Regional
Tribal violence blocking quake relief
Monday 7 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An ongoing security crisis in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province is preventing many earthquake-affected communities receiving relief.
Pasifika children at higher risk of diabetes
Monday 7 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Pasifika children in Auckland have an 18 times greater chance of developing type-2 diabetes than their European peers.
Missile deployments worry Australia
Monday 7 May 2018 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned Beijing against militarising the South China Sea following reports that China has installed missile systems in the Spratly Islands for the first time.
Lava flows destroy homes in Hawai'i
Monday 7 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Hawai‘i – More homes on the Big Island of Hawai‘i have been destroyed as eruptions linked to the Kilauea volcano increased, with lava spewing into residential areas and forcing nearly 2000 people to flee, officials said.
Navy to flex muscles in Pacific
Saturday 5 May 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – American marines will soon embed on Australia’s largest warship for a tour of Pacific island nations, as concerns grow among western allies over Beijing’s rising influence in the region.
Hawai'i eruption forces evacuations
Saturday 5 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Hawai‘i – Hawai‘i’s Kilauea volcano has erupted, forcing nearly 1800 residents to evacuate from their volcano-side homes as molten lava makes its way through forest land and bubbles up on paved streets.
New Zealand often left off maps of the world
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is aiming to crack the mystery of why it is often left off world maps, as part of a new tourism campaign featuring prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
Prison conditions could spark riot
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – If conditions don’t improve at Waikeria Prison there could a riot, People Against Prisons Aotearoa says.
Rare heron snared by plastic ring
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A rare white heron has been found in Christchurch with a plastic ring around its neck from rubbish that has wound up in waterways.
Student defends meth research
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
A student who received a methamphetamine information booklet says it was appropriate for high school students.
Petrol reseller market 'broken'
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Energy Minister Megan Woods says she believes the petrol market is “broken” after a meeting with BP executives to discuss its pricing tactics.
Set fire to confisacted house
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
A judge says he hopes a cannabis grower who burned down a house about to be confiscated from him has put his criminal ways behind him.
Samoa's Rugby World Cup hopes in jeopardy
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s Rugby World Cup hopes face another major hit after World Rugby delayed their upcoming qualifiers.
Family in fear after 'gang hit'
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The family of a young Tongan father killed in a gang suspected shooting in Mangere on Tuesday fear for their lives as the gunmen remain on the loose.
China hails Samoa as model for Pacific co-operation
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A top Chinese diplomat says the relationship between China and Samoa has become the model for Beijing’s co-operation with Pacific Island countries.
'Too small for indepenedence'
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – A leading New Caledonian anti-independence politician says the territory is too small to assume all the powers of an independent state.
Many questions to answer in New Caledonia
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – Strategic ties and the “Indo-Pacific axis” were high on the agenda when French President Emmanuel Macron met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney this week.
Polls show majority is 'anti'
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – Two opinion polls published by media outlets in New Caledonia show that a majority is against independence from France.
Pasifika midwives join protest
Friday 4 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Pacific Island midwives in New Zealand are among hundreds who joined a march in Wellington today to get fair wages and working conditions.