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Fearless sporting predictions for 2025
Warriors celebrate a win over Penrith Panthers. Photo: AAP / www.photosport.nz Analysis: The really great thing about sport is no-one ever really knows what's going to happen. Oh, so-called experts will prognosticate the precise outcomes of rugby...

Parkop Sets Charity Drive to Support Vanuatu Quake Victims
As the New Year opened, a call for unity and compassion for Vanuatu resounded across Papua New Guinea from Port Moresby. The Governor for the National Capital District, Hon. Powes Parkop, announced a charity drive aimed at supporting Port Vila,...

Must-watch Pacific films for the summer movie nights
How many Pacific-made or led films, excluding those featuring Dwayne Johnson or Jason Momoa, have you watched? Every year, more of our stories are showcased in cinemas or added to the Netflix lineup, and we love to promote anything that highlights...

Newcastle v Liverpool Live TV – Global channel listings to watch on Wednesday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v Liverpool Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Wednesday (7.30pm (UK) kick-off). For this match (and Aston Villa at home on Boxing Day),...

The Best Islands & Music Venues To Visit In 2025, According to Lonely Planet
Another 365 days may be gone but a fresh 365 set of days await. While most people have set new goals and resolutions for the new year, like getting healthier, working out more, or fulfilling any personal aspirations, we’ll be planning our travel...

2024 Sports Flashback
JANUARY SOL2023 Pacific Games will go down the history of our country as the first-ever premier sporting regional competition to be hosted in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The event was first hosted in Suva, Fiji in 1963, about sixty years ago....

One ocean, one people —why not one passport?
BY Seone Lolesio and Shailendra B Singh Centuries ago, movement across Oceania was limited only by the vastness of the ocean, not by borders or bureaucracies. Our ancestors needed nothing more than courage, traditional knowledge and a canoe to...

Brentford v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings to watch on Saturday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Brentford v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Saturday (3pm (UK) kick-off). Eddie Howe and his Newcastle United players hoping to build...

Crystal Palace v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings to watch on Saturday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Crystal Palace v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Saturday (3pm (UK) kick-off). Eddie Howe and his Newcastle United players hoping to...

Here Are the 7 Biggest Art-World Controversies of 2024
It has been an unusual year, to say the least, but in one respect, it is business as usual: the art world is still no stranger to legal disputes and its share of controversies. Here are the seven major ones that lit up the feeds this year....

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquakes in Vanuatu
The situation remains particularly precarious for tens of thousands of children in Vanuatu, many of whom have been separated from their families. An estimated 40,000 children need humanitarian assistance after two devastating earthquakes hit...
Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu
A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft to be repatriated to New Caledonia after the Vanuatu earthquake. Photo: Supplied / French Embassy in Vanuatu Twenty New Caledonian children who suffered the shock of Port Vila's 7.3 magnitude...

QUAKE-SHOCKED NEW CALEDONIAN KIDS REPATRIATED FROM VANUATU
Twenty New Caledonian children who suffered the shock of Port Vila’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake have been repatriated from Vanuatu onboard a French military CASA aircraft. The special operation was conducted on Thursday, as part of relief operations...

CHARITY DRIVE TO AID VANUATU EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Governor of National Capital District (NCD) Powes Parkop has announced a major fundraising initiative to support Port Moresby’s sister city, Port Vila following the devastating earthquake that struck Vanuatu’s Capital on Tuesday 17th December....

Changes On Cricket’s Chief Executives’ Committee After Election Kick-Starts ICC Annual Conference
The ICC annual conference is being held this year in Singapore (Photo by Patrick Bolger-ICC/ICC via ... More Getty Images)ICC via Getty Images Gurumurthy Palani (France), Anuraag Bhatnagar (Hong Kong) and Gurdeep Klair (Canada) won coveted spots...

Newcastle v West Ham Live TV – Global channel listings to watch on Monday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v West Ham Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Monday (8pm (UK) kick-off). Eddie Howe and his Newcastle United players hoping to follow...

Sixes, smiles and post-quake solidarity: Vanuatu cricketers breathe life into tiny Queensland competition
There’s an air of nervous anticipation as Andrew Mansale strides out to the pitch for the Twenty20 cricket grand final in the small town of Stanthorpe, 200km south-west of Brisbane. The international cricketer from Vanuatu entered local folklore a...
Our hearts are with you' stranded Vanuatu workers trying to get home
Vanuatu seasonal workers check into a hotel in Nadi to await the resumption of commercial airline services to Port Vila. December 2024 Photo: RNZ Pacific/Koroi Hawkins Dozens of Vanuatu workers returning home from working on orchards and vineyards...

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's friendly clash between USA and New Zealand, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Sports Mole previews Tuesday's friendly clash between USA and New Zealand, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Following a disappointing result on Saturday, Mikey Varas will seek his first triumph as interim manager of the USA...

Honiara Hosts Concert for Vanuatu
Honiara musicians and residents have organized a two-day concert this weekend to raise funds in support of recovery efforts in Vanuatu following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck off Port Vila on December 17, 2024. The event, inspired by...