Regional
PM criticises Miss Samoa's choice
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has blasted Miss Pacific Islands, Latafale Auva’a, for choosing the Miss World Pageant over the regional one.
Lagoon dweller appealing eviction
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Tetiaroa – An appeals court in French Polynesia is to decide the future of a man who has been living in a boat outside a large resort near Tahiti.
Stand-off on Christmas Island
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
CHRISTMAS ISLAND – Order has been restored to the Christmas Island detention centre following reports of a riot, the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection says.
A new Kon-Tiki voyage underway
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Regional
CALLAO – Norwegian historian Torgeir Higraff, 42, and a crew of 13 people have just left the Peruvian port of Callao and embarked on the sequel to an adventure that began in 1947.
Royal salute for British prince
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Ngaruawahia – An armada of war canoes formed part of the welcome for Prince Charles when he visited the Maori King Tuheitia in New Zealand’s central North Island.
Australia to fund Pacific drought aid
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Regional
WABAG – Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has announced a $9 million aid package for the Pacific while touring areas affected by severe drought in Papua New Guinea.
Study finds contaminated fish
Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – Fish consumed from popular fishing spots in the Marshall Islands have been found to show high levels of toxic pollutants that could raise the risk of cancer and learning disabilities.
Fiji to host Super 15 clash
Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Chiefs will host the Crusaders in Suva during the Super Rugby competition next year.
Nauru defends human rights record
Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Following allegations of rape and other abuse, Nauru has come under pressure at the United Nations to improve its conditions for asylum seekers on the island. Its human rights record has been under scrutiny at a meeting in Geneva, as the country continues to face criticism on a number of fronts.
Soldiers rampage
Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s deputy police commissioner has condemned soldiers involved in a rampage at a Port Moresby police station that left two policemen seriously injured.
Asylum seeker budget blowout
Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection has suffered a $100-million blowout in the cost of detaining asylum seekers offshore.
Calls to fly pregnant women off Nauru
Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Doctors will have Labor’s backing when it comes to requests regarding the treatment of asylum seekers in offshore detention centres, Australia’s Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says.
Island to get first post office
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
HIU ISLAND – In Vanuatu, the people of the remote Torres group of islands are to finally get a Post Office branch and Western Union link.
Unexploded bomb closes US army facility
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – The US Army Reserve Centre in American Samoa remains closed after the discovery of unexploded ordnance believed to date from the 1950s. It was unearthed during excavation work at the Tafuna site last week. Captain Wong Mageo of the American Samoa Army Reserve says the US Army Reserve headquarters in Honolulu has been asked to send experts to the territory to assess and dispose of the ordnance. It is believed to have been among supplies that were shipped from the local US Marine Base to Vietnam in the 1950s. - RNZI
South Korea offers to build solar plant
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – South Korea’s Energy Solutions Co Ltd says it is interested in constructing a 10-megawatt solar power plant on Saipan.
Opposition offers support to pass budget
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s opposition says it is prepared to support the prime minister Sato Kilman to pass a budget for 2016.
Concerns for pregnant asylum seeker
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Doctors hold serious concerns about the health of a diabetic Kurdish asylum seeker on Nauru, who is 40 weeks pregnant and facing a difficult birth.
Governor decries global politics
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa’s Governor Lolo Moliga says he believes the territory is a victim of US global politics as its canneries face an uncertain future.
Beckham visits Papua New Guinea
Friday 6 November 2015 | Published in Regional
MOUNT HAGEN – British soccer star David Beckham has taken to the pitch in Papua New Guinea’s highlands for an exhibition match in front of villagers – some of whom have never heard of him.
Violence against women neglected
Thursday 5 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea government is failing to protect victims of family violence, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
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