Regional
Island's autonomy to come to an end
Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Regional
KINGSTON – The Australian government is to introduce legislation next week to strip Norfolk Island of the autonomy it has enjoyed for nearly 40 years.
Books needed in cyclone ravaged islands
Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu is asking the world – “please send us books!”
Operators focus on reviving tourism
Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A week after Tropical Cyclone Pam left a path of destruction in Vanuatu, planning has begun to revive the country’s valuable tourism industry.
Vanuatu running out of food
Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Prime Minister, Joe Natuman, says the government will struggle to feed its people over the coming months as the recovery operation after Cyclone Pam gets underway.
Kiribati fears for its future
Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The President of Kiribati says he fears his country won’t be able to carry the cost of the damage caused by natural disasters.
Father believes his daughter is safe
Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The father of an Australian teenage girl missing in cyclone devastated Vanuatu is optimistic she is alive and helping rebuild the remote village where she is working.
Cyclone forcing Vanuatu to start anew
Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Regional
AMBRYN – The people of the Vanuatu island of Ambryn are counting their disasters while marvelling at their good fortune.
Half of Tuvalu's population displaced
Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Regional
Funafuti – The entire population on one of Tuvalu’s islands has been evacuated due to flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam.
Islanders tested for disaster resilience
Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Emergency aid is beginning to reach some of the outlying islands of Vanuatu, after the Pacific archipelago was last week pummelled by Tropical Cyclone Pam.
'It's a scene of utter destruction'
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TANNA – The first aid planes arrived to find scenes of utter destruction on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, where residents are in desperate need of emergency supplies four days after taking a direct hit from Cyclone Pam.
Cyclone not finished killing people
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TANNA – Lishie Rossie, who works for Australian charity Live and Learn, said Cyclone Pam probably hadn’t finished killing people.
Joy at finding mothers alive
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TANNA – Desperate Vanuatu residents scoured the remains of their homes in search of missing family members on Tuesday, four days after deadly Cyclone Pam smashed into the Pacific island chain.
Island devastation 'simply indescribable'
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TANNA – The first images have begun to emerge of the destruction on Tanna, about 200 kilometres south of the capital Port Vila, as aid workers and officials begin to assess the damage on the island.
Handling of aid questioned
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The Government in Vanuatu is coming under fire for taking control of the distribution of aid in the wake of Cyclone Pam.
Food shortage Vanuatu's main concern
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu is warning it faces imminent food shortages as accounts emerge of huge damage to a large outer island, days after one of the fiercest cyclones on record pummelled the Pacific archipelago.
Storm surge swamped Tuvalu
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
Funafuti – Tuvalu can expect Red Cross relief supplies this week to deal with damage after a storm surge caused by Cyclone Pam.
Vanuatu faces huge rebuild challenge
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The death toll in Vanuatu from Cyclone Pam is officially 24 – but there are major fears for thousands of people on the archipelago’s southern islands which appear to have been totally devastated, according to aerial surveillance reports.
New Zealand's East Cape dodges cyclone's fury
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
GISBORNE – She came with all the warnings under the sun, but the monster Tropical Cyclone Pam that slammed Vanuatu fizzled out almost before she reached New Zealand’s shores.
Kiribati reports damage from big seas
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The Kiribati government says it is receiving reports of severe damage on three of the nation’s southern islands following high winds and sea surges due to Cyclone Pam.
Food crops ruined by cyclone
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A Vanuatu agriculture expert said the damage to staple food crops from Cyclone Pam throughout much of the country was very serious.
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