Regional
Fears over Fiji's use of Russian arms
Tuesday 19 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A security analyst says there is concern a Russian shipment of military equipment to Fiji will be used for more than peace keeping abroad.
Vanuatu youth denied chance to vote
Tuesday 19 January 2016 | Published in Regional
Thousands of first-time voters unable to register
Fire destroys Samoa market
Tuesday 19 January 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Thousands of people fear for their livelihoods after a fire burnt down Savalalo market in Samoa.
Balsa raft expedition faces long haul south at start of return leg
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
HANGAROA – Norwegian adventurer Torgeir Higraff is claiming the first circumnavigation of Easter Island by rafts. He is the leader of the expedition, Kon-Tiki 2, which has sailed to Easter Island from South America on two balsa wood rafts – and is now just over a week into a bold, first-ever modern-day attempt to sail back.
Hospital in dire situation
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – Nurses at American Samoa’s LBJ Hospital say the shortage of medical supplies is affecting the quality of patient care, with nurses forced to use bed sheets as dressings.
FBI probes Tongan immigration scam
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SACRAMENTO – A Tongan organisation in the United States is being investigated by FBI alleging that an adult adoption programme it claims will allow adults to become US citizens was a “scam”.
Photographer documents tribesman's journey
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
French photographer Marc Dozier has captured a stunning series of portraits featuring Papua New Guinean Huli chief Mundiya Kepanga in some of America’s biggest cities.
MPS to face conspiracy charges
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A judge in Vanuatu has ruled that 11 former members of parliament and a lawyer have a case to answer after they were charged with conspiracy to defeat the course of justice.
Trekkers attacked on PNG hike
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Police in Papua New Guinea are questioning three men over the rape, assault and robbery of two foreign trekkers on the country’s famous Kokoda Track this week.
Arms shipment worries Fiji opposition
Friday 15 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s opposition has called on the government to reveal the contents of an “unauthorised military shipment” arriving in the capital, Suva, from Russia.
Fishermen survive eight days on raft of debris
Thursday 14 January 2016 | Published in Regional
DARWIN – Four Indonesian fishermen have been rescued by an Australian ship after drifting for eight days in international waters without food in a life raft they cobbled together from debris and a foam ice box.
'The Rock' honours his 'uncle'
Thursday 14 January 2016 | Published in Regional
LOS ANGELES – Professional wrestling superstar Dwayne Douglas Johnson also known by his ring name The Rock has surprised his ‘uncle’ – Tonga ‘Uli’uli Fifita – with a tricked-out Ford F-150 truck that retails for around US$58,000.
Samoa's PM gets his 'wisdom from the devil'
Thursday 14 January 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi should step down.
Average detention time now 450 days
Thursday 14 January 2016 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The time asylum seekers spend in Australian immigration detention centres has hit a record high at an average of almost 450 days per person.
Grass houses may be answer for the homeless
Wednesday 13 January 2016 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – Hawai‘i lawmakers are considering a unique solution to the local housing crisis – they want to make it possible for people to live in traditional Hawaiian grass huts.
New Zealand can't take refugees from Nauru
Wednesday 13 January 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealand has confirmed it is unable to accept refugees from Nauru and Manus Island this year, citing reluctance from the Australian Government.
Anti-gay outburst 'breached the law'
Wednesday 13 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A lawyer in Fiji who has been advocating against human rights abuses says the Prime Minister has breached the constitution and the law over his anti-gay marriage remarks.
YouTube used to debunk sorcery
Wednesday 13 January 2016 | Published in Regional
WABAG – A senior police officer in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province has used social media to combat sorcery-related violence by appearing with an alleged victim to demonstrate that he is alive and well.
Drug-resistant TB spreading in PNG
Wednesday 13 January 2016 | Published in Regional
DARU – Health experts are worried a new superbug may be festering on Australia’s doorstep, as a drug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak in the northern Torres Strait continues to worsen.
Racist law should be removed
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – The New Zealand government is to look into whether parts of a historic law described as “New Zealand’s most racist” should be struck off the books, Regulatory Reform Minister Steven Joyce says. The Maori Community Development Act, passed in 1962 and currently under review by Te Puni Kokiri, allows Maori wardens to order bars to stop serving “drunk and quarrelsome” Maori – and also makes it illegal to serve alcohol at a gathering of Maori without a permit. Wellington lawyer Graeme Edgeler, who specialises in electoral law, wrote a blog post encouraging MPs to repeal what he described as “New Zealand’s most racist law”. Joyce said the offending parts of the law were “exactly the sort of stuff” he was targeting as part of the Statutes Repeal Bill unveiled last October, which would see more than 10 per cent of New Zealand’s laws taken off the books to clear out unused legislation and make the law more accessible to Kiwis. “From what I saw, it sounded like something that seriously needs to be removed from the statute books.” Joyce said he was sure the government would take a look at the issue, although its potential inclusion in the repeal bill would depend on whether that would delay the legislation. Consultation on a draft of the repeal bill was completed in December, with “dramatic changes” unlikely. - Stuff
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