Regional
Fiji win crown, on track for World Cup
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji secured the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2016 title and remain on track to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2019 after a 26-16 victory over Samoa in Suva on Saturday.
Polynesian Panthers mark 45 years
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A group credited with fighting racism against Pacific people in New Zealand and putting them on the map politically celebrated 45 years last week.
Pacific could suffer if La Niña hits
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – An Australian aid agency providing help for Pacific disaster victims says a La Niña weather pattern is a real threat for much of the region.
Court to enforce Manus shut down
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The PNG Supreme Court wants to enforce its ruling that the detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal.
Asylum seekers want to go home
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
Nepalese and Indians stranded in Micronesia
Samoa sevens fail in bid for Rio
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa have failed to qualify for the men’s Olympic sevens competition after conceding a try on the full-time siren to lose 22-19 against Spain in the final of the repechage event in Monaco.
Brazilian surfer wins at perfect Cloudbreak
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Brazilian Gabriel Medina has staked his claim for another world surfing title after winning a second Fiji Pro in classic Cloudbreak waves on Friday.
Charged fraud squad boss continues work
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea police say the director of the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate, Matthew Damaru, will continue to work while he faces charges of abuse of office.
Goroka violence was inter-tribal clash
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The University of Goroka campus is now almost deserted as most of the Highlands students have gone back to their respective provinces following Tuesday’s clash among student factions
Manus Island conditions 'deteriorating'
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
Immigration denies claims of food shortages
Inquiry must be independent
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A provincial governor in Papua New Guinea has welcomed the government’s announcement of an inquiry into last Wednesday’s police shooting of students at the University of Papua New Guinea but insists it be headed by eminent persons.
Protests moulding tomorrow's leaders
Friday 17 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT Jenny Hayward-Jones Lowy Institute THE images on our television screens last week of police firing live rounds into a crowd of students at the University of Papua New Guinea and injured students being carried into hospital were profoundly shocking.
Mongooses stowed away in shipping containers
Friday 17 June 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Quarantine authorities in Tonga will consider fumigating containers arriving from Fiji after the discovery of five mongooses inside one.
Call for accountability over poisoned fish
Friday 17 June 2016 | Published in Regional
MARSHALL ISLANDS – A Marshall Islands Senator says there needs to be accountability for the contamination of fish around Kwajalein Atoll that could threaten the major food source of thousands of people.
Fraud squad head arrested
Friday 17 June 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested the anti-corruption officer who has been leading efforts to arrest the country’s prime minister.
No sign of students resuming classes
Friday 17 June 2016 | Published in Regional
But PNG government determined to save semester
Avocado thefts on the rise
Thursday 16 June 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Surging local and international demand for avocados is fuelling a crime wave in New Zealand.
Half a billion worth of meth seized
Thursday 16 June 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand police initially said their 90 Mile Beach bust had seized 448kg of the drug, but later on Tuesday said they had found another 50kg in nearby sand dunes.
Mechanic brings down drug ring
Thursday 16 June 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The man who brought down a half-billion dollar methamphetamine operation has spoken out about his involvement with the men accused of smuggling almost 500kg of drugs on to 90 Mile Beach.
Police detain over 1000 Papuan protesters
Thursday 16 June 2016 | Published in Regional
WEST PAPUA – More than 1000 West Papuans participating in a demonstration calling for independence in Indonesia’s Papua region were briefly detained on Wednesday.
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