Regional
Expedition abandoned at sea
Saturday 19 March 2016 | Published in Regional
EASTER ISLAND – Fourteen adventurers have been rescued off the coast of Chile after weather forced them to abandon the recreation of a historic maritime journey.
Observers welcome 'any time'
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Nauru’s president says election observers are welcome at “any time” – although it is not clear if this amounts to an official invitation.
Author describes 'ocean of the future'
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – An award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author says the world needs to listen more to what the Pacific ocean and its peoples have to say about looking after our planet.
Arrests for Vanuatu attack
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Police in Vanuatu have arrested seven men over the abduction and beating of a woman who criticised the behaviour of local transport providers on Facebook.
Revival of Pacific female artforms
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Regional
Female artists from around the Pacific region are reviving lost cultural art forms and reinventing creative traditions that have existed for generations, reports Indira Moala for Radio New Zealand International.
La Niña knocking at the door as El Niño says goodbye
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
HAWAI‘I – A new report from the National Weather Service predicts the strong El Niño that brought a record number of hurricanes, huge winter surf and a dry winter to Hawai‘i should begin to end late this spring or early this (northern hemisphere) summer.
Chance to rebuild stronger infrastructure
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
fiji – In Fiji engineers and assessors are counting the cost of the damage to roads and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Winston.
Signs of cracks in PNG'S coalition government
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s deputy opposition leader says the wheels are starting to come off the Peter O’Neill-led coalition government.
Confiscation of passports questioned
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
AMERICAN SAMOA – There are mixed signals coming from the American Samoa Attorney General’s Office and the Immigration Office regarding the confiscation of passports for non-US nationals and citizens visiting the territory.
Death of Fiji star shocks rugby world
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – The former Fiji rugby international Seru Rabeni is being remembered as a “cheerful”, “team man” who was “full of life.”
Forum requires invitation
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – The Pacific Islands Forum says it would only send an election observer team to Nauru if the government requested it.
Whales making slow recovery
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The population of southern right whales in the waters off New Zealand is just 12 per cent of its size before whaling began, according to a new study.
Pacific women's NGO marks 40 years of service
Wednesday 16 March 2016 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – The New Zealand non government women’s organisation Pacifica has just marked 40 years of service to Pacific women, families and communities.
No outbreaks of infectious diseases in Fiji
Wednesday 16 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Health teams working in Fiji in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston say the health situation has stabilised and they are not yet seeing large levels of mosquito, food and water-borne disease.
Hawaiians rejoice at return of taonga
Wednesday 16 March 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – Hawaiians have rejoiced at the return of a feather cloak and helmet gifted to English explorer Captain Cook in 1779.
Nauru's rule of law 'unaddressed'
Wednesday 16 March 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s foreign minister says the country has no plans to reinstate aid funding to Nauru’s justice sector while questions over rule of law in the Pacific nation persist.
Nauru's Adeang 'all-powerful'
Wednesday 16 March 2016 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A former secretary of justice for Nauru says the current justice minister, David Adeang, considers himself all powerful and that his government is above the law.
'What makes Kiwi's special' survey angers Maori
Tuesday 15 March 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – Maori MPs are calling for state broadcaster TVNZ to apologise and retract “racist” questions from a survey which seeks to find out how “Kiwi” New Zealanders are.
Malnourishment persists in drought-hit PNG
Tuesday 15 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESY – Water and food shortages remain critical in parts of Papua New Guinea such as Western Province and Milne Bay Province amid a prolonged drought.
Australia commits to Fiji recovery
Tuesday 15 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has met Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama in Suva to discuss the country’s recovery from Cyclone Winston – the category five storm that swept across the island nation last month, killing 44 people and flattening entire communities.
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