Regional
Baton arrives as Games set to start
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The cream of the Pacific’s sporting talent are arriving in Port Moresby as athletes prepare to compete for gold, silver and bronze in the much anticipated 2015 Pacific Games which the Duke of York Prince Andrew will open on Saturday local time.
Climate talks too late for Kiribati
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW YORK – The President of Kiribati Anote Tong says whatever action the world decides to take at climate change talks in Paris – it comes too late for low-lying island nations like his own.
Boy shot during riot in Madang
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
MADANG – In Papua New Guinea, a peaceful protest march in the town of Madang turned violent this week, leaving a boy dead, scores wounded and business destroyed by looters.
Officials absent during cyclone
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The decision by Vanuatu’s president and senior disaster officials to leave the country and fly to a conference in Japan as Cyclone Pam bore down on the Pacific nation in March made response efforts more difficult, aid group Save the Children says.
New laws have a 'chilling effect'
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Lawyers and asylum seeker advocates say they are concerned about new laws applying to some people working in detention centres.
Mother and baby survive
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
BUKA – A mother and her baby have survived by clinging to the wreckage of a small boat after drifting for more than 24 hours in the sea off Bougainville at the weekend.
Mining gets behind reef monitoring tool
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – The Queensland government will use new real-time water quality monitoring to take action against industrial and agricultural polluters of the Great Barrier Reef, the state environment minister said.
Sun-fuelled flight to Hawai'i underway
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – A solar-powered plane has passed the “point of no return” in its second bid at making a record-breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean.
Asylum seeker 'hush up' law criticised
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – An Australian paediatrician has spoken up about a new law in Australia banning people from speaking out about what they see on Nauru.
Detainees made suicide pacts
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Desperate and dispirited asylum seekers at the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru formed “suicide pacts”, according to accounts by two social workers who worked at the centre.
EU lectures Nauru on human rights
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN - The European Union says the Nauru Government must meet its international human rights obligations.
New king must win people's trust
Monday 29 June 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – Chairman of the Tongan Advisory Council Melino Maka says the newly-appointed King of Tonga’s biggest challenge will be to win back the trust of his people.
Family man wants to get home
Monday 29 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A suspended opposition MP on Nauru says he’s frustrated at the Court’s decision to defer his appeal to get his passport back for two weeks.
Democracy and rule of law 'broken'
Monday 29 June 2015 | Published in Regional
Yaren – New Zealand should stop all financial support for Nauru’s justice system, which is going from bad to worse, former Nauru chief justice Geoffrey Eames says.
Coronation celebrations underway
Monday 29 June 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga has already begun 11 days of celebrations to mark the coronation of monarch King Tupou VI (pictured) with an ancient kava ceremony and gifts of pigs and yams from the country’s chiefs.
Papuans desperately want their country back
Saturday 27 June 2015 | Published in Regional
Benny Wenda is a West Papuan independence leader and the spokesperson of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua.
ULM 'positive' at 'disappointing' MSG decision
Saturday 27 June 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULM) has expressed gratitude for progress made but still intends pursuing full membership of the Melanesia Spearhead Group.
'I believe we can beat the All Blacks'
Saturday 27 June 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – In Samoa they call him the “ People’s Captain” and rugby hero, Mahonri Schwalger, has given not only the Manu Samoa players, but also the nation of Samoa, a massive rev-up ahead of the much-awaited test match against the All Blacks at Apia Park Stadium on July 8.
Australia's culture of aid in the Pacific debated
Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional
MELBOURNE – A former Australian ambassador has questioned the effectiveness of Australian aid to promote democracy and the rule of law in the Pacific.
Lawless Daru town may be new smugglers' base
Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional
DARU – Police in Papua New Guinea have raised concerns about a potential new people smuggling route for asylum seekers trying to get to Australia.
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