Regional
News service laments its own demise
Wednesday 23 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The impact of recently announced cuts to Radio Australia and other international services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, is likely to be raised at a Pacific leaders meeting in Palau next week.
Big seas turn Pacific rower around
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Regional
English rower Elsa Hammond was supposed to be rowing to Hawai’i, but she's rowing towards Mexico.
Rowers welcomed to Waikiki
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Regional
New Zealander Tara Remington’s and her Paralympian companion Angela Madsen ended an epic row across the Pacific Ocean when they came ashore in Hawai’i this weekend.
Australia: Paedophile preyed on Vanuatu children
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Accused paeodphile Gregory Druery used his position of trust with the church and families to abuse children, Australian police say.
All Blacks test in Samoa confirmed
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The All Blacks have finally agreed to play a test in Samoa after years of pressure to repay a country which has benefited the New Zealand team so much in the past.
NZ: Rugby sensation eyes Australia
Monday 21 July 2014 | Published in Regional
New Zealand Rugby Union is in danger of losing the game’s next superstar if it doesn’t act quickly, with schoolboy sensation Taniela “the Tongan Thor” Tupou confirming a desire to play for the Wallabies.
Australian soldier dies on Mt Cook
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Regional
An Australian soldier who died on Mount Cook in New Zealand on Wednesday is understood to have fallen into a crevasse when a snow bridge he was crossing collapsed.
Fiji: Traditional canoes to sail to Sydney
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Traditional voyaging canoes from five countries will now be part of a spectacular armada making a journey from Cook Islands to Australia.
Tonga boxers head team of fifteen
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Tonga will be represented at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in four sports by 15 athletes including two bronze medallist boxers, Uaine Fa Junior and Lomalito Moala, who won their medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Maori lessons 'compulsory'
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Regional
New Zealand’s Minister of Maori Affairs says the time has come for it to be compulsory for every New Zealand school to be able to offer students Maori language lessons.
Tonga: A divergence of ideologies
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Dumped Tonga opposition MP Sitiveni Halapua – who will not stand for the Democrats after a party committee chose not to select four MPs as candidates for November’s election – says the reasons for non-selection appear to be specific to each of the four.
Tonga opposition dumps members
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The Democratic Party of Tonga has dumped four of its MPs just four months out from the election.
Smokefree Pacific a challenge
Thursday 17 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The World Health Organisation has launched its Tobacco Free Pacific Campaign in a bid to help the region reduce smoking prevalence to less than five per cent by 2025.
Study reveals pre-historic Tongan empire
Thursday 17 July 2014 | Published in Regional
A new study by Australian researchers has stated that Tonga was the only prehistoric state in Oceania to encompass an entire archipelago and extend its influence to other island groups.
Broadcasters study disaster reporting
Thursday 17 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s Quality Broadcasting and the Samoa government are undergoing training this month to help develop a National Broadcasters’ Climate and Disaster Resilience Plan.
PNG: Police factions in stand-off
Tuesday 15 July 2014 | Published in Regional
There was a near confrontation by two factions of the Papua New Guinea police force at the National and Supreme Court precincts last Friday.
Smell forces airliner to land on remote atoll
Tuesday 15 July 2014 | Published in Regional
A harrowing United Airlines flight over the Pacific Ocean was forced to land on remote Midway Island because of what official’s said was an “electrical odour” on board the aircraft.
Fijians give big boost to Melbourne rugby club
Tuesday 15 July 2014 | Published in Regional
A rugby union club in Melbourne has turned its fortunes around with the help of some young Fijian imports.
Call to halve bluefin tuna catch
Tuesday 15 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The Worldwide Fund for Nature is urging Pacific fisheries to immediately halve their catch limits to preserve bluefin tuna stocks for the long-term.
Fiji: Nadi-Honiara flights suspended
Tuesday 15 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji and Solomon Island have suspended each other’s flights between Honiara and Nadi.
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