Regional
New laws 'unduly restrict freedom'
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression has called on Nauru’s government to withdraw recent amendments to the criminal code which he says unduly restrict freedom of expression.
Weather delays solar Pacific flight
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
NANJING– The Solar Impulse 2, a completely solar-powered aircraft that was set to make its most difficult leg of its around-the-world journey, cancelled its departure at the last minute amid bad weather this week.
Police chief injured confronting robbers
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Four men have appeared in court in Fiji over an attack on the country’s Police Commissioner last week.
Tongans march against women's equality
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tongan government is facing increasing pressure to stop the ratification of a major UN convention on women’s rights with multiple petitions, marches and a parliamentary resolution opposing the move.
Battling for players
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – The head of the Tonga Rugby Union says it’s a sad fact that some of the country’s best players will not be at the World Cup later this year.
Sorcery killing has police stumped
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
WABAG – Local police say a complaint must be lodged before they can arrest the men suspected of hacking a woman to death in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Vicious tribal fight underway
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
FUGWA – A fierce tribal fight is reportedly taking place at a remote village in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province.
Island players admired but little room for inclusion
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – Bending the rules to allow Pacific islanders to play State of Origin league in Australia may destroy what is great about the concept, Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett says.
New Zealand putting Pacific relationships at risk
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
REGIONAL NEWS OPINION New Zealand has long prided itself on warm relations with its Pacific island neighbours.
Marshalls woman receives posthumous honour
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
TAIPEI – A Marshallese woman who died fighting for justice for the survivors of US nuclear weapons tests on her country’s islands is being honoured in Taiwan this week with the Global Love of Lives award from a Taipei non-profit foundation.
Language provides classroom confidence
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – A primary school teacher in Auckland says allowing students to speak Samoan at school, helps with their confidence to learn in the classroom.
Extra $35m in Australian aid for Vanuatu
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The Australian Government has committed an extra A$35 million of aid to help with the cyclone recovery effort in Vanuatu.
Japan pledges $578m to Pacific
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
IWAKI – Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has pledged A$578 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters.
Accused 'witch' hacked to death
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A woman who was saved from being killed in a sorcery-related attack in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands earlier this year has reportedly been hacked to death by a group of men.
Pacific peoples benefit from Budget 2015, minister says
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – Pacific people in New Zealand will benefit from Budget 2015 through our government’s focus on supporting families and reducing hardship, Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga said.
Pacific islanders are too poor to be thin
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – When it comes to being overweight or obese, the causes and remedies are far more complex than they might at first appear.
Rotumans look to revive endangered culture
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji Rotuman Association is hoping the government can aid them in efforts to save a culture which is on the UN Endangered list.
Island to export medical marijuana
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
KINGSTON – A decision to grant a licence to grow medicinal cannabis on Norfolk Island has sparked renewed calls for the drug to be made available to Australian patients.
Refugees offered resettlement
Friday 22 May 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – 129 asylum seekers at the Australian-run centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have been officially declared refugees and are being offered the choice of staying in PNG.
Nauru abuse referred to commission
Friday 22 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – A Royal Commission into child sex abuse in Australia has been asked to include recent allegations of abuse on children in Australia’s offshore immigration detention centres, including the asylum seeker processing camps on Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.
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