Regional
Samoan language in the spotlight
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Samoans in New Zealand are celebrating their culture and identity as part of annual efforts to encourage more people to be bilingual.
Village gives up suspects
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The Salelavalu village council on Samoa’s Savai‘i Island has handed two men to police over a brawl last Saturday with youths from Salelologa village.
Games sues Tonga for millions
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Pacific Games Council and Tonga’s Olympic Committee (TASANOC) have lodged a claim for millions of dollars of damages against the Tonga government for its late withdrawal from hosting the 2019 event.
Whales wash ashore after being shot
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Four whales have washed up dead on a remote Pacific island, with witnesses claiming all of the whales had been shot in the head.
Pacific rugby squad gets player backing
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A proposed combined Pacific Islands Super Rugby team has the backing of a number of former players and administrators.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 21/05/2018
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NCD GRAPHIC DESIGN CONTEST LAUNCHED
France displays Pacific 'schizophrenia'
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
FRENCH PACIFIC – A leading French Polynesian pro-independence politician has described the French government’s stance towards its Pacific colonies as “schizophrenic”.
Fiji times writers not guilty of sedition
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Three senior journalists and an opinion writer at the Fiji Times have been found not guilty of charges of sedition by a panel of three assessors.
President's visit sparks criticism
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
New Caledonia's Labour Party says it doesn't share the enthusiasm over the visit of the French president Emmanuel Macron's two weeks ago.
Pacific blamed for NZ drug issues
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
New Zealand's associate finance minister has blamed "closely failed states in the Pacific" for his country's drug problems.
The island fruit that caused a mutiny
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
French Polynesians - The French Polynesians have a legend about a famine that occurred on the island of Ra’iatea.
Combined Pacific squad 'about bloody time'
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Regional
“It is about bloody time.” Those are the words a senior figure in New Zealand rugby said when I was investigating the plans to get a Pacific team into the Super Rugby competition.
Plan for united Pacific rugby team
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A secret plan to create a combined Pacific Islands rugby team with players from Samoa, Fiji and Tonga has been revealed.
Six dead in row over disputed land
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – As many as six people have reportedly been killed in renewed tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands province of Enga during the weekend.
Russian navy ship visits Port Moresby
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Russian warship will make a port visit to Papua New Guinea for the first time this week.
New fissure spews more lava
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Regional
HAWAII – A new volcanic fissure on Hawaii’s Big Island sent gases and lava exploding into the air, prompting officials to issue calls for more evacuations as residents awaited a possible major eruption at Kilauea volcano’s summit.
Teen should be sent back to Nauru
Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A psychiatrist has said an acutely unwell child held within Australia’s offshore detention regime should not be returned to Nauru because his long-running detention there is causing his mental illness.
Governor wants major disaster declared
Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Hawai‘i – Hawai‘i’s governor has asked President Donald Trump to declare the state of Hawai‘i a major disaster area.
Fisherman finds drugs buried on beach
Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea believe a village fisherman accidentally disturbed a drug-running operation after finding nearly 60 kilograms of what is suspected to be illicit drugs buried on a remote beach.
More evacuations as eruption escalates
Thursday 10 May 2018 | Published in Regional
HAWAII – Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted out of two new vents prompting authorities to call for an immediate evacuation of residents from a second neighbourhood on the Big Island.