Regional
Percentage of Maori and Pasifika doctors on the rise
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – The number of doctors in New Zealand is increasing, according to the Medical Council of New Zealand’s annual stock take.
Fundraisers to help fire hit market vendors
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Two campaigns have been launched to help stall holders recover from a a devastating fire in Samoa which saw the country’s main flea market destroyed last week.
PNG's sports minister 'totally embarrassed'
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea Sports Minister says it’s a total embarrassment the women’s football team was forced to withdraw from the Olympic playoff against New Zealand over visa issues.
Some airlines continue Port Vila flights
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Despite the suspension of flights by Air New Zealand and Qantas, Solomon Airlines has announced it will continue to fly in and out of the international airport at Port Vila as normal.
Barriers for women in Nauru elections
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
YAREN – An aspiring female candidate in Nauru says cultural barriers are holding women back from being involved in politics in the country.
Zika travel warnings queried
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – The Ministry of Health in Samoa is questioning travel warnings issued to pregnant women in New Zealand and the United States over the mosquito-borne zika virus.
Doctor challenges gagging act
Wednesday 27 January 2016 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – One of Australia’s leading doctors has challenged the country’s prime minister to prosecute him for speaking out about what he calls “torture-like conditions” in offshore detention centres.
Weapons for peacekeeping
Tuesday 19 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Arms and military equipment that arrived in Suva in a shipment from Russia last Thursday are for Fiji’s peacekeepers, the Fiji Sun has reported.
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.
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