Regional
Big focus on climate change
Tuesday 26 August 2014 | Published in Regional
The United Nations is hoping the Small Islands Developing States conference which gets underway in Samoa next week will lead the way for international action on climate change.
Samoans spruce up villages
Tuesday 26 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Villages throughout Samoa are adding the final touches to their preparations to welcome thousands of visitors expected for the Small Island Developing States conference.
Protest at Sydney campaign rally
Tuesday 26 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s military leader has been greeted by protesters in Sydney on his visit to Australian to campaign ahead of next month’s post-coup elections.
Sonny Bill would love to play for Samoa
Wednesday 20 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Sonny Bill Williams this week side-stepped answering the multi-million-tala question for Samoa.
Vanuatu: Rape arrest insult to island customs
Tuesday 19 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Chiefs in Vanuatu are criticising police for going against custom law and arresting a man for allegedly raping his wife.
Fiji: Violence complaints not taken seriously
Tuesday 19 August 2014 | Published in Regional
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says domestic violence complaints made by women are still not being taken seriously by the police.
Wife watches croc take husband
Tuesday 19 August 2014 | Published in Regional
A 57-year-old man is dead after he went into a crocodile-infested river in the Northern Territory to unsnag his fishing line and was attacked by one of the reptiles as his wife looked on.
Fiji vote: Nominations closed
Tuesday 19 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s elections office is checking the eligibility of potential candidates wanting to stand in next month’s election.
Outlook grim for Great Barrier Reef
Monday 18 August 2014 | Published in Regional
The outlook for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef looks grim, with many of the threats to its environmental health worsening over the past five years and expected to deteriorate further as climate change intensifies, two major reviews have found.
Samoa ready to welcome navigators
Monday 18 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Polynesian navigators that settled in the islands of Hawai’i hundreds of years ago “are coming back to honour the people of Samoa,” which some believe is their land of origin, reports Talamua Online.
This Samoan boy's got talent!
Monday 18 August 2014 | Published in Regional
American Samoa’s newest singing sensation Paul Ieti has made the cut, moving on to the semifinals round of the nationally televised ‘America’s Got Talent’ series.
Island township to relocate
Monday 18 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Under threat from rising sea levels and tsunamis, the authorities of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands have decided to relocate the population from a small island – the first such case in the Pacific islands.
Fiji: Air dispute costing money
Friday 15 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Tourism operators say a dispute between the national airlines of Fiji and Solomon Islands is pushing up the cost of travel in the Pacific.
Call to save bigeye tuna now
Thursday 14 August 2014 | Published in Regional
The Pacific tuna industry has joined environmental organisations and scientists calling for serious action to save bigeye tuna.
Refugees have nowhere to go
Thursday 14 August 2014 | Published in Regional
The Refugee Action Coalition says the Australian government’s policies towards asylum seekers have left genuine refugees on Nauru and PNG with nowhere to go.
Women MPs battle to make an impact
Thursday 14 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, says countries like Australia can learn a lot from prospective female parliamentarians in the Pacific.
Closing the Pacific's gender gap
Thursday 14 August 2014 | Published in Regional
A pledge by political leaders two years ago to accelerate efforts toward closing the gender gap in the Pacific Islands has been boosted with the announcement that three women will take the helm of the regional intergovernmental organisation, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, headquartered in Suva, Fiji.
PNG: O'Neill referred to prosecutor
Wednesday 13 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Ombudsman Commission has referred the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to prosecutors for alleged misconduct in office.
John Kerry in Honiara
Wednesday 13 August 2014 | Published in Regional
United States Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to discuss climate change and the legacy of World War Two in Solomon Islands this week.
Rio Tinto stripped of Panguna mining licences
Wednesday 13 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper has been stripped of all its exploration and mining licences by the Bougainville Government.
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