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Australia seen as Pacific's 'rogue state'
Thursday 8 September 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC VIEW
South Sea Islanders embrace heritage
Thursday 8 September 2016 | Published in Regional
Community celebrates its recognition in Australia
Lunch break dive sets a Fijian wahoo record
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji-based Australian spear fisherman Jaga Crossingham has won plenty of fans since images of his monster 57kg wahoo made a hit on social media last month.
Tongan language week 'about respect'
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Tongan Language Week has kicked off with a celebration of unity and culture in Wellington on Monday.
West Papua petition tabled in New Zealand
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A petition has been tabled in New Zealand’s parliament calling on the government to make a number of representations on the plight of West Papuans.
Samoa to launch inquiry into violence
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s Ombudsman plans to launch a national enquiry into violence next year.
Kitesurfer killed by shark
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – An Australian kitesurfer has died in a shark attack off New Caledonia’s main island, in the second fatal attack in the South Pacific territory in six months.
Global warming making oceans sick
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Published in Regional
New report paints bleak picture for marine life
Pacific mini games' preparations on schedule
Tuesday 6 September 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The new head of the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu says preparations for next year’s event are about to hit top-gear.
$100 gold mine remains a disaster
Tuesday 6 September 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands environment ministry has condemned the “immoral behaviour” of an Australian miner for selling an abandoned gold mine to traditional landowners for one hundred dollars.
Fa'afafine deserve a 'special day'
Tuesday 6 September 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The newly-crowned Miss Samoa Fa‘afafine, Precillia Mulinuu Ulberg, believes that fa‘afafine deserve a special day in Samoa in line with Mothers Day, Fathers Day and White Sunday.
PM confirms messages are from God
Tuesday 6 September 2016 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s Tuilaepa has spiritual writing translated
Quest to record Pitcairn's cultural treasures
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
PITCAIRN ISLAND – A search is underway for treasures from Pitcairn Island which have been disseminated abroad along with Pitcairn’s diaspora.
Fijian man allegedly beaten and 'left to die'
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A Fiji businessman was reportedly beaten and left for dead after being attacked in his home on Tuesday, allegedly by security forces.
British MPs 'baffled' after Norfolk visit
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
NORFOLK ISLAND – A cross party delegation of British MPs has called on Australia to review its decision to remove the autonomy of Norfolk Island.
Offshore detention policy foundering
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s decision not to renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru has left Australia’s offshore detention policy foundering.
Call for state of emergency in Tahiti
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – There is a call for France to extend its state of emergency in force since last year’s Paris bombings to French Polynesia to counter Islamic radicalism.
Violence plagues PNG rugby league
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
Spectator killed in brawl after match in Port Moresby
Somare denies taking bribes
Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s founding prime minister Sir Michael Somare has denied receiving bribes or inducements, after a Singapore court said he got more than A$1 million from a money laundering scam.
MPs heading home early embarrass government
Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s prime minister has said he “read the riot act” to three ministers after they went home early, meaning his government lost a series of votes.
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