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Education spending sparks online debate
Monday 1 September 2014 | Published in Regional
Missed anything in the news this week? Stay up to date with this list of stories that drew the most interest online.
PNG: Forest felled for palm plantations
Thursday 28 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s National Forest Board will consider a Malaysian company’s bid to continue to logging virgin rainforest in order to plant palm oil.
Climate refugees not on SIDS agenda
Thursday 28 August 2014 | Published in Regional
There is regret that next week’s conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa will bypass the issue of creating a new category of environmental refugees.
Tonga: Sacked for suggesting co-operation
Thursday 28 August 2014 | Published in Regional
A Tongan MP Sitiveni Halapua says he was dropped from the Democratic Party because he wanted it to work together with other MPs.
PNG: Locals go shopping across border
Thursday 28 August 2014 | Published in Regional
The acting Governor of Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik says many people in his province are turning to Indonesia for goods and services.
NZ: Waste converted to energy
Thursday 28 August 2014 | Published in Regional
A New Zealand energy consultant says a technology which converts any kind of waste to renewable energy could be the way forward in making the Pacific region more sustainable.
Niue: Frustrated over lack of support
Thursday 28 August 2014 | Published in Regional
Niue’s premier Toke Talagi says he is frustrated by a lack of financial support for the Smaller Island States Unit of the Pacific Islands Forum and is considering leaving the sub-group.
Castaway feet washing ashore
Tuesday 26 August 2014 | Published in Regional
A human foot, still inside a New Balance sports shoe washed ashore in Seattle this week — and if that wasn’t mystery enough, it’s the fifteenth foot that’s washed ashore along the Pacific Northwest coast since 2007.
Town planner heads to isolated atoll
Tuesday 26 August 2014 | Published in Regional
How do you come up with an urban development plan for a city which consists of tiny islets connected by causeways located in a remote Pacific atoll and subject to flooding on the next king tide?
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.
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.
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.
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