Regional
Concerns over Nauru court
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A former Nauru chief justice has raised concerns at Nauru’s plans for its own court of appeal.
Cable deal makes progress
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Discussions on a multi-million dollar submarine cable connecting Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to Australia were progressed in Canberra last week.
Frustration growing in Highlands
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Frustrations are building among some residents in the earthquake-devastated Papua New Guinea of Hela, as aid is slow to come a week after a deadly earthquake.
Tonga – and then Rarotonga today
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern touched down in Tonga yesterday afternoon on the third leg of her Pacific Mission.
Trade deal 'damaging'
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – An analyst says New Zealand’s planned trade deal with the Pacific Island nations could be extremely damaging to their economies.
Pension rules under scrutiny
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The New Zealand government is looking at its pension rules to see if New Zealanders living in Niue and Cook Islands can access payments.
King 'out of town' on Chinese business
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing with Tonga’s King Tupou VI last Thursday where they agreed to further promote the strategic partnership between China and Tonga.
New Zealand treads softly in China's footsteps
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the main goal of her delegation’s visit to Tonga this week was to see how the kingdom and other Pacific Island nations are recovering from last month’s Cyclone Gita – but Ardern and her ministers may also be worried about another force that’s hit the region – China.
Campaign to save law camp
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
An Otago student has started a campaign to save a controversial camp for second-year law students.
Planned to go back in time
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
An anti-census campaigner in New Zealand was hoping to avoid yesterday’s compulsory national count by hiding in a TARDIS, it’s reported.
No option to be a pakeha in latest census
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s introduction of an online census has caused consternation throughout with country, with the absence of an ethnic group choice, accessibility issues for the disabled and elderly, and fears that the nation’s most marginalised people won’t be counted.
Senior National MP hands in his notice
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Steven Joyce summed up his time in politics with, “I like to get on and get things done” – and with his resignation decision, that is what he has done.
Missing dog 'Meg' found five weeks after car crash
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Meg, a black labrador-huntaway cross, disappeared after a crash in which the car she was travelling in rolled on January 31 in Purakaunui, near Dunedin.
Village may become uninhabitable
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
Samoa – Children in the village of Moata‘a spend their time playing with turtles and swimming among the mangroves – but there are fears their playground may not be around for much longer.
11 killed in earthquake aftershock
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Authorities in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands say 11 people died during a strong earthquake aftershock on Monday morning.
Concerns over easy Chinese money rejected
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has brushed off concerns about Chinese aid following a meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, saying grants and loans from the Asian superpower are “all out in the open”.
Samoa turns on charm for Jacinda
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – It may have looked like a tropical island holiday, but it was anything but, reports Henry Cooke for Fairfax media.
Tangi for last Maori officer
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
More than 200 people gathered at Manuka Point in the Chatham Islands on Sunday to lay to rest the last remaining officer of the 28th Maori Battalion.
Iwi opens health centre
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
Dunedin’s first iwi-led community health centre is being praised as a pioneering example of Whanau Ora in action.
Law camp party cancelled
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | Published in Regional
Otago University has cancelled its law camp after complaints of past excessive drinking, nudity and jelly wrestling.