Regional
Australia must front up to obligations
Wednesday 24 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Court rules on closure of PNG detention centre
Kiwi girls lead New Zealand's Rio medal haul
Monday 22 August 2016 | Published in Regional
OLYMPICS – The future is female for New Zealand sport with more women medallists than men at the Rio Olympics, writes Tony Smith for Fairfax Media.
Lydia Ko wins silver and gets to meet Richie
Monday 22 August 2016 | Published in Regional
OLYMPICS – With an Olympic silver medal dangling around her neck, Lydia Ko’s other big wish came true.
Eliza is New Zealand's soaring star
Monday 22 August 2016 | Published in Regional
OLYMPICS – New Zealand’s latest Olympic darling and surprise pole vault medallist Eliza McCartney has had a taste of the big time and, frankly, she likes it.
Protesters back off LNG blockade
Monday 22 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s LNG Project is set to resume normal operations after protesting landowners in Hela province reached agreement with the government.
Ryan says its time to move on
Monday 22 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji cannot afford to pay its Olympic gold medal winning rugby sevens coach, Ben Ryan, to stay on.
Welcome home for sevens heroes
Monday 22 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Fijians line the streets to greet Rio gold medallists
Visits to schools part of defence force effort
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A New Zealand Defence Force lieutenant says school visits should be a regular part of humanitarian efforts by military forces in the Pacific.
PNG excited to host world cup matches
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Rugby League World Cup organisers are confident Papua New Guinea will be an excellent host during next year’s tournament.
Global platform for Pacific stories
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – An online initiative, the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), has launched the Pacific Storytellers Cooperative, an internet-based platform for sharing contemporary stories from all Pacific islands with a global audience.
Islanders begin relocation
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Regional
BOUGAINVILLE – At only 1.5 metres above sea level at their highest point, the Carteret Islands are some of the first to succumb to the rising ocean tides.
Pacific coconut under threat
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Disease and climate change put iconic palm at risk
Home births aim to empower Pasifika women
Friday 19 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A new short film about New Zealand families and their homebirth experiences aims to empower more Pacific women to give birth at home.
Fiji farmers turn back to traditional crops
Friday 19 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji farmers are being encouraged to return to growing traditional crops and using traditional farming practises.
Battling corruption in the Pacific
Friday 19 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The fight against corruption is gaining momentum in the Pacific, according to the UNDP regional office in Fiji.
Oiled-up Tongan says he's focused
Friday 19 August 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua insists he is focused and ready for his Olympic debut this weekend.
Anti-Muslim tirade leads to court
Friday 19 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Public Prosecutor has charged the Fiji Times newspaper with inciting communal antagonism over an article against Muslims.
Castaway refugees going home
Friday 19 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Lost asylum seekers spent 18 months on Yap
Queries over multi-million dollar airport spend
Thursday 18 August 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Questions are being raised about New Zealand spending millions of dollars on an airport development in Solomon Islands when the airport will still not be fully usable.
Nauru's Waqa says abuse claims 'cooked up'
Thursday 18 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Nauruan President Baron Waqa has reiterated that he believes allegations of abuse lodged by asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru are “cooked up”.
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