Wednesday 25 February 2015 | Published in Regional
BLENHEIM – Fiji are in the box seat to qualify for the Under 19 Cricket World Cup after a stunning upset victory over Papua New Guinea at the East Asia-Pacific Trophy in New Zealand on Tuesday.
Wednesday 25 February 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – An animal welfare group in Fiji says it believes there is a new groundswell of support to get the herbicide paraquat banned.
Wednesday 25 February 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A teenage asylum seeker who was detained in Nauru is being treated in an Australian hospital after jumping off a balcony at a detention facility last week.
Wednesday 25 February 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The number of foreign seasonal workers on Australian farms will increase from July.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A member of Fiji’s opposition Sodelpa party has welcomed a finding by the Media Industry Development Authority against the Fiji Sun newspaper, but says it’s toothless.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – Social justice advocate and Mana vice president John Minto says iwi in New Zealand should stand with low income people and push for more and better state houses, rather than take over responsibilty for housing the poor.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s fisheries minister is calling on Pacific countries to make more effort to end illegal fishing in the region.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
NADI – Youth leaders from 15 Pacific island countries are speaking out against the “corrosive” effects of corruption.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
A regional approach to development challenges facing island nations writes Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama has praised China for its support of his country after 2006.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 | Published in Regional
Canberra – There has been a significant step forward in Australia’s asylum seeker resettlement deal with Cambodia, with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) signing up to facilitate the transfer of refugees from Nauru.
Monday 23 February 2015 | Published in Regional
TOWNSVILLE – The Australian Defence Force says it could send thousands more soldiers to Central Queensland, if needed, in areas devastated by Cyclone Marcia.
Monday 23 February 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s opposition party has welcomed a finding by the Fiji Media Industry Development Authority against the Fiji Sun newspaper.
Monday 23 February 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – A young New Zealand entrepreneur is hoping to fund cataract operations in the Pacific by selling organic mascara.
Monday 23 February 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – Disney’s hunt to find its first Polynesian princess has left New Zealand to continue in other parts of the Pacific.
Tuesday 17 February 2015 | Published in Regional
BANZ – Police in Papua New Guinea are again facing civil unrest after an arrested man was found dead in a police cell on Sunday morning.
Tuesday 17 February 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The family of a doctor killed during the weekend at Ensisi Valley in Moresby Northwest is calling on police to begin investigations.
Tuesday 17 February 2015 | Published in Regional
Samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has blamed parents’ laziness for obesity among Samoa’s young.
Tuesday 17 February 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The new chief executive officer of the Samoa Rugby Union (SRU), Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea’i, has apologised to the country for the incidents that have caused much heartache to a nation that holds the sport of rugby in high regard.
Tuesday 17 February 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The Chairman of Samoa Rugby Union and Prime Minster, Tuila‘epa Sa‘ilele Malielegaoi, accepted the resignations from two top officials of the Samoa Rugby Union last week “with much sadness.”
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