Regional
MSG membership criteria discussed
Tuesday 17 January 2017 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has arrived in Port Vila for discussions that cover membership guidelines.
Hall of Fame for snubbed coach
Tuesday 17 January 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Despite not being up for coach of the year at the inaugural Fiji Rugby Awards, former Olympic Gold medal winning coach Ben Ryan has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. The award nominations sparked controversy when Ryan was left off the list of finalists for coach of the year in favour of three local club coaches. The apparent snub came a month after Ryan had tangled with the Fiji Rugby Union over player payments. However the FRU said Ryan had simply not been nominated by any local club affiliates. The Fiji Rugby Union had earlier this month hit back at the former coach saying in a statement it was disappointed at Ryan’s constant remarks about the Fiji Sevens team and his ongoing tweets about their performances at recent sevens events. CEO John O’connor said it seemed difficult for Ryan to move on.
Australia 'deeply disappointed'
Tuesday 17 January 2017 | Published in Regional
Whaling deplored in wake of Sea Shepherd photos
Scouts in NZ representing their country
Friday 30 December 2016 | Published in Regional
A GROUP of Cook Islands Boys Scouts is representing their country at the 21st New Zealand Jamboree in Blenheim, South Island.
Tonight's family fireworks fizzle out
Friday 30 December 2016 | Published in Regional
THE NEW Year Family Festival scheduled for this evening at the new Constitution Park has been cancelled.
Festive joy moves south
Friday 30 December 2016 | Published in Regional
THE SOUTHERN group islands are getting plenty of joy from this festive season following an influx of visitors, including tourists, to their shores this month.
New Zealand vote seen as 'declaration of war'
Thursday 29 December 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told New Zealand’s foreign minister that support for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement-building in the occupied territories would be viewed as a “declaration of war”.
Bodies of bus crash victims on way home
Thursday 29 December 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The bodies of the two Tongan victims killed in a bus crash in Gisborne on Christmas eve will be returned to Tonga on Saturday.
Asylum seekers hold peaceful protest
Thursday 29 December 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Detainees on Manus Island are demanding answers about the death of a refugee as advocates call for a royal commission into medical care at Australia’s offshore detention centres.
Pleas for treatment were ignored
Thursday 29 December 2016 | Published in Regional
Unwell refugee’s friends wrote letter asking for medical intervention a week before he died
Samoa's Olympic silver is official
Thursday 29 December 2016 | Published in Regional
Eight years after Beijing, Ele Opeloge’s Olympic success is recognised
Refugee death 'hard to believe'
Thursday 29 December 2016 | Published in Regional
Medical facilities on Manus Island need attention
Deluge delivers worst flooding in decades
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Rakiraki Town residents have dubbed the recent flooding as the worst in more than a decade.
Fijians facing a muddy Christmas
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is calling on every Fijian to share the Christmas spirit through helping those that are in need and those that were affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston and this week’s severe flooding from tropical depression TD04F.
Airliner hijackers surrender
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Published in Regional
MALTA – The hijacking of a Libyan plane has ended peacefully after armed men who seized control surrendered in Malta.
Ebola vaccine being fast tracked
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Published in Regional
Trials in West Africa prove 100 per cent effective
Berlin attacker shot dead
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Published in Regional
GERMANY – The Berlin market attacker, Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police in Milan.
Tonga welcomes 2000 Chinese tourists on board cruise ship
Wednesday 21 December 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Around 2000 Chinese tourists visited Nuku‘alofa on Friday last week on the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica, which began its journey from China.
Fiji land laws imposed on foreign owners
Wednesday 21 December 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A Fiji economics professor says the imposition of retrospective laws on foreign landowners sends a signal that Fiji is not a safe place to invest.
Earthquake aid co-ordination needed
Wednesday 21 December 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Shelter, health and education are the priority areas for authorities responding to recent quakes in Solomon Islands.
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