Regional
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.
Polynesians opt out of same-sex blessing
Thursday 10 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The Anglican Church in New Zealand has paved the way for the blessing of same-sex relationships – but Anglican churches in Polynesia will all opt out – the Anglican Synod said in a statement this week.
Peters boosts aid to the Pacific
Thursday 10 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – New Zealand is set to hike foreign aid by more than $700 million over the next four years, as part of its signalled Pacific Reset strategy.
Seabed investor pulls out
Wednesday 9 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A multinational mining company has withdrawn its financial support of the Solwara 1 seabed mining project in Papua New Guinea.
Peters announces Pacific aid budget
Wednesday 9 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – It will soon be revealed whether the New Zealand government is putting its money where its mouth is when it talks about a “Pacific reset”, with Foreign Minister Winston Peters unveiling his ministry’s funding plan last night.
Island haven now unrecognizable
Wednesday 9 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Hawai‘i – The latest eruptions of Kilauea, the most active volcano on Hawai‘i’s Big Island, have rendered parts of a once-serene neighbourhood on the island unrecognisable.
More homes destroyed by lava flows
Tuesday 8 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Hawai‘i – Emergency authorities battling lava flows and gas erupting from Hawai‘i’s Kilauea volcano are warning some residents to “go now” as a new fissure has opened.
Tourists told only Big Island affected
Tuesday 8 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Hawai‘i – Officials in Hawai‘i have sought to reassure residents of other islands and tourists that the eruption is concentrated in a small region of the island and that most areas remain safe.