Regional
Nuclear radiation fears at remote atoll
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
ENEWETRAK – There are concerns that Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands has been washed over with radioactive waste, after it was hit by Typhoon Nangka earlier this month.
Pacific nations sources for sex trafficking
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea and Fiji are both source and destination countries for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour, according to a US Government Report.
Marines' remains repatriated
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The remains of 36 American Marines discovered in Kiribati earlier this year have been repatriated to the United States.
PNG demands return of accused guards
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
Australia rejects cover-up over security guard rape allegations
Four saved from burning
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Reports from Papua New Guinea say police have saved four women from being burnt to death after they were accused of practising sorcery.
PNG's Ok Tedi mine to shut down
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s controversial Ok Tedi mine will slash its workforce and halt production due to weak copper prices and recent dry weather, managing director Peter Graham has told staff.
Heaviest wave ridden by a woman
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
Teahupo‘o – Keala Kennelly has caught one of heaviest Teahupo‘o bombs ever by a female surfer. The veteran surfer from Kauai followed an XXL swell hitting Tahiti and scored the wave of a lifetime.
Teahupo'o delivers worst-ever wipeout
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
TEAHUPO‘O – It’s being described as perhaps the heaviest wipe-out in surfing history.
Samoa lost $1.5m on All Blacks
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa revelled recently in the much-publicised visit to Apia by the All Blacks rugby team – however the Samoa Observer newspaper is raining a little on the nation’s after-match parade.
Ministry urged to help Maori quit
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – In New Zealand, the Maori Affairs Select Committee says the Ministry of Health needs to engage with whanau more effectively to help them stop smoking.
Arrest for treasury fraud
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – An arrest warrant has been issued for Papua New Guinea’s treasury secretary Diari Vele over allegations of corruption in the purchase of two Israeli gas turbines.
Forum head visits Nauru MPs worried Dame Meg is just ticking the boxes
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru’s suspended opposition MPs have not been invited to meet the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum during her visit to the island.
Vanuatu's Natapei dead
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s former prime minister Edward Natapei has died after a long-term illness. The current opposition leader passed away in a hospital in Port Vila yesterday morning at the age of 61.
Guards sent home amid rape inquiry
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – A Papua New Guinea MP says police are investigating the alleged rape of a Manus island woman at the Australian-run detention centre by three expatriate workers.
Murder-suicide shocks Suva
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – An apparent murder-suicide at a family home in a Suva suburb left three people dead and another seriously injured at the weekend.
PNG undergoing a sporting revolution
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – As the 15th Pacific Games wrapped up in PNG there were signs that a sporting revolution might just have begun in the developing Pacific country, spearheaded by a young Australian sports coach.
Climate change text 'unmanageable'
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands foreign minister says political leaders working on a new United Nations deal to tackle climate change need a negotiating text that is shorter and more manageable.
Diplomat's departure 'unusual'
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australia’s oreign Minister Julie Bishop has refused to elaborate on why Australia’s high commissioner to Papua New Guinea left her post eight months early.
Alleged murderers walk streets
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – One of the men accused of beating an Iranian asylum seeker to death on Manus Island is walking free despite not being granted bail.
Pacific trade deal moves closer
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The Pacific’s chief trade advisor says “significant progress” has been made with the Pacer Plus trade agreement and it should be concluded by September next year.
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