Regional
Manus centre not to close
Monday 11 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – There are no plans to close the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre, Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Rimbink Pato has announced.
Former Kiwi PM eyes top UN job
Monday 11 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is well placed to become the ninth secretary general of the United Nations, experts say.
Human sacrifice used to assert chiefly powers
Saturday 9 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Chiefs in early Pacific cultures used ritual human sacrifices to reinforce their power, a university study has found.
Samoa PM embraces stigmata as a miracle
Saturday 9 April 2016 | Published in Regional
Samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister has praised a young Samoan woman who claims to be carrying the marks of Jesus Christ’s suffered during his crucifixion.
Fiji weather a 'historical catastrophe'
Saturday 9 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji is experiencing a “totally historical catastrophe” after almost non-stop cyclones, storms and flooding.
Security firm embroiled in scandal
Saturday 9 April 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Wilson Security faces renewed questions about its fitness as security contractor in Australia’s offshore detention centres in light of its corporate links to a tax haven – a corruption scandal that has embroiled its Hong Kong owners and allegations that hundreds of staff have been underpaid.
Guard violence on Nauru denied
Saturday 9 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Australia’s asylum seeking detainees on Nauru are standing by their allegations that guards assaulted people, allegedly including children, during a disturbance on Wednesday night.
Asylum seekers assessments 'completed'
Saturday 9 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Government says it has finished assessing whether the asylum seekers detained on Australia’s behalf on Manus Island are refugees.
Stigmatist tells congregation of her Easter vision
Friday 8 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A young Samoan woman claiming to be suffering the stigmata told her story during a special Catholic mass held in Apia last week.
Fiji PM plans cyclone assistance
Friday 8 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is expected to reveal a key assistance package for those directly affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston.
Inquiry into fuel tank fire underway
Friday 8 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s police and fire officials, along with experts from overseas, have been investigating an oil tank explosion on Monday which claimed one life.
Apia saved by a 'miracle'?
Friday 8 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The young woman in Samoa who believes she carries the stigmata has already claimed a major miracle on behalf of God.
Samoa divided over stigmata claim
Friday 8 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A Samoan woman’s claims that she has Christ’s stigmata has gripped the Pacific Island nation in recent weeks.
Valerie Adams ties the knot
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Tongan-born shotput star Valerie Adams has tied the knot with her long-time friend Gabriel Price in a small Mormon ceremony at Temple View in Hamilton.
Kiribati announces new priorities
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – Decentralisation, free education and a lift in copra prices are some of the priorities of the administration of Kiribati’s new president Taneti Maamau.
Apia 'could have been blown up'
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Suggestions that the fire at one of the fuel tanks at Apia’s Matautu Wharf on Monday could have blown up the entire wharf area, destroying a large part of the Apia waterfront and placing hundreds of lives at risk, have been rejected by the fuel storage facility’s owner.
Mother sold six-year-old daughter for sex
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A Tongan woman who took her six-year-old daughter to the United States to be used as a sex toy has been jailed for 26 years.
Cost estimates for Games detailed
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Tonga will need to find up to NZ$73.6 million to fund the Pacific Games in 2019 according to a consultant’s report, but the real cost could be more than NZ$100 million, according to a report in Kaniva News.
Swimming in floodwaters banned
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Commissioner of Police said the main purpose of the Restriction of Movement order is to prevent loitering so that people who are not on essential duties can be ordered away from dangerous situations.
Fiji under curfew as cyclone passes
Thursday 7 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Tropical cyclone Zena has weakened to a category two system as it leaves Fiji, the Fiji Meteorological Service says.
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