Regional
Australia has 'too much invested'
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
CHRISTCHURCH – While the New Zealand government has suspended aid to Nauru’s justice sector, Australia is saying they have no concerns with the law and order situation there.
Youth look to entrepreneurship
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – More than 40 youth leaders from around the Pacific have met in Auckland to discuss how social entrepreneurship can improve their communities.
Finance minister convicted
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
Vanuatu’s Willie Jimmy stands by guilty plea in bribery case. PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s finance minister Willie Jimmy has been convicted in court on two bribery charges, for breaching the Leadership and Penal codes.
Rogue flag sparks groundswell of support
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – Nearly 30,000 people have signed a petition demanding the New Zealand government allow a fifth entry in the controversial contest for a new national flag.
Keys says extra refugees will stretch services
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s emergency intake of hundreds of Syrians will stretch the country’s refugee services, Prime Minister John Key says.
Aussie diggers return to their theatre of war
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – A group of Australian World War II veterans are on their way to Papua New Guinea to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific and the surrender of the Japanese forces in New Guinea.
PNG league official may be banned after attacking ref
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea Sports Minister says a local rugby league official should be banned for life after attacking a referee at the end of the Digicel Cup final in Port Moresby.
Big brothers asked to be real friends
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Kiribati, one of the Pacific’s lowest lying island nations, has urged Australia and New Zealand to show they are “real friends” by supporting strong action on climate change at a regional summit.
Pacific region 'awash' with asbestos
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – For the first time, authorities in the Pacific believe they have an idea of just how much asbestos there is in the region, and are trying to work out how to get rid of it before it becomes a health crisis.
Has Pacific Islands Forum been upstaged?
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Leaders from the Pacific Islands Forum countries meet in Port Moresby next week to address regional concerns and issues but they may have been beaten to the punch.
Island rugby players 'hard done by'
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
coventry – Manu Samoa coach Stephen Betham has urged his team to improve their discipline, saying Pacific Islands teams are targeted more by officials.
Fora confusion may dilute message
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australia says it regards the Pacific Islands Forum as the premier organisation in the Pacific but it welcomes any contribution the Pacific Islands Development Forum can make to the region.
Journalists detained in Port Moresby
Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea government has intervened to correct an immigration blunder where seven journalists from Pacific countries were detained and their passports taken from them in Port Moresby this week.
Drone designed to seek and kill starfish
Saturday 5 September 2015 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – An autonomous starfish-killing robot is close to being ready for trials on the Great Barrier Reef, researchers say.
Fijian dissidents declare new nation
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
Veteran reporter of news in the Pacific, Michael Field, has shed some light on the recent news of a festering rebellion in the northern hills of Fiji’s Viti Levu.
Nauru says move is 'misguided'
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – In a statement, Nauru’s government blamed suspended MP Kun for the decision by New Zealand to suspend aid and said the move was “misguided”.
Kun says decision was 'inevitable'
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – One of the suspended Nauru MPs, Roland Kun, says it’s disappointing that New Zealand has been forced to suspend aid to his country.
McCully suspends aid to Nauru
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealand has suspended aid to Nauru’s justice sector in a move that had been anticipated after its criticism of government actions seen as diminishing the rule of law.
Third summit to be an 'historic occasion'
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Third Pacific Islands Development Forum Leaders’ Summit (PIDF3) has attracted over 300 delegates from over thirty countries to the meeting in Suva.
Australia accused of undermining forum
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has accused Australia of undermining the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
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