Regional
Noble supports appointment process
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A Tongan noble MP says the current appointment process for top officials is the most independent procedure available in the country.
Refugee journalist awarded
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Kurdish Iranian journalist detained on Papua New Guinea’s Manus island by Australia has received a social justice award from a Sydney symposium.
Tuvalu MP claims nepotism
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
TUVALU – A former prime minister of Tuvalu says he still considers himself a Member of Parliament, despite the Chief Justice declaring his seat vacant.
Samoa's Chamber puts on a brave face
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
Samoa business confident of filling Yazaki gap
Sorcery-related attacks continue
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Catholic church says reports of sorcery-related attacks do not appear to be waning, despite awareness efforts.
Warning of Biblical retribution
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
Editor shames Tonga’s leaders after damning poverty report
Tietjens to Samoa
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Sir Gordon Tietjens has been officially unveiled as the new head coach of the Samoa Sevens team.
Tourist describes stonefish ordeal
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Regional
Australian survives agonising stonefish sting in Fiji
Pacific going down the plug hole off Oregon coast
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Regional
USA – It appears as if the Pacific Ocean is being drained away down a giant bottomless hole on the Oregon coast.
Psychiatrist speaks out on 'atrocity' on Nauru
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A forensic psychiatrist who studied refugees detained by Australia on Nauru says it’s her duty to speak out about the children engaging in self-harm and attempting suicide.
Women empowered to lead in disasters
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – An Australian aid group says its work preparing Vanuatu communities before Cyclone Pam paid off and there needs to be more investment in refresher courses and support for such schemes.
Biomass plant will feed the grid
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A South Korean biomass company developing a plant in Fiji says it’s 75 per cent complete.
Refugee assaulted on Manus
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Human Rights Law Centre in Australia says the assault of a Somali refugee on Manus Island shows the asylum seekers detained there by Australia can never be resettled locally on the island.
Tonga's Pacific Games 'will happen'
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Regional
Games Council allays doubts over preparations
Support for victim of coffee shop racism
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – An outpouring of social media support has buoyed a Cairns cafe worker’s spirits after a customer refused to be served by her because of the colour of her skin.
Indigenous rangers alert to coral bleaching
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – In April this year Indigenous rangers from the Crocodile Islands received an alarming photograph of a coral reef off the coast of Arnhem Land.
Sevens coach sad to leave Samoa
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Damian McGrath admits it will be an odd feeling coaching against Samoa on the upcoming World Sevens Series.
New Zealand invaded by jellyfish
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Thousands of kilometres of New Zealand coastline have been invaded by giant jellyfish, a phenomenon that has been linked to warmer sea temperatures.
Company closure shocks Samoa
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
Employer of 740 workers forced to cease operation
Police seek to improve interview protocols
Wednesday 12 October 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Pilot projects to improve access to justice for police suspects will start in Fiji in November as the Pacific nation looks to bring about change in its police culture.
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