How well do you know your Pacific news and current affairs?

Think you’ve been keeping up with Pacific news?

Put your knowledge to the test with the PMN Pacific News Quiz.

From the Pacific to Aotearoa and beyond, see how much you remember from the stories we’ve been following over the past week.

Weekly Pacific News Quiz

1. Which Pacific country’s climate minister says Australia must stop opening new coal and gas projects?

2. Which remote Cook Islands atoll recently welcomed more than 50 New Zealand Defence Force personnel?

3. How many women MPs is Sāmoa set to have after the latest election process is completed?

Which remote Cook Islands atoll recently welcomed more than 50 New Zealand Defence Force personnel?

4. Which Tongan volcano caused the seafloor to collapse by about 700 metres during its 2022 eruption?

5. Which New Zealand political party is promising to expand visa-waiver access to citizens of Pacific Islands Forum countries if elected?

6. What two areas are students still struggling with, according to the latest regional Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment?

7. Which major international meeting are Pacific leaders attending in New York this week?

Which major international meeting are Pacific leaders attending in New York this week?

8. Which transport company employing more than 4000 staff is Wellington-born Sāmoan business leader Tessa Auelua set to lead as chief executive?

9. As Fiji debates major constitutional changes, who is the country’s Prime Minister?

10. Which two Pacific teams have qualified for the 2027 Netball World Cup from the Oceania qualifiers?

Which transport company employing more than 4,000 staff is Wellington-born Sāmoan business leader Tessa Auelua set to lead as chief executive?

Answers

1. Tuvalu 2. Penrhyn also known as Tongareva. 3. Six. 4. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai. 5. Labour 6. Reading and critical thinking. 7. The United Nations General Assembly. 8. Kinetic New Zealand. 9. Sitiveni Rabuka. 10. Sāmoa and Tonga.

How did you go?

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