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Solomons: Flood victims need clear plan
Tuesday 24 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The Solomon Islands Government has been urged to develop a clear, long-term plan to help people still living in evacuation centres since April’s devastating floods.
Refugee drowns on Nauru
Tuesday 24 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A refugee who had recently resettled on Nauru after being sent to the Australian immigration centre there drowned when he was caught in a rip, witnesses have said.
PNG police ban parliament protest
Tuesday 24 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Acting Police Commissioner has banned a protest march planned for today’s sitting of parliament, saying it could turn violent.
Fiji: New party enters arena
Tuesday 24 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Another proposed party is expected to enter the political scene ahead of Fiji’s September 17 election.
Fiji: 'Military won't step in'
Tuesday 24 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The head of Fiji’s military says any government that tries to rewrite the constitution post-election would become illegal but it is not for the army to step in.
In Brief: 7.2 earthquake north of New Zealand
Tuesday 24 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands at a depth of 30km, the US Geological Survey says.
NZ: Deceptive coconut cream
Monday 23 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Consumer New Zealand says coconut cream labels with Samoan words and imagery on them – but actually made in Asia – could be seen as “misleading and deceptive”.
Pacific rowers winched to safety
Monday 23 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Four men taking part in a rowing race across the Pacific have been rescued after their boat began to take on water 160 kilometres off the Californian coast.
Asylum seekers paid to go home
Monday 23 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Australia is offering asylum seekers in its Pacific immigration camps up to A$10,000 if they voluntarily return to their home country, a report said yesterday, prompting outrage from refugee campaigners.
PNG: Legal ruling welcomed
Monday 23 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has welcomed the decision by the High Court of Australia upholding asylum seeking processing on Manus Island.
PNG: O'Neill claims 'political plot'
Monday 23 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he will ask the police commissioner to investigate the head of the axed anti-corruption taskforce Sam Koim and opposition MP Sam Basil, accusing them of a “major political plot” to bring down the government.
PNG: Public frustration growing
Saturday 21 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Public frustration is mounting in Papua New Guinea about the political storm surrounding the prime minister’s implication in a major corruption case and the disbanding of the anti-corruption taskforce.
Fiji: Indonesia to intensify contact
Saturday 21 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says Indonesia wants to intensify its involvement with Pacific nations through the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
Fiji: New Pacific aid paradigm
Saturday 21 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Tonga’s former Finance Minister Siosiua Utoikamanu has welcomed the Australian government’s new approach to aid announced this week by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Vanuatu: 'Women treated like they don't exist'
Friday 20 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The Vanuatu National Council of Women says it wants the government to stop treating women like they don’t exist when it comes to workforce development.
Tides disturb the dead
Friday 20 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Skeletons of second world war soldiers are being washed from their graves by the rising Pacific Ocean as global warming leads to inundation of islands that saw some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict.
Fiji: 'Selfish Australia' singled out
Friday 20 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has accused the global community of abandoning Pacific island nations to “sink below the waves” instead of tackling climate change.
Great whites making a comeback
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A new look at research on great white sharks in the eastern north part of the Pacific Ocean indicates the population is likely growing rather than endangered, according to an international research team.
Indonesia's president makes first visit to Fiji
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become the first Indonesian president to visit Fiji, as both countries seek to strengthen bi-lateral relations.
Japan kills 30 minke whales
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Japan has slaughtered 30 minke whales in the Pacific off its northeast coast in the first hunt since the UN’s top court ordered Tokyo to stop killing the mammals in the Antarctic.
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