Regional
Doctors plead for pregnant refugee
Tuesday 31 January 2017 | Published in Regional
A Kuwaiti woman facing a possibly life-threatening birth on Nauru is being denied airlift to Australia
Gun-toting lord found 'not guilty'
Tuesday 31 January 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A jury has found a Tongan noble representative not guilty of five charges including firearms offences regarding three separate incidents last year.
Fiji sugar industry questions viability
Tuesday 31 January 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A Fiji sugar expert says hard questions need to be asked about the future of Fiji’s sugar industry.
Refugee escapes from PNG to Fiji
Tuesday 31 January 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A young refugee detained on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island by Australia has escaped to Fiji where he is now seeking asylum.
Super Rugby to be played in Samoa
Tuesday 31 January 2017 | Published in Regional
Auckland Blues versus Queensland Reds in Apia
Health emergency declared
Tuesday 31 January 2017 | Published in Regional
MARSHALL ISLANDS – The Marshall Islands has declared a health emergency to respond to recent outbreaks of Hepatitis A and the Zika virus.
800 homes damaged by floods
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – More than 800 homes have been destroyed or flooded in Tahiti after the weekend’s severe storms.
Dog caused death of child
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A freak series of events led to a five-year-old girl dying after being struck by a pick-up truck last week in the village of Sagone on the Samoan island of Savai‘i.
Warning to beware of immigration scammers
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand Immigration Advisors Authority (IAA) has issued a warning to Samoan residents seeking immigration advice.
Tietjens' sees first-hand how money talks
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Manu Samoa Sevens coach, Sir Gordon Tietjens, has experienced for the first time the methods by New Zealand to deny players from representing Samoa.
Judges refuse to front committee
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sailele Malielegaoi has sent out a strong message that the judiciary should be held in contempt of parliament when they refused to appear before a Special Parliamentary Committee set up to investigate the work of the Lands and Titles Court.
Independence vote moves closer
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
Commission set up to oversee 2019 referendum
Refugees think resettlement a hoax
Wednesday 25 January 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Refugees detained on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island are sceptical of news they’ll meet immigration officials from the United States next month.
Cocaine seized from yacht in Marquesas
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – The French navy has seized more than 400 kilograms of cocaine on a yacht near French Polynesia’s Marquesas islands.
'Church attitudes need to change'
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Christian leader in Papua New Guinea says the country’s churches need to overcome discrimination and stigma to make a real difference in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Key to identifying mosquitos
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The publication of a new identificiation key could help health officials identify mosquitos carrying Zika and dengue.
Claim church rewarded priest who protected abuser
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
GUAM – The Catholic Church in Guam is being accused of rewarding a priest who shielded its Archbishop from abuse allegations.
New Zealanders still waiting for summer
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand has been warned to “batten down the hatches” as another stormbdars down on the country.
Third man dies after electrocution
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
AMERICAN SAMOA – An electrocution accident which happened over a week ago in American Samoa has claimed the life of a third person.
Tahiti awash after heavy rain
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Published in Regional
French Polynesia declares state of natural disaster
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