioritizes expediting progress of legislations over attendance at the #UNGA instead 6 Ministers from a 16 member delegation will represent the country in all engagements.Taxpayers paying 2.1 M SBD for this trip & his two others later in the yr. 📷 Today’s press conference

This week on The Pacific: - PNG’s growing NRL gambling obsession, Belinda Kora and Hugo Hodge - An update on New Caledonia with Nic Maclellan & Jimmy Naouna - Australia’s first Siva Afi Festival - Chrisnrita Aumanu- Leong reveals the winner of Pacific Break 2024 youtube.com/watch?v=Eg694W…

Commercial logging is massive in Solomon Islands. It's their biggest export and employs thousands of locals. But it's wreaking havoc on the environment and women in rural villages are being exploited. Watch this story from Chrisnrita Aumanu- Leong & Gabriella Marchant youtube.com/watch?v=p1jsSk…

Women ‘sold’ … marriages ‘like instant coffee’. Chrisnrita Aumanu- Leong travelled to Makira, Solomon Islands, to find out what really happens at logging camps, and the impact this practice - vital to 🇸🇧 economy - is having on the environment. abc.net.au/news/2024-10-1…

Vote of no confidence looms in Solomon Islands today. A bit of speculation in the papers that Gordon Darcy Lilo is in a strong position. But Chrisnrita Aumanu- Leong reports govt MPs entered parliament together this morning: seems clear indication Manele still has the numbers. We'll see!

CCTV footage of 7.4 Earthquake in Port Vila, Vanuatu December 17, 2024 #earthquake #Vanuatu #terremoto #sismo

There's pretty horrific damage to infrastructure in Port Vila, Vanuatu, after the 7.3 magnitude #earthquake today. We're seeing flattened/collapsed buildings, rubble everywhere. Thankfully though, the tsunami threat has been cancelled. Thoughts are with the people of Vanuatu RN

1 dead, confirmed to me by police at Vila Central Hospital. Likely to be more. VCH has a triage centre outside the emergency ward. I saw three people seriously injured on gurneys waiting treatment. This is a mass casualty event.

Multiple large landslides on the wharf road

Trump’s executive orders are having real-life impacts in the Pacific region, with his ‘America first’ aid freeze leaving local groups scrambling for answers. With Belinda Kora and vonia vieira 👇 abc.net.au/news/2025-02-0…

THE PACIFIC IS BAAAAAACK! Join Alice Lolohea, Johnson Raela and the team for season 5 on ABC Australia and ABC News (iview) from tonight 🌴🥥

Cracking panel discussion at The Lowy Institute with the splendid Chrisnrita Aumanu- Leong Marian Kupu 🇹🇴 Belinda Kora and LICE MOVONO (with the excellent Mihai Sora) on reporting in the Pacific at a critical moment - I’m bloody proud to call them colleagues