Regional
Samoa vote set to make history
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa went to the polls yesterday for the country’s general election. Voting opened at 8.00am and was due to stop at 3pm in an election that is regarded as a foregone conclusion.
One chance to change the flag
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealanders have begun voting on whether to adopt a new flag, in a referendum Prime Minister John Key has called a once-in-a-generation chance to ditch Britain’s Union Jack from the national banner.
Zika case prompts health emergency in Marshalls
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The President of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, has declared a state of health emergency to push the country’s response to the Zika virus into high gear.
Truck carrying cyanide crashes into river
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A truck carrying a container of sodium cyanide to which crashed into a river in Fiji on Tuesday is yet to be removed. Authorities say so far there is no evidence of a toxic spill— although there have been varying reports.
Peter's Village unscathed in cyclone
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
KOROPITA – Cheap, sturdy houses designed by an Australian man have survived Fiji’s devastating cyclone with barely a scratch and provide a potential blueprint for reconstruction efforts.
Mummified sailor had heart attack
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
BAROBO – A German sailor whose mummified body was found on a yacht adrift off the southern Philippines last week died of a heart attack about a week earlier, an autopsy report says.
Cyclone Winston: After the storm
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Cyclone Winston which hit Fiji nine days ago has caused an estimated US$19.4 million worth of damage to schools throughout the country.
Police plead not guilty to rape charges
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Eight suspended Fiji policemen and a military officer have pleaded not guilty to rape charges in relation to the death in police custody of Vilikesa Soko in 2014.
Fiji's neighbours providing aid
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Differences are being put aside between Fiji and its neighbours, as aid keeps flowing in to the cyclone ravaged country.
Violence victims lack protection
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières says a lack of legal protection and safe houses is increasing the effect of violence against women and children in Papua New Guinea
PNG ferry owner charged again
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
KOKOPO – The owner of the ill-fated Papua New Guinea ferry MV Rabaul Queen Peter Sharp has been arrested again.
Report outlines strategic importance of Tonga's territory
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga is grappling with the security of its extensive coastline as well as policing of its 676,401 square kilometres of Pacific Ocean territory.
Cyclone victims are helping themselves
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s remote interior has only received its first supplies almost a week after Cyclone Winston, reports Radio New Zealand’s Alex Perrottet, from Nadalei, Fiji.
PNG must expect weather extremes
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has spoken out about recovery activities underway following concurrent disasters involving both drought and heavy rains in various parts of the country.
Fiji has to 'start from scratch'
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The death toll from Cyclone Winston has risen by one to 43.
Bainimarama hailed as a 'messiah'
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
silana – Cyclone-hit villagers have hailed Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama as a biblical “messiah”.
'Destruction hard to comprehend'
Monday 29 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SOSO – Humanitarian aid agency Care Australia is helping Fijians in the devastated Soso village in the Yasawa Islands, after the devastating impact of category five Cyclone Winston.
Winston's media honeymoon is over
Monday 29 February 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Gray Clapham CI News Regional Editor
Village hero killed by cyclone
Monday 29 February 2016 | Published in Regional
NASEIBITU – Atunaisa Raralevu was determined to save 15 people trapped in a house at the height of Tropical Cyclone Winston at Naseibitu Village in Tailevu.
John John wins giant wave challenge
Saturday 27 February 2016 | Published in Regional
WAIMEA BAY – Brock Little would have absolutely loved it. The epic drops, the brutal carnage, the rowdy crowd, and the big-wave brotherhood gathering at Waimea Bay for just the ninth running of The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, the same sacred event that made Little famous.
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