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Hokulea, Hikianalia battle weather during Pacific-wide voyage, to reach Raiatea Tuesday

Hokulea, Hikianalia battle weather during Pacific-wide voyage, to reach Raiatea Tuesday

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The crews of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia battle unfavorable ocean conditions, the Polynesian Voyaging Society said, as they sail toward Raʻiātea in French Polynesia. On Saturday night, at about 9:30 p.m., the crews said they...

U.S. Rolled Back, While Small Island Nations Propose the Largest Ocean Reserve in History

U.S. Rolled Back, While Small Island Nations Propose the Largest Ocean Reserve in History

As of June 2025, just 2.7% of the global ocean is classified as fully or highly protected, according to The Marine Protection Atlas, while total marine protection is only 8.4%. The rollback of U.S. protections in April 2025, most notably the...

England v India: Brilliant Bumrah makes mark in first Test as Brook falls one run short of century

England v India: Brilliant Bumrah makes mark in first Test as Brook falls one run short of century

India will head into Day 4 of the first Test against England with a narrow advantage after an entertaining battle at Headingley on Sunday. Despite losing overnight centurion Ollie Pope early on in proceedings and then seeing Harry Brook fall one...

Global tracking study reveals marine megafauna hotspots lie largely unprotected

Global tracking study reveals marine megafauna hotspots lie largely unprotected

A global study tracking nearly 13,000 marine animals representing 111 species reveals they spend 80% of their time in just 63% of their range, yet only about 5% of these high-use ocean areas are currently protected. The research identifies...

Hokulea, Hikianalia crew members receive warm welcome at sacred site

Hokulea, Hikianalia crew members receive warm welcome at sacred site

On June 24, 2025, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived at their first stop in French Polynesia after relaunching the Moananuiākea Voyage’s four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. HNN’s Mahealani Richardson and photographer Jon Suyat were there to...

Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -

Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -

The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) has conducted a study on the deliberately implemented policies regarding the state of the internet, speed indicators, pricing policy, and digital restrictions in France’s overseas territories, APA reports. The study...

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Wallis and Futuna: Of Monarchies, Catholicism… and Rugby

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Wallis and Futuna: Of Monarchies, Catholicism… and Rugby

As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...

The Turks and Caicos Islands attends Green Overseas Climate Change Resilience Community Regional Workshop on Coastal Hazards

The Turks and Caicos Islands attends Green Overseas Climate Change Resilience Community Regional Workshop on Coastal Hazards

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCIES Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Wednesday, 18 June 2025: The Turks and Caicos Islands participated in The Green Overseas (GO) Climate Change Resilience Community...

Captain Cook’s Ship ‘Endeavour’ Finally Located After 250 Years Sunken off Coast of Rhode Island

Captain Cook’s Ship ‘Endeavour’ Finally Located After 250 Years Sunken off Coast of Rhode Island

Endeavor by Samuel Atkins (1760-1810) at the National Library of Australia, public domain There’s an old saying in science that substantial claims require substantial evidence, and a team of maritime archaeologists believe they have enough to...

‘I saw the flash’: How US nuclear tests changed life on this Pacific idyll forever

‘I saw the flash’: How US nuclear tests changed life on this Pacific idyll forever

McDiarmid and Haazen returned to Mejatto a year after the 1985 evacuation, and stayed for three months. When we land this time, there is a joyful reunion between the pair and several locals, including “aunties” now in their 40s and 50s who were...

French imperialism in New Caledonia and Pacific targets China

French imperialism in New Caledonia and Pacific targets China

French president Emmanuel Macron chaired a Pacific-France summit on June 10, on the sidelines of the UN Oceans Conference held in Nice from June 9-13. Leaders from Papua New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, the...

New book details family’s two-year sailing journey to the Caribbean islands

New book details family’s two-year sailing journey to the Caribbean islands

Keith Lacey Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Penticton Herald A Penticton mother has turned a life-changing experience into a new book, chronicling the two years she, her husband, and their three young children spent living aboard a 45-foot...

French parliament: Government should apologize for nuclear tests in Polynesia

French parliament: Government should apologize for nuclear tests in Polynesia

France's parliament has called on the government to apologize for nuclear tests France conducted in the South Pacific for three decades and amend the compensation law for residents suffering health damage. France staged 193 nuclear tests over a...

This Bora Bora resort has overwater bungalows with plunge pools, hilltop spa and private island

This Bora Bora resort has overwater bungalows with plunge pools, hilltop spa and private island

Courtesy of Conrad Bora Bora Nui Aerial view of the Conrad Bora Bora Nui. Conrad Bora Bora Nui The resort is located on a secluded island in the Bora Bora lagoon, and its guests have exclusive access to a picture-perfect palm-fringed private...

New SNIJ Climate Coalition Gives Voice to Underrepresented Island Territories

New SNIJ Climate Coalition Gives Voice to Underrepresented Island Territories

Members of the Island Innovation team at #GSIS2025 in Saint Kitts and Nevis, last month. Express your interest in the Global Sustainable Islands Summit 2026 in Gran Canaria next year. Last week, the Island Innovation team attended the UN Ocean...

Chile and Google to lay first submarine cable connecting Chile to Oceania

Chile and Google to lay first submarine cable connecting Chile to Oceania

Chile has signed an agreement with Google to lay a submarine cable connecting Chile to Oceania. Dessarollo Pais, a state-owned infrastructure developer, and the Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia will be responsible for...

Air Tahiti launches all-Business Class ATR for premium island hops

Air Tahiti launches all-Business Class ATR for premium island hops

Air Tahiti has announced it will equip one of its newly ordered ATR 72-600 aircraft with the ATR HighLine All-Business Class cabin, launching a new VIP service connecting French Polynesia’s iconic destinations such as Bora Bora and Raiatea from...

Biker dad will retire and buy wife a hot tub after £3,900,000 Lottery win

Biker dad will retire and buy wife a hot tub after £3,900,000 Lottery win

Jon has played Lotto every day since it began (Picture: Tommy Reynolds) What’s the first thing you do after wining the lottery? Have 10 cups of tea, I guess. That was the answer of Jon Waring, 57, and his partner Lucy, 48, when they woke up to...

At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas

At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas

NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their...

Seven things we learned at the UN Ocean Conference (and one we didn’t)

Seven things we learned at the UN Ocean Conference (and one we didn’t)

The French port of Nice was overrun last week with politicians and diplomats sweltering in suits, cooler representatives from NGOs and local communities, and a staggering number of police. More heads of state, governments and members of civil...

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