Regional
Tattoos celebrated as a family affair
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Four members of one Samoan family have celebrated a ceremony of blessing – the “Samaga” – where all four proudly revealed their traditional tatoos.
Solomon Islanders struggling to cope
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The United Nations children’s support agency, UNICEF, says people could be in evacuation centres on Guadalcanal for months yet, as Solomon Islands tries to recover from devastating floods almost a fortnight ago.
New law may ban traditional gift-giving
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The Samoan government is considering laws to ban traditional gift-giving at election times, building on existing laws seen as preventing potential corruption of democratic processes.
Samoan PM says debt levels manageable
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s Prime Minister says his country will make its own decisions about its debt level, in the wake of an IMF warning it is getting too high.
'Royal bummer' apology
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A journalist from American cable news network CNN has apologised after her report on the Maori welcome of the British Royals to New Zealand was labelled “culturally insensitive”.
Fiji: Bainimarama investigated
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama could face up to 10 years' jail for allegedly breaching the nation’s political parties decree.
Church, politics don't mix
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s Methodist Church says it will force its lay members to resign from leadership positions if they stand for election in the country’s September election.
Floods forced shutdown
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
An Australian company operating a gold mine in Solomon Islands is insisting that it hasn’t pulled out of the country.
Fish losing survival instinct
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Fish are losing their survival instinct – even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators – as the world’s oceans become more acidic due to climate change, according to new research.
Assessing earthquake damage
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Officials are still assessing the damage caused by two large earthquakes in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
In brief: Coastal residents camping in hills
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The premiere of Makira province in Solomon Islands says people are preparing for more aftershocks and the potential threat of a tsunami.
Niue result on a knife edge
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The people of Niue will have to wait for an electoral recount before they find out who their leader will be for the next three years.
Samoa: MPs await sentencing
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Two senior Samoa politicians are now waiting for sentencing after being found guilty of charges laid against them in a high profile case surrounding a drink-drive breathalyzer test incident in Apia last year.
Police and prisons to separate
Tuesday 15 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, says his cabinet has “fully approved the recommendations” from a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Police and Prisons.
Earthquakes follow floods
Monday 14 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A second strong earthquake struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean yesterday morning as the Pacific nation was still reeling from the damage caused by torrential rain and flash flooding.
Samoa's deputy PM found guilty
Monday 14 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The deputy Prime Minister of Samoa has been found guilty of obstructing police while they tried to carry out a blood-alcohol test last year.
In Brief: Cyclone Ita will cost a billion dollars
Monday 14 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Queensland looks set to face a damage bill of up to one billion dollars after Cyclone Ita ravaged infrastructure and major industries.
Protests at refugee policies
Monday 14 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Thousands of people around Australia have marched in rallies calling for an end to the Federal Government’s policies on asylum seekers.
Unlikely election decree breaches will be investigated
Monday 14 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A Fiji opposition grouping says any breaches of the law by the military regime are unlikely to be investigated until democracy is restored.
Child dies in Bougainville shake
Monday 14 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Two strong earthquakes on Friday night in Bougainville claimed the life of a young child as houses collapsed in the southern provinces.
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