Regional
Disaster affecting thousands of children
Saturday 27 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The tens of thousands of children in Fiji affected by Cyclone Winston must receive the right psychosocial support, says the aid agency Unicef.
Aid effort 'missing the boat'
Saturday 27 February 2016 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – A Pacific community leader in Auckland is upset at what he calls “a heartless approach” from the New Zealand government to the collection of aid for cyclone-hit Fiji.
Fiji: Nearly 60,000 people homeless
Saturday 27 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The damage bill from Cyclone Winston in Fiji has already reached $650 million, the government says, with thousands of people still living in evacuation centres.
Massive Waimea as 'Eddie' called on!
Friday 26 February 2016 | Published in Regional
WAIMEA BAY – The world’s top big wave surfers are out in giant Waimea Bay waves honouring one of Hawai‘i’s most prestigious surfing events.
Fiji faces infrastructure rebuild
Friday 26 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Aid has begun arriving in some of the remote areas of Fiji that were hit hardest by Cyclone Winston at the weekend.
45,000 in evacuation centres
Friday 26 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji government says there are more than 45,000 people, or about five per cent of the population, in evacuation centres following Cyclone Winston.
Baby born in damaged hospital
Thursday 25 February 2016 | Published in Regional
RA – The first post cyclone baby to be born at a maternity hospital in Fiji’s badly hit Ra province probably won’t be called Winston.
Kiwis chip in to buy beach property
Thursday 25 February 2016 | Published in Regional
AWAROA INLET – A public campaign in New Zealand to buy a beach property in the Abel Tasman National Park has been successful.
Fiji's tourism industry takes big hit
Thursday 25 February 2016 | Published in Regional
NADI – Fiji’s tourism industry has taken big hit following Cyclone Winston.
Cyclones hit children the hardest
Thursday 25 February 2016 | Published in Regional
OPINION By Ethan Donnell UNICEF Fiji is reeling from one of the worst storms to hit the Pacific in fifty years after Cyclone Winston tore across the country this weekend.
Scenes of total destruction
Thursday 25 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji is likely to need more international assistance as it rebuilds after Cyclone Winston, says a government spokesperson.
Cyclone death toll increases
Thursday 25 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The death toll from super-cyclone Winston that hit Fiji on the weekend has reached 42, with reports emerging of entire villages wiped out on some remote islands.
Region rallies to support Fiji
Tuesday 23 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s regional partner countries say they will be guided by the Fiji government over how best they can provide help in the wake of Cyclone Winston.
Island 'flattened' by cyclone
Tuesday 23 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – One island has been virtually flattened, the Fijian government says.
Fiji fronts up to devastation
Tuesday 23 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The death toll from Cyclone Winston, which tore through Fiji on the weekend, has risen to 29, officials say.
Fiji's PM calls for patience
Monday 22 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – “This is a time of sorrow, but it will also be a time of action,” Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has said in a speech in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Winston.
French Polynesia clarifies insecticide use for Zika
Monday 22 February 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPEETE – Health authorities in French Polynesia say they never used the insecticide which Argentinian experts link to the large number of microcephaly cases in Brazil’s Zika outbreak.
Zika case confirmed in the Marshall Islands
Monday 22 February 2016 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands Health Department has confirmed its first zika virus case in the country.
Tourists describe cyclone horror
Monday 22 February 2016 | Published in Regional
NADI – Australians and New Zealanders in Fiji have described the “harrowing” experience of Tropical Cyclone Winston, thought to be the biggest storm to ever hit the Southern Hemisphere.
Massive storm damage in Fiji
Monday 22 February 2016 | Published in Regional
Massive storm damage in Fiji SUVA – Aerial images of outer islands show massive devastation to homes and vegetation after Cyclone Winston hit Fiji at the weekend.
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