Regional
Students respond to education survey
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – More school counsellors, compulsory Te Reo Maori classes and cleaner bathrooms are a few of many changes New Zealand school students want for the education system.
Labour rocked by youth camp assaults
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The campaign director behind the recent success of New Zealand Labour is facing calls to resign after he failed to tell the police, parents or the prime minister about the alleged sexual assault of four teenagers at a summer camp held by the party.
Coconut oil finds US market
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s Pacific Oil has just secured a joint venture with a large US multinational company, Dr. Bronners, to supply coconut oil for its Pacific soap products.
Nuku'alofa curfew remains
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A month after Cyclone Gita hit Tonga, police there are continuing to enforce a curfew around the capital of Nuku‘alofa.
Tonga's PM seeks way forward
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Tonga’s Prime Minister and two members of his cabinet have met the Attorney General in an effort to ease apparent tensions between the government and the legal advisor’s office.
Norfolk launches UN challenge
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NORFOLK ISLANDS – Aninternational human rights lawyer has launched a legal challenge with the United Nations on behalf of Norfolk Islanders, alleging the Australian government has placed islander’s culture and language at risk by revoking their right to self-govern.
Barrier reefs under threat
Tuesday 13 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The rapid depletion of coral reefs could prove more damaging for small islands than sea level rise, according to recently published research. Coral reefs provide an important barrier for coastlines, creating friction that slows down and dissipates the energy of waves rushing in off the ocean.
Inquiry into cause of quake urged
Tuesday 13 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – As authorities in Papua New Guinea start to get a clearer picture of the scale of the destruction caused by February’s magnitude-7.5 earthquake, there have been growing calls for the government to order a formal inquiry into what caused the quake.
Challenges prioritising aid
Tuesday 13 March 2018 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Disaster authorities in Vanuatu say prioritising which communities to give aid to is proving a challenge after Cyclone Hola.
Tonga's parliament in disarray
Tuesday 13 March 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Arrests made by Tonga police and the resignation of a cabinet minister have shaken up politics in Tonga.
Female jockeys taking over
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
The number of female jockeys in New Zealand is steadily rising, and expected to soon overtake the number of male jockeys.
'If you are a drug dealer, we're coming after you'
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Five people have been arrested and hundreds and thousands of dollars in assets seized in a drug bust in Wellington.
TradeMe takeover vetoed
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
The Commerce Commission has refused another company takeover deal, this time with TradeMe.
New Zealand on alert for arrival of cyclone
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Cyclone Hola is looking likely to hit New Zealand, and scientists say the tropical cyclone season is not over yet.
Jacinda Ardern conquers the Pacific
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Jacinda Ardern has completed a whirlwind trip of the Pacific Islands, stopping in Samoa, Niue, Tonga and the Cook Islands.
Rumours of earthquake causing volcano to erupt are dispelled
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA –Rumours of a pending volcanic eruption is adding to the chaos in the earthquakes shaken highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Desperate victims threaten aid workers
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Aid workers and government officials have been threatened by people in Papua New Guinea who are angry at the slow delivery of emergency help.
Peter O'Neill: 'Stories of tragedy and loss are being repeated in village after village'
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – “The earth started to shift and shake violently.”
New Ireland quake downsized
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A large earthquake that struck in Papua New Guinea’s islands region this week has been revised downwards to magnitude 6.8.
$13.9m in backpay ordered
Monday 12 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NORTHERN MARIANAS – Construction companies which built the Imperial Pacific Resort on Saipan have been ordered to pay $13.9 million in back wages and damages to thousands of Chinese construction workers.