Regional
Community in shock after five killed
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Tonga’s prime minister cancels visit to Katikati
Erupting Hawaiian volcano puts on a smile for the cameras
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
HAWAI‘I – A “smiley face” apparing in the crater of an erupting Hawaiian volcano has been captured on film by a helicopter tour company, as thousands came to view the lava slowly oozing into the sea.
Bainimarama joins Fiji team for Rio flag raising
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI/OLYMPICS – Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is on his way to Rio De Janeiro and will be present during the Team Fiji’s flag-raising ceremony at the Olympic Games village.
Remorseful gang members clean up their mess
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Members of a Samoan youth gang accused of vandalising properties in the Apia Township have said they are truly sorry for their behaviour.
Australian netball coach lands a pearl of a job
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Vicki Wilson is already learning on the job after being appointed Fiji netball coach through to the 2019 World Cup.
Refugee drowns on Manus Island
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A refugee from Australia’s offshore processing centre on Manus Island has drowned.
Five Tongans killed in crash
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Five Tongan men leaving their kiwifruit packhouse jobs at the end of the working day have been killed in a crash with a logging truck near Katikati, New Zealand.
Airline turns back Vanuatu flight
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Flights halted due to renewed runway concerns
Nuclear testing veterans sceptical about latest promises
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – The chair of a nuclear veterans association in French Polynesia says the admission by France’s former Prime Minister that nuclear testing had a detrimental effect is a welcome step.
NZ elaborates on ambassador's West Papua trip
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
WEST PAPUA – Concerns about freedom of expression and the right to assemble were raised by New Zealand’s ambassador to Indonesia during his recent visit to West Papua.
Rush to mark out Pacific sea borders expected
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC — A landmark decision on disputed islands in the South China Sea last month is expected to see foreign ministries in the region scrambling to delineate their maritime boundaries.
Villagers evacuate as tribal war escalates
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
WEST PAPUA – Clashes in the remote Papua province of Indonesia on the weekend have left three people dead and dozens injured, along with 25 houses burned down.
PNG hostage standoff the result of a hoax
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea say a tense hostage situation that shut down a popular tourist town and left two women injured was actually a hoax.
Plan to restart PNG universities
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Government has announced a plan to resurrect the academic year at the country’s three main universities.
Setting sights on making finals
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
OLYMPICS – The General Secretary of the Oceanic Weightlifting Federation says despite outrageous odds, he expects at least two Pacific lifters to make finals at the Rio Olympics.
Pacific lifters up against drug cheats
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Coconuts and fish not going to win medals in Rio
Police working to overcome cultural divide
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A year after New Zealand’s police commissioner admitted that there was an unconscious racial bias within the force, the organisation has rolled out efforts to bridge a cultural divide with increasingly diverse communities.
Juppé acknowledges nuclear wrongdoing
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – Former French prime minister Alain Juppé has conceded France’s nuclear testing in the Pacific has impacted on the environment and peoples’ health.
Joseph Parker takes time out in Samoa
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – La’auli Lupesoliai Joseph Parker’s local fans are confident that he will beat the Ukrainian boxer Alexander Dimitrenko when they meet in the ring in Auckland in October.
Anger over Rio Tinto deal grows
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Regional
BOUGAINVILLE – The government in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is to press the global mining giant, Rio Tinto, on several fronts after it last month divested itself of its majority shareholding in Bougainville Copper Ltd.
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