Regional
Pacific BRIEFS: JOHN KEY MAKES CALL FOR FLAG CHANGE
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand Prime Minister used his annual Waitangi Day breakfast speech to make a pitch for a new flag.
Dengue outbreak spreading
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga has been hit by a dengue outbreak which has triggered frantic action from authorities in the kingdom.
Is Papua New Guinea cooking with gas?
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Regional
For years truck convoys have been rumbling through the night along the pot-holed 700-kilometre highway into the Papua New Guinea highlands from the port of Lae, Hamish McDonald writes for The Age.
Papuan oppression acknowledged
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua.
Injured Tahitian surfer recovering
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – Injured Tahitian surfer Tuhiti Haumani has opened his eyes.
Fiji's flag designer 'disappointed'
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Regional
suva – The designer of Fiji’s current flag says she is disappointed by prime minister Frank Bainimarama’s move to replace it with a new one.
Tahitian surfer in critical condition after wipeout at Pipeline
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
EHUKAI – Tahitian surfer Tuhiti Haumani is in a critical condition in hospital after wiping out near Pipeline on Hawai’i’s North Shore.
Pacific BRIEFS DEATH PROMPTS MOSQUITO SPRAYING
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
NIUE – The Niue government has started a mosquito eradication spraying programme after the recent death of a young woman from chikungunya.
Mercury levels rising in yellowfin tuna
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have been rising at a 3.8 per cent annual rate since 1998, according to a new study.
Fijians to hoist a new national flag
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
Suva – Fiji is to drop the Union Jack from its flag and will have a new one by October this year, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has proclaimed.
Police reservists disbanded
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The National Capital District Commission police reserve unit in Port Moresby will be decommissioned and its vehicles, uniforms and firearms returned to the constabulary.
McCullough laid to rest on Norfolk
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
BURNT PINE – Australian author Colleen McCullough has been farewelled at a modest graveside service on Norfolk Island.
PNG's anti-corruption taskforce is broke
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The most successful anti-corruption agency in Papua New Guinea’s history has been starved of funding and is broke, as a result of allegations made against prime minister Peter O’Neill.
'Misbehaving' asylum seekers penalised
Tuesday 3 February 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Papua New Guinea has granted refugee status to a further 30 men on Manus Island but has also amended laws to allow asylum seekers to be jailed for “misbehaving”.
Dengue spreading in Tonga
Tuesday 3 February 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – A dengue fever outbreak was on Monday declared by the Ministry of Health in Tonga, which has confirmed 33 cases of dengue fever across the islands.
Land disputes hold up cyclone rebuild
Tuesday 3 February 2015 | Published in Regional
HA‘APAI – The delay in the completion of the reconstruction of houses destroyed by Cyclone Ian in Tonga’s Ha‘apai has made life extremely difficult for families who are still living in tents a year on from the disaster, the People’s Representatives for Ha‘apai told the Tongan Parliament last month.
Ukelele revival sweeping the world
Tuesday 3 February 2015 | Published in Regional
Amazon reports that, between 2013 and 2014, sales of the ukulele have increased by 1200 per cent.
pacific BRIEFS Fiji Assures Tongan PM of Support
Tuesday 3 February 2015 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola has assured Tongan Prime Minister Samiuela Pohiva of the Fijian government’s full support and commitment towards strengthening relations between the two countries.
'Super' change not so straightforward
Monday 2 February 2015 | Published in Regional
Dear Editor, For those who seem a little confused as to the significance of the Social Assistance Bill currently before the New Zealand parliament I offer the following comments.
pacific BRIEFS tropical cyclone ola weakening
Monday 2 February 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – Tropical Cyclone Ola near New Caledonia is weakening as it moves south.
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