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Oct 31, 2026

speaker_2NARRATOR
21:56
Now we follow an octopus out to work.
speaker_2NARRATOR
21:58
On a coral atoll in French Polynesia, Roger Hanlon followed single-day octopuses through the daylight for most of a week, keeping one animal in view at a time.
speaker_2NARRATOR
22:11
The day octopuses mostly went out hunting early in the morning.
speaker_2NARRATOR
22:15
Late in the afternoon was the other busy time.
Patrick KaikuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
3:37
And it also rode on the back of the decolonization movement in our region.
Patrick KaikuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
3:42
French Polynesia and New Caledonia were French colonies.
Patrick KaikuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
3:46
And French were testing nuclear weapons.
Patrick KaikuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
3:48
At the same time, they were colonizing all these parts of the Pacific.
MikeGUEST
62:28
here? The boat's going to be in Fort Lauderdale.
MikeGUEST
62:31
Fort Lauderdale? Yeah, and we're going to pick it up there, and then we're going to run through it, see trial it, make sure it's all good, and then head out from there through the Caribbean and then through the canal and over into French Polynesia.
MikeGUEST
62:41
Going to French Polynesia.
MikeGUEST
62:41
Yeah, absolutely.
MikeGUEST
62:42
Can't wait.
Dave RubinHOST
6:54
Right.
Dave RubinHOST
6:54
Somehow French Polynesia, you know, whatever it is, 10,000 miles away is theirs.
Dave RubinHOST
7:01
Nobody's really sure how.
Dave RubinHOST
7:03
Yeah.
Janet BavaGUEST
3:32
And that's going to be the Star Breeze, which, you know, the all-sweet yacht with only 300 guests that has a larger accommodation.
Janet BavaGUEST
3:39
So They can stay longer on board and visit more of the French Polynesia.
James ShillinglawHOST
3:44
Well, that's wonderful.
James ShillinglawHOST
3:45
And now, as you mentioned, you are not only bringing back Windstar to the fleet, but this is after a major renovation.

18 MINS LATER

Janet BavaGUEST
21:35
So it's not just about the hosted savings, which we do every year.
Janet BavaGUEST
21:39
This 2027 will have an additional 5 savings for a guest to choose from.
Janet BavaGUEST
21:44
But it's not what just happens during these five hosted sailings, which will cover the Greek islands, which we just talked about, the French Polynesian region, Greece, Athens to Istanbul and the Amalfi Coast.
Janet BavaGUEST
21:56
And we even have one on the Star Seeker in East Asia.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
3:55
It says the meeting has a highly operational focus tailored to Pacific maritime challenges.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
4:01
The program will also look at the position of New Caledonia and French Polynesia along Pacific drug trafficking routes.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
4:11
In New Zealand, a surgeon and editor of the Medical Journal says voters should remember policies don't guarantee outcomes.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
4:20
Professor Frank Frizzell says many of the election promises this year will require extra capacity in the system.
Mara TuilepiteleHOST
2:48
It says the meeting has a highly operational focus tailored to Pacific maritime challenges.
Mara TuilepiteleHOST
2:54
The programme will also look at the position of New Caledonia and French Polynesia along Pacific drug trafficking routes.
Mara TuilepiteleHOST
3:04
In New Zealand, an $80 million cocaine seizure in Auckland is the second major haul this week.
Mara TuilepiteleHOST
3:11
Detective Inspector Tom Gollan says 250 kilograms of the drug was discovered in duffel bags in a container which entered the port of Tauranga.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
2:23
It says the meeting has a highly operational focus tailored to Pacific maritime colleagues.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
2:29
The program will also look at the position of New Caledonia and French Polynesia along Pacific drug trafficking routes.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
2:40
Climate activists say promoting low-emissions technologies as a way to save money rather than saving the planet is encouraging people to adopt them.
Wairatui Leepo-TaylorHOST
2:52
Most political parties have announced rooftop solar policies this election, but few have made specific climate change announcements.
Moira Tuila-EpiteleHOST
3:00
It says the meeting has a highly operational focus tailored to Pacific maritime challenges.
Moira Tuila-EpiteleHOST
3:07
The programme will also look at the position of New Caledonia and French Polynesia along Pacific drug trafficking routes.
Moira Tuila-EpiteleHOST
3:16
In New Zealand, an $80 million cocaine seizure in Auckland is the second major haul this week.
Moira Tuila-EpiteleHOST
3:24
Detective Inspector Tom Golan says 250 kilograms of the drug was discovered in duffel bags in a container which entered the port of Tauranga.
speaker_1HOST
42:21
It's a crazy story.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
42:22
He recounts a situation that occurred just one month after the Seasteading Institute signed a highly publicized memorandum of understanding in French Polynesia to explore floating platforms.
speaker_1HOST
42:32
Right.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
42:33
Almost immediately, Quirk was contacted by a massive consortium.

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