Regional
Vanuatu scientist leaves inspirational legacy
Tuesday 14 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – Dr Roger Malapa, the first ni-Vanuatu to graduate with a PhD in science who went on to become one of the Pacific’s most distinguished agricultural scientists, died in New Caledonia this week after a battle with cancer. He was 46.
Not speaking at Big Gay Out 'not a big issue'
Tuesday 14 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Prime Minister says his past opposition to civil unions and gay marriage was not the reason he didn’t speak at the Big Gay Out in Auckland at the weekend.
Great weather for eeling
Tuesday 14 February 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – At a time when most people secure their belongings and stay home, a group of people from settlements and villages close to Nadi Town in Fiji come out in numbers during heavy rainfall for an unconventional activity – catching eels. Semesa Lagi, 54, told the Fiji Times: “We come here every time the town is flooded. We have done this many times.” Lagi said heavy rain caused the eel population to escape from a nearby lake and swim down the streets into to the town area. “We always know this is the time to catch eels and we are joined by other villagers from Nawaka and other areas. “A lot of people have come to catch the eels this time and my family has managed to catch three buckets full so we have sent these home.” He said they planned to return to the spot if heavy rain continued this week. - Fiji Times
PACIFIC BRIEFS 13/2/2017
Tuesday 14 February 2017 | Published in Regional
Dengue claims life in New Caledonia NEW CALEDONIA – This year’s dengue epidemic in New Caledonia has claimed its first life A 25-year-old woman in the Noumea area died of dengue type 1 and authorities said she was not considered to be at special risk.
400 whales beached on remote spit
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Rescuers were trying desperately yesterday to save scores of pilot whales after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach thought to be the largest in decades.
Flooding across the Pacific
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Heavy rains continue to fall across the South Pacific, causing flooding from Papua New Guinea to Samoa.
Asylum seekers offered 'bribes' to go home
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Asylum seekers in the Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have been offered bribes to return to their countries of origin.
Kiribati island lease plan well advanced
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – A Russian millionaire is in advanced talks with the Kiribati government to lease three uninhabited islands and establish an alternative Russia and revive the monarchy.
Ancient landslide discovered on Barrier Reef
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Queensland scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have helped discover the remnants of an ancient undersea landslide more than 30 times the volume of Uluru.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 10/2/2017
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
Australia sells military vehicles to Fiji FIJI – Australia has agreed to sell 10 refurbished military vehicles to Fiji.
Fishermen rescued by cruise ship
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Four marine search and rescue operations have saved 20 people in Tonga in recent days, while one life was lost.
In court for damaging St Mary
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A man accused of stealing a statue of the Virgin Mary from inside a church in Samoa and damaging it in the process has appeared in court.
Confiscated tabua to be repatriated
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – New Zealand’s Department of Conservation will repatriate to Fiji more than 100 cultural items from the country which have been seized over the past 15 years.
Medical marijuana access eased
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Seriously ill patients in New Zealand seeking medicinal cannabis to ease their symptoms will no longer have to take their cause right the way to the top, but access to the drugs will remain tightly controlled.
South Island lakes showing signs of stress
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A veteran water quality campaigner says even deep, clean South Island lakes such as Lake Wanaka are showing signs of stress.
Hitchhiking backpacker dumped and ripped off by motorist
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Before arriving in New Zealand a German backpacker never expected a hitchhiking experience could turn so horribly wrong.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 9/2/2017
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Regional
SEVERE weather across the pacific PACIFIC –Wet weather is now causing strife in several Pacific nations.
Heavy rain warning remains for Fiji
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A heavy rain warning remains in force for the whole of Fiji and people around the country have been put on alert for further extensive flooding.
Hydro power boost from China
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea’s electricity provider hopes it can provide uninterrupted power supply to the country’s capital city Port Moresby
Veteran adamant he sprayed Agent Orange
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Regional
GUAM – A Vietnam War veteran, who says he used Agent Orange on Guam during the war, says the people of Guam deserve to know the truth.
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