Regional
Panguna's gaping hole a bitter legacy
Thursday 1 September 2016 | Published in Regional
BOUGAINVILLE – The gaping hole carved into the mountains of Bougainville was at one time the world’s largest open-cut copper mine.
Mine shares row leads to threats to deny licence
Thursday 1 September 2016 | Published in Regional
BOUGAINVILLE – The Autonomous Region of Bougainville is engaged in a new struggle with the Papua New Guinean government over the ownership of the island’s controversial Panguna copper mine.
Fiji not prepared for coming cyclone season
Thursday 1 September 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – There’s concern in Fiji that homes and schools will not be rebuilt before the upcoming cyclone season.
Tuilaepa worried about food security
Thursday 1 September 2016 | Published in Regional
samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has warned that food security in the Pacific is being eroded as people move to the towns and rely on cheap imported food.
Hurricane greets Obama in Hawai'i
Thursday 1 September 2016 | Published in Regional
HAWAI‘I – Hurricane Madeline showed a surge of power as it churned toward Hawai‘i, peaking at a dangerous category four strength before slackening, US weather officials say.
Danish MPs cancel visit to Nauru
Thursday 1 September 2016 | Published in Regional
Nauru denies visas to three members of delegation
Environmentalists rescued from island
Wednesday 31 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NORTHERN MARIANAS – A group of environmentalists who went to Pagan island to film a documentary titled Too Beautiful To Bomb and to get first-hand experience of the remote volcanic island had to extend their stay due to the bad weather earlier this month.
Live bombing on remote island opposed
Wednesday 31 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NORTHERN MARIANAS – Their loyalty to the United States of America cannot be questioned but the people of the Pacific’s Northern Mariana islands have their limits when it comes to allowing military use of their land.
Mutineers' pigtails in DNA study
Wednesday 31 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PITCAIRN ISLAND – DNA experts are to investigate a collection of 18th-century pigtails believed to be from the Bounty mutineers who settled in Pitcairn Island in the late 1700s.
Starfish get vinegar treatment
Wednesday 31 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Small teams of volunteers around the Pacific Islands are fighting to save coral reefs from the dreaded crown-of-thorns starfish.
Refugee cartoonist recieves award for courage
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An Iranian refugee at the Manus Island regional processing centre in Papua New Guinea has been given an international award for his work as a cartoonist.
Medical flight blocked
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A former president of Nauru says the government has cancelled his passport to prevent him from seeking urgent medical treatment overseas.
Skateboarding keep the kids out of trouble
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – An American is trying to help troubled youths in Tonga by getting them into skateboarding.
New police diligence 'won't stop burglaries'
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Police attending all home break-ins won’t lead to more burglars being caught, a New Zealand criminologist is warning.
Samoa's fa'afafine get ready to rumble
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Laughter and tears as transgender pageant nears
Nobles should 'support government'
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A cabinet minister has called on the Tongan nobility to provide solutions to the kingdom’s problems rather than try and take down the government.
Ben Ryan the most loved 'Fijian'
Monday 29 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Ben Ryan’s departure will be a loss to Fiji Rugby, says Vodafone Flying Fijians head coach John McKee.
In Tonga a girl may be forced to marry her rapist
Monday 29 August 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Young victims of rape have been made to marry their rapists under a law that gives parents the power to approve underage marriages says the Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) in Tonga.
USA quadruples its Hawaiian marine reserve
Monday 29 August 2016 | Published in Regional
HAWAI‘I – The United States president, Barack Obama, will travel to a remote atoll in the middle of the Pacific this week to recognise the creation of what will become the world’s largest marine reserve.
Chile triples protected Pacific ecosystems
Monday 29 August 2016 | Published in Regional
CHILE – Last Wednesday, the Chilean government officially ordered the creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park tripling its protected Pacific oceanic areas.
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