Regional
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
No women appointed
Wednesday 31 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU’ALOFA – Tonga’s newly elected prime minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva has been sworn in by King Tupou the 6th.
New PM rushed home feeling ill
Tuesday 30 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU’ALOFA – Matangi Tonga reports that Tonga’s new Prime Minister, ‘Akilisi Pohiva, was rushed home by his family shortly after the prime ministerial election
Commoner elected Tonga's leader
Tuesday 30 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU’ALOFA – A Tongan politician who has previously been jailed for his efforts to reduce the power of monarchy has become the country’s first commoner to be elected prime minister.
Fisheries grant approved
Monday 29 December 2014 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – The World Bank has approved a US$33 million dollar grant for a programme to strengthen fisheries management in select Pacific countries.
Nickel spill causes damage
Monday 29 December 2014 | Published in Regional
KONIAMBO – Initial assessments from last week’s nickel spill at New Caledonia’s Koniambo plant put the damage at more than three million US dollars.
Prime minister elected
Monday 29 December 2014 | Published in Regional
NUKU’ALOFA – Tonga should know who its new prime minister is by now. There have been two nominations submitted for Kingdom’s top job and the MPs were to have voted yesterday.
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