Regional
'War on drugs' not working
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand government is considering taking a more tolerant approach to minor drug offences, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said.
Workers' rights in Fiji remain an issue
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A lot of work still needs to be done around labour laws in Fiji despite the laying aside of a possible Commission of Inquiry into the country, a union leader says.
Flag change would be 'insensitive'
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – An opponent to Fiji’s planned change of flag says that in light of the damage caused by Cyclone Winston, spending taxpayers money on a new flag would be deeply insensitive.
Adeang's praise of refugee processing rejected
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Australia’s Refugee Action Coalition is challenging Nauru’s justice minister who has sung the praises of the country’s refugee programme.
Centre to be cleared of asylum seekers
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Asylum seekers at Manus Island detention centre have said Papua New Guinea authorities appear to be preparing to clear the centre in the coming months.
Buyers advised to test for meth contamination
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – An Auckland property firm says it now advises all investors to test houses for methamphetamine contamination before bidding at auction or going unconditional on a sale.
O'Neill no confidence vote delayed
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Acting Speaker of the Papua New Guinea Parliament has delayed a decision on allowing a vote of no confidence in the country’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill.
Pets supply much needed protein
Wednesday 30 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A common household pet could help remote villagers in Papua New Guinea survive food shortages and protect their endangered wildlife.
Maori films feature of festival
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Fans and practitioners of indigenous filmmaking are heading to Otaki for the third Maoriland Film Festival.
Hard road to Rio for Vanuatu's volleyball duo
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Vanuatu beach volleyball duo Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata feature in a new documentary film that follows athletes from developing countries as they attempt to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
Workshops discuss cultural property rights
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
samoa – Samoa’s creative sector has been meeting in Apia this week to improve knowledge around trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property.
Maori painkiller reaching global market
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s native horopito plant is being grown in a commercial plantation as the market for its anti-fungal properties increases.
Former deputy PM left out of cabinet
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s former deputy prime minister, Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo, has again been left out of Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi’s new administration following the recent general election.
PNG seeks US$250m loan
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister says the country’s central bank is trying to borrow US$250 million from the International Monetary Fund to help solve the country’s foreign exchange problems.
New Zealanders say no to flag change
Saturday 26 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealanders have voted in favour of keeping the current national flag in a referendum, after a 17-month exercise that cost taxpayers NZ$26 million.
Kiwi injured in Kon-Tiki rescue
Thursday 24 March 2016 | Published in Regional
CHILE – New Zealand Maori Lisa Te Heuheu, one of the Kon-Tiki2 crew members, was injured when being evacuated from one of the ill-fated expedition’s balsawood rafts, according to reports from the abandoned expedition’s website.
Tongans hit by bank card scam
Thursday 24 March 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Hundreds of Tongans have had their bank cards blocked and reissued with new cards after they fell victim to regional scammers.
Wild weather lashes NZ
Thursday 24 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Nearly 200 tourists have been evacuated on the West Coast of New Zealand, and trees have brought down powerlines in Auckland, as wild weather lashes the country.
Teen walks free as murder case collapses
Thursday 24 March 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The murder case against a New Zealand teenager in Vanuatu has collapsed and he has walked free after several months in prison.
O'Neill's supporters stay staunch
Thursday 24 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Leading members of Papua New Guinea’s coalition government are standing firm behind the prime minister Peter O’Neill who is facing a possible vote of no-confidence next week.
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