Regional
Flu outbreak stretching resources
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – Hospitals in American Samoa are being inundated with a growing number of patients with influenza and health workers are warning the outbreak is taking a toll on health professionals.
He's one heavy Tongan
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – Ulu Tu‘ipulotu, aged 26, who is of Tongan descent and weighs 337kg, is said to be Australia’s heaviest man.
Dope growers to be exiled
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SAVUSAVU – Any villager in four northern provinces in Fiji found guilty in a court of law for cultivating or peddling marijuana will be exiled from their village for five years.
Pacific nations ethical places to visit
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – Four nations in the Pacific region have made the top ten of a list of the world’s most ethical places to visit.
Solomons sets up corruption commission
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – The prime minister of the Solomon Islands says an independent commission will be set up to investigate corruption allegations against politicians and government officials.
Aircraft makes emergency landing
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – A Tongan twin-engine aircraft flown by New Zealand pilots and 17 passengers had to make an emergency landing on one engine this week, Tongan media reports.
Tongan bishop made a cardinal
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Bishop Seane Patita Mafi of the diocese of Tonga and Niue has been appointed a cardinal of the Catholic Church by Pope Francis.
Skydivers leap from crashing plane
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
TAUPO – Thirteen people on board a skydiving plane that encountered engine trouble have parachuted to safety on New Zealand’s North Island moments before the aircraft plunged into a lake.
Chase results in attempted murder
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The police in Samoa have charged a 33 year-old man with attempted murder after a large narcotics haul which left a police officer injured.
Radiation drift well below danger levels
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
FUKUSHIMA – How long did it take a radioactive plume to travel the waters of the Pacific from Fukushima, Japan, to the shores of North America?
Mysterious deaths of seabirds on Pacific coast
Tuesday 6 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SALEM – The carcasses of thousands of small birds called Cassin’s auklets have been washing ashore over the last few months from Northern California up to the north coast of Washington.
Uncertainty for future of Pacific bluefin as 2015 season begins
Tuesday 6 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – The Pew Charitable Trust has made a call to name 2015 the “Year of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna”.
Active cyclone season worries islanders
Tuesday 6 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – South Pacific countries are bracing for what’s predicted to be an active cyclone season, with the worst expected from February.
Koreans go nuts over macadamias
Tuesday 6 January 2015 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say. And even bad news can be great publicity.
Fiji tourism on way up
Tuesday 6 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – In a bid to increase visitor arrivals, Tourism Fiji will be rolling out various new projects in 2015 as its rebranding campaign continues.
Fiji is world's happiest country
Monday 5 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A study surveying people in 65 countries has found happiness is on the rise globally, with Fiji leading the way.
Newspaper editor arrested
Wednesday 31 December 2014 | Published in Regional
APIA – The editor of the Samoa government-owned Savali Newspaper, Tupuola Terry Tavita, has been arrested and is being held in Police custody.
Noble lord marries commoner sweetheart
Wednesday 31 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – The wedding of a member of the royal family to a commoner has sparked a scandal in Tonga
Undersea eruption close to Tonga
Wednesday 31 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – A large volcanic eruption is taking place near Tonga’s capital’s Nuku‘alofa sending ash and steam high into the sky.
Pohiva hands out portfolios
Wednesday 31 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga’s Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva has named the 11 cabinet ministers with whom he will form a government of mostly commoners
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