Regional
Marshalls ramps up efforts to stop Zika
Tuesday 8 March 2016 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands is the latest Pacific island country pulling out all the stops to try to prevent pregnant women from contracting the Zika virus.
Marshalls' court battle begins
Tuesday 8 March 2016 | Published in Regional
THE HAGUE – An international court in The Netherlands has this begun hearings in a nuclear disarmament battle brought by the Marshall Islands.
Mata'afa likely to be named deputy PM
Tuesday 8 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) has selected the country’s first deputy leader of a political party following a landslide victory in Friday’s general elections.
Kiwi nurse heading up new family health centre in Vanuatu
Monday 7 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A Christchurch nurse has returned to Vanuatu to run a new health centre in the hope of helping address the region’s “huge need for healthcare”.
Natural wonder of the world under threat
Monday 7 March 2016 | Published in Regional
TOWNSVILLE – Fears of an imminent mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef have prompted Australian authorities to issue an urgent warning on the natural wonder, which is under threat from climate change.
Coral bleaching may continue into 2017
Monday 7 March 2016 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – The third global coral bleaching event to be recorded is snaking its way around a warming globe, devastating reefs and now threatening the world-heritage listed Great Barrier Reef.
Surfer's life saved at Banzai Pipeline
Monday 7 March 2016 | Published in Regional
BANZai PIPELINE– A notorious Hawaiian wave which severely injured Australian surfers Owen Wright and Bede Durbidge in December came close to ending the life of a body boarder at the weekend.
Vote confirms a one-party state
Monday 7 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – “The results of the general election confirms a one-party state for Samoa,” said Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, Radio New Zealand International’s correspondent in Apia, the capital.
HRP Party given resounding mandate
Monday 7 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s prime minister has attributed his party’s resounding victory in last Friday’s general election to his government’s ability to deliver on its promises.
Hundreds pay their respects to Dr Ranginui Walker
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
ORAKEI – New Zealand’s country’s academia is mourning the death of Maori’s leading academic Dr Ranginui Walker.
Gratitude and sorrow in cyclone's wake
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Grateful tales of survival and sorrowful stories of tragedy continue to emerge from shattered towns and villages on the mainland and offshore islands of Fiji where the people are still reeling in disbelief two weeks after Cyclone Winston struck.
O'Neill clarifies Manus Island statement
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
MELBOURNE – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has clarified comments he made at Australia’s National Press Club (NPC) that he wants the Manus Island regional processing centre to eventually close.
Samoa's opposition party decimated
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s ruling party has won another landslide victory according to preliminary results from Friday’s election.
Biggest win of 30 years in power
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoan voters have returned the ruling Human Rights Protection Party in the biggest landslide victory in the party’s 30 year rule.
Detention centre 'damaging'
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says Australia’s asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island is a problem that has damaged his country’s reputation.
High Micronesia cancer rate explained
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
GUAM – A lack of medical understanding – and also geography – have been put forward as reasons why the rate of cervical cancer in Micronesia is so high, according to one of the region’s leading cancer research centres.
US tuna treaty deal salvaged for 2016
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The Forum Fisheries Agency says US vessels are to resume tuna fishing in the region in a matter of days, thanks to an extraordinary effort on the part of Pacific island countries.
But no need for tourists to stay away
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A committee has been activated in Fiji to get tourists back to the country as it looks to recover post cyclone Winston.
Half of Fiji's houses need rebuilding
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
Vanua balavu – The commander of the Fiji aid mission to the battered Lau island group in the country’s east says he is amazed that the death toll is not higher from Cyclone Winston.
Death of great Kiwi cricketer
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – New Zealand cricket great Martin Crowe has died at the age of 53.
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