Regional
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.
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.
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