Regional
More price hikes likely for fishing
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Pacific nations have warned foreign fishing countries, including the United States, to expect more price hikes to the cost of fishing in their territorial waters.
Papua New Guinea in turmoil
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has disbanded the country’s main anti-corruption body after an arrest warrant was served on him earlier this week over corruption allegations.
NZ: America's Cup a 'waste of money'
Tuesday 17 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The New Zealand government should not waste any more money on Team New Zealand’s bid for the next America’s Cup but fund winning teams like the All Blacks to Samoa and its world champion waka ama teams says Mana Party candidate for Mangere James Papali’i.
PNG: Jail term for police boss
Tuesday 17 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner Toami Kulunga was jailed for seven months for contempt of court on Friday – but he has been granted bail to appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court.
PNG prime minister faces charges
Tuesday 17 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Papua New Guinea’s prime minister.
Samoa: Minister rewarded after resignation
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s former minister of finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, has reportedly been appointed by the prime minister as the new Associate Minister for Natural Resources and Environment.
Fiji: Plea for fugitive father to come home
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
“Daddy, please come back home. I forgive you.”
Growers excited as kava ban lifted
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Kava growers around the Pacific are hoping the industry can come back to life, following the overturning of a 12 year ban on kava.
PNG: Action demanded on sorcery
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The United Nations has issued an appeal to Papua New Guinea to take further action to prevent attacks on women accused of sorcery.
Fiji: Leaders called to reveal salaries
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A new candidate for this year’s election in Fiji says the government ministers should make their salaries public, now that the Fiji First party has been registered and launched.
Fiji: Rejected party fights back
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The proposed Fiji United Freedom Party intends to seek further clarification with the registrar of political parties following the rejection of its application to register as a political party last week.
Big names set to take on Fiji regime at elections
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s biggest opposition party, and the party most likely to hurt the September election prospects of the regime-led Fiji First Party, has named its list of election candidates – with some high profile Fijians putting their weight behind the Social Democratic Liberal Party.
Samoa: Key's support seen as a political gimmick
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The idea of the New Zealand All Blacks playing a Pacific test match on Samoa soil is just a political gimmick to gain recognition and support from the Pacific people as the voters go to the country’s election in three months’ time.
First Pacific test for All Blacks?
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The IRB has pledged to put its weight behind the All Blacks’ proposed first ever test in the Pacific Islands as the historic fixture edges closer to becoming a reality.
NZ: Climate change 'not taken seriously'
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | Published in Regional
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is not taking climate change seriously, the Green Party says.
Pacific rowers head for Hawai'i
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The Great Pacific Race, a rowing competition where 13 crews in seven-metre boats row more than 3400 kilometres from Monterey, California, across the Pacific to Waikiki, Hawai’i, began on Monday.
Fiji: Pledge of media freedom
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The leader of Fiji’s new National Federation Party, economist Professor Biman Prasad, has pledged to review the controversial media decree and pass a freedom of information law if it gains power in Fiji’s September general election.
Resurgence of leprosy cases
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A resurgence in the number of cases of leprosy throughout the Pacific has experts saying the disease is far from eradicated there – with several cases reported in New Zealand.
83-days to cross Papua New Guinea
Monday 9 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Two hardy British adventurers have walked, climbed and paddled for 83 days across one of the world’s wildest and least explored countries.
Fiji: Telecoms spying admitted
Monday 9 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Anti-regime websites in Fiji are confirming there is cause for concern over possible phone and internet tapping by the Fiji government leading up to the election.
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