Regional
Food concerns in PNG
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Reports from Papua New Guinea say about 54,000 people directly affected by tropical Cyclone Ita face food shortages in the next two weeks.
Solomon Islands: Flood victims need food
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Aid groups in Solomon Islands are raising concerns a lack of food security is stopping many flood victims returning home from evacuation centres.
In brief: Tonga's bus drivers go back to work
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Tonga bus drivers have ended a two-day strike after failing to get the government to lower diesel prices.
Samoa's finance minister resigns
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s Minister of Finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, has resigned from cabinet in response to allegations against him and also the findings of a chief auditor’s report.
Samoa: Stray dog measures under scrutiny
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The editor of the Samoa Observer newspaper believes the idea that the police are working towards controlling the number of stray dogs in this country in the build up to the United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting in September is “fantastic”.
Nauru: Detainees have dengue fever
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed three people at the government’s offshore processing centre on Nauru have dengue fever.
Fiji: PM only Fiji First candidate
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The Fiji regime leader Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama says he is the only candidate confirmed so far in the party he plans to lead in this year’s election.
PNG: 180 detained over witch hunt
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Police in Papua New Guinea have detained 180 people after a witch hunt that has left six people dead, including two children.
In brief: Relief slow to get to remote islands
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Relief work in remote Papua New Guinea islands is set to take weeks after damage caused by Cyclone Ita.
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.
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.
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.
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