Regional
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.
Samoa beaten 85-0 in Melbourne
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
MELBOURNE – Samoa A were thrashed 85-0 by the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby team in one-off clash at AAMI Park on Friday night.
Nauru imposes new visitor visa restrictions
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru has abruptly cancelled all visitor visas for Australian and New Zealand passport holders, according to the country’s airline.
SPREP aims for even louder Pacific voice
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The newly-appointed head of the region’s main environmental agency aims to make the voice of Pacific island countries even louder at international negotiations on climate change.
Total airport rebuild for Port Vila
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The World Bank says a US$60 million loan to Vanuatu will be used for a much needed overhaul of its entire aviation industry.
Food the issue in Tonga's islands
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – The director of Tonga’s emergency management office says food security is a major concern after cyclone Winston passed through the country twice this week.
- Category Five Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston has now entered the Fiji waters with average winds of 220 kilometres an hour and momentary gusts up to 315km an hour close to its centre.
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
Located about 120km north of Lakeba or about 320km east-northeast of Suva at 5am yesterday, Winston was moving west at 22km an hour.
Fiji islands braces for 'megastorm'
Saturday 20 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji was yesterday morning bracing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Winston, a Category Five storm expected to bring huge waves and destructive winds.
New Zealand gives aid to Fiji
Friday 19 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, and his New Zealand counterpart, Murray McCully, have signed a multi year aid agreemeent.
PNG treasury: 'We are not broke'
Friday 19 February 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea is not broke, says Treasury Secretary Dairi Vele.
High water temperatures trouble the Pacific
Friday 19 February 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Thousands of dead fish have been washed up on the shores of Fiji and Vanuatu as El Niño causes high water temperatures.
Trans-Tasman movement under discussion
Friday 19 February 2016 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is meeting with his New Zealand counterpart on Friday amid news that, on average, every day a New Zealand citizen is being stripped of his or her Australian visa.
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