Regional
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.
Minister pleads guilty to bribery
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A case before Vanuatu’s Supreme Court implicating 18 of the nation’s MPs in bribery has taken a dramatic twist as finance minister Willie Jimmy entered a guilty plea on two counts on Wednesday.
Athletes denied entry to Samoa
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The Commonwealth Games Federation says it’s Samoa’s “sovereign right” to decline Sierra Leone athletes entry to the country because of fears over the Ebola virus.
Archdeacon sends a message
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
GOSFORD – The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle has defended a priest over a sign outside a Gosford church that read, ‘Hell exists and it’s on Nauru’.
MSG considers transport services
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Melanesian Spearhead Group is undertaking a feasibility study on the value of operating its own shipping and airline services.
Reported drought deaths jumps to 24
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – There are reports from Chimbu Province in Papua New Guinea that 24 people have now died as a result of the severe drought hitting the Highlands.
Cultural show of respect stirs up debate
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – Photos of women lying on the ground while Tonga’s Princess Pilolevu Tuita walks over them have stirred up mixed reactions on social media.
Surgeon sceptical of traditional healing
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – A medical expert is sceptical about the natural remedies used in the treatment of All Black Waisake Naholo’s fractured leg bone.
Naholo's recovery captures headlines
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – The Waisake Naholo recovery story seems too amazing to be true.
Trio of hurricanes on the march
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – It’s never been seen before – three Category 4 hurricanes marching across the Pacific at the same time.
Inquiry slams refugee centre
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The Australian government should speed up the removal of all asylum seeker children and their families from the Nauru detention centre, a Senate inquiry has recommended.
Ben's ready to be first to swim across the Pacific
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
AUSTIN – Ben Lecomte is the first person ever to free swim across the Atlantic Ocean without the aid of flotation. In 1998, when Lecomte emerged from the Atlantic in north west France, his first words were “Never again!” to swimming such a large distance.
PNG drought crisis worsening
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Drought and frosts have wiped out subsistence crops in Papua New Guinea’s highland areas, where villagers are facing months without food if they do not receive help.
Dissidents 'will be crushed'
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has promised to jail dissidents for “many years” – including those based overseas – that he claimed were plotting to overthrow his government amid reports of attempts in the Pacific nation to set up a breakaway state.
'Patrolling' troops spark rumours
Tuesday 1 September 2015 | Published in Regional
TAVUA – The usually quiet northern Fiji town of Tavua was abuzz with soldiers dressed in full military gear, some carrying rifles who stopped over to shop on Thursday.
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