Regional
Kun being investigated over fatal accident
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Nauru government says the suspended opposition MP Roland Kun is being investigated for his alleged role in an historic fatal accident.
The end of the world is nigh, again
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
CHRISTCHURCH – It seems no year is complete without a doomsday prediction or two and – despite every prophecy to date being demonstrably wrong – 2015 is proving no exception, with everyone from evangelical preachers to the New Zealand Skeptics studying the latest predictions of the coming apocalypse.
Deportation gives message to Pacific
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
Taberannang Korauaba is editor of Kiribati Independent and a doctoral candidate with the Pacific Media Centre at Auckland University of Technology. Here he writes about the deportation of Ioane Teitiota, the man being portrayed as the world’s first climate change refugee.
Assault claims against Kiribati man
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – New Zealand media has reported “startling allegations of sexual assault” have been made against Ioane Teitiota, who was deported back to Kiribati this week.
Family to follow next week
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – The father of a family claiming climate change makes them refugees has been accompanied by a police officer back to Kiribati.
Samoa relaxing before South Africa clash
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
BIRMINGHAM – Before the blood and thunder of their match with South Africa on Saturday, Samoa are enjoying the tranquil surroundings, sweeping fairways and manicured greens of the Belfry golf resort in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside.
Call for government of unity in Fiji
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The leader of Fiji’s National Federation Party Biman Prasad says the Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has a chance to leave a great legacy for Fiji if he heeds the party’s call for a government of national unity.
Fiji and Australia to front up in Cardiff
Friday 25 September 2015 | Published in Regional
CARDIFF – The Wallabies know they have a 195-centimetre, 130-kilogramme hurdle to overcome in their World Cup opener in the shape of Fijian talisman Nemani Nadolo.
Pacific bishops to converge on Rome
Thursday 24 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Catholic bishops from around the Pacific are preparing to represent their people at a major meeting in Rome next month.
PNG'S 'fruit bowl' drying out
Thursday 24 September 2015 | Published in Regional
MT HAGEN – As El Niño weather patterns continue to smash heat records globally and with even drier weather on the way, the UN has warned that as many as four million people may be adversely affected by drought in the Pacific.
24 dead from drought causes
Thursday 24 September 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – An Australian senate inquiry into Canberra’s aid programme in Papua New Guinea has been told the government should be ready to help the country deal with the effects of a growing drought disaster.
Tiny reef shark may beat climate change
Wednesday 23 September 2015 | Published in Regional
TOWNSVILLE – Sharks found in shallow, tropical waters around northern Australia are well placed to cope with climate change, according to Queensland researchers.
World's rarest creature sighted off PNG
Wednesday 23 September 2015 | Published in Regional
NDROVA ISLAND– It might be the rarest animal in the world, according to Peter Ward, a biologist at the University of Washington who this July came across the Allonautilus scrobiculatus species of nautilus in the waters off Papua New Guinea.
US sends Marshall Islanders home
Wednesday 23 September 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – Marshall Islanders have been deported from the United States at greater rate over recent years. Government data indicates that over the past 15 years, there’s a rate of sixteen deportations of Marshall Islanders per year.
Hospital fire raises questions
Wednesday 23 September 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – A fire at Samoa’s new hospital building that forced patients to be evacuated two weeks ago could have easily been avoided through proper maintenance of the building.
Pacific serious about fisheries protection
Wednesday 23 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Pacific Island countries are increasingly serious about protecting their marine resources.
NZ's Pacific communities make a stand against suicide
Tuesday 22 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORIRUA – Pacific communities in Porirua, north of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, are taking a stand against suicide in their community.
Jakarta thanks PNG over hostage rescue
Tuesday 22 September 2015 | Published in Regional
JAKARTA – Indonesia has thanked Papua New Guinea for its co-operation in securing the release of two Indonesians taken hostage in a remote part of the common border region.
No charges over boy's gun death
Tuesday 22 September 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s Police Commissioner says no charges have been laid following the accidental death of a nine-year-old boy who was shot last Wednesday.
Drought brings social challenges
Tuesday 22 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORSEBY – Social challenges have been stressed as one of the main problems the Papua New Guinea government must be aware of as the country continues to face El Nino’s severe effects.
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