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Évasans : le CHPF veut renforcer ses liens avec la Nouvelle-Zélande
Radio 1 reports that Tahiti's main hospital (CHPF) is working with a visiting New Zealand medical delegation to revive and expand medical evacuations and skills-sharing, presenting New Zealand as a nearer, more practical but somewhat costlier alternative to mainland France.
Appel à candidatures : la Nouvelle-Zélande relance son Consulate Fund
Radio 1 reports the NZ Consulate General's 2026 call for applications to its Consulate Fund, offering grants of up to NZ$50,000 (about 3 million Pacific francs) for small community projects in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna, and cites previous local beneficiaries.
Grippe aviaire : un second cas en Nouvelle-Zélande, la Calédonie aux aguets
A New Caledonian government-sourced report on H5N1 spreading in the South Pacific, noting New Zealand's second detection (a kahu near Wellington) and no poultry-farm cases, while New Caledonia tightens surveillance and border biosecurity.