Regional
Underlying shades of racism need to be tackled
Wednesday 19 August 2015 | Published in Regional
Oscar Vai To’elau Kightley (pictured right), a Samoa-born New Zealand actor, TV presenter and screenwriter, recently took a look at the changing currents of Pasifika racism in New Zealand in this article published in the Sunday News.
Walking trail seeks world heritage status
Wednesday 19 August 2015 | Published in Regional
KOKODA – Australia and Papua New Guinea are to jointly seek a world heritage listing for the Owen Stanley Ranges and the famous Kokoda Track.
Athlete dies in fall from truck
Wednesday 19 August 2015 | Published in Regional
Fagae‘e – A promising young Samoan athlete has died after falling from the back of a truck while on the way home from a fund raising outing for his school’s athletics team.
Vow to 'crush' insurrection
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
Over 60 Fijians arrested linked to attempts to form a breakaway state.
Plane down in remote mountains
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
Treacherous terrain hampers rescue efforts for crashed Indonesian airliner.
Sedition accused have rights denied, lawyer says
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TAVUA – The lawyer for several people facing sedition charges in Fiji has hit out at prosecutors saying they are not following due process.
Angry Tonga minister calls the speaker a 'dictator'
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – There have been angry scenes in Tonga’s parliament this week.
Major ban on fruit and vegetable imports
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Agriculture and Livestock Minister Tommy Tomscoll has announced a major ban on the import of more than ten different fruits and vegetables.
Canberra rejects Nauru torture claims
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims of waterboarding at the Nauru detention centre are unsubstantiated.
Average Teahupo'o delivers first day surprises
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TEAHUPO‘O – Challenging conditions welcomed the world’s best surfers on the opening day of competition at the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, in Teahupoo on Saturday local time.
Sugar mill deaths raise safety concerns
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
BA – Two accidents in less than a week at the Rarawai sugar mill have raised questions about the level of safety in the factories in Fiji’s sugar cane belt.
Marianas dodge storms
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The Northern Mariana Islands this weekend escaped a direct hit from two tropical storms that have since intensified into typhoons.
54 feared dead in Papua plane crash
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
JAYAPURA – A plane with 54 people on board has crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua, a government official has said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the South East Asian nation.
Chaos as crowds overwhelm Red Cross
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – A desperate crowd of about 2000 people on Saipan forced police to close an important airport route when people spilled into the road and fought with each other as they waited for relief assistance from the Northern Marianas chapter of the American Red Cross in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.
Typhoon Soudelor was a 'unique storm'
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The National Weather Service in Guam has ruled out that Typhoon Soudelor brought in super typhoon or Category 5-strength winds when it hit Saipan last week, saying damage sustained by the island was more nsistent with a Category 3 typhoon.
Marianas on typhoon alert again
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
A tropical depression is forecast to become Typhoon Goni as it moves through the Marianas this weekend.
Chief's reject rebels cause
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
Bainimarama says so-called rebel military units pose no threat.
British army veteran leading 'rebels'
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TAVUA – Authorities in Fiji believe a British army veteran has been overseeing secret military training in the tropical hinterlands as part of a plot to form a breakaway Christian state.
Islands running out of water
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – People who depend on rainwater in the parts of the Solomon Islands are being urged to start rationing their water due to the low rainfall currently experienced as the El Niño season continues.
Rise of 'casual racism' in New Zealand
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – As a young nation undergoing a rapidly changing demography, New Zealand is learning to grapple with the rise of ‘casual’ or ‘everyday’ racism, the Herald on Sunday reported recently.
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