Regional
Food aid arrives in Highlands
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Villagers say they have been hungry for a year
Nauru opposition claims campaign interference
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – The Nauru MP and former president, Sprent Dabwido, says he suspects the government has intervened to stop local media from running the opposition’s campaign advertising material.
Guam seeks to determine its future
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
guam – For four centuries, the small western Pacific island of Guam has been passed between colonial powers, but within weeks the territory is expected to decide whether to embark on a quest to determine its own political future.
Tahiti seen as global gateway for Zika
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – A new study has revealed French Polynesia is a potential gateway for viruses like Zika entering other parts of the world.
Public urged to refrain from speculation
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni
PNG abandons university year
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Chancellor says protest has turned into mob rule
Second body found on beach
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Reports of a chainsaw missing from murdered couple’s farm
Peace agreement 'endangered'
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government has accused the Papua New Guinea Government of endangering the Bougainville peace agreement and lying about its dealings with mining giant Rio Tinto.
Sacked police officer makes plea for help
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A former Samoan police constable who was sacked in a furore of controversy earlier this year, is a desperate man.
Polynesians criss-crossed the Pacific
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
POLYNESIA – Early Polynesian sailors criss-crossed the Pacific for hundreds of years, travelling as far as 2500 kilometres on ocean voyages, according to a new chemical analysis of centuries-old stone tools.
Fears unrest inquiry will be a 'whitewash'
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea opposition MP and former Attorney General, Kerenga Kua, says the Commission of Inquiry into unrest at the nation’s universities is likely to be a whitewash.
Couple were 'behaving strangely'
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Murdered Russian couple Yuri Shipulin and wife, Natalia had started behaving strangely seven days before they mysteriously disappeared last month, the Fiji Sun has reported.
Severed head found on Fiji beach
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
DNA confirms body parts from missing Russians
Partnership leads world in sustainably-caught tuna
Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A partnership between Pacific Island nations means Australia is now leading the world in the availability of sustainably-caught tinned tuna on supermarket shelves.
Body parts await DNA test results from Russia
Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Police investigations are continuing in relation to the discovery of human body parts at Fiji’s Natadola Beach last week.
Brexit may soften isolationist views
Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A backlash against isolationism following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union could bode well for trade deals in the Pacific.
Record cocaine seizure in Auckland
Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand police have seized a record NZ$14 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a large diamante-encrusted horse head from Mexico.
Sonny Bill and sister off to Rio
Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Sonny Bill Williams and his sister Niall have achieved a rare double after both being named in New Zealand Olympic sevens squads bound for the Rio Olympics.
Fiji wants more Super Rugby
Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister has put his hand up for the country to be given another opportunity to host a Super Rugby game.
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