Wednesday 7 February 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Landowners from part of the Kokoda Track say they will stop tourists from undertaking the famous walk unless the Papua New Guinea government meets their demands.
Wednesday 7 February 2018 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – Kiribati’s Marine Division says the sea search for passengers of the MV Butiroi has been suspended after the ferry sank over two weeks ago.
Wednesday 7 February 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Some asylum seekers detained by Australia on Manus Island have been told they will have to leave Papua New Guinea.
Wednesday 7 February 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Last year 52,964 claims were made to ACC for gym-related injuries, including 783 for fractures or dislocations, 177 for dental injuries and 13 for hernia.
Wednesday 7 February 2018 | Published in Regional
TAIWAN – A magnitude-6.4 earthquake has struck near the coastal city of Hualien in Taiwan, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says, leaving two people dead, more than 100 injured and causing buildings including a hotel to collapse.
Wednesday 7 February 2018 | Published in Regional
WORLD – Fears of another plunge in Wall Street shares proved unfounded on Tuesday after the Dow Jones shrugged off an initial 500-point drop to post early gains.
Saturday 9 September 2017 | Published in Regional
PALAU – The United States has announced plans to install radar systems in Palau, a move that will increase its monitoring ability in the western Pacific region recently rocked by threats from North Korea.
Saturday 9 September 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua says perseverance is the key in his ambitious bid to qualify for the Winter Olympics.
Saturday 9 September 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Tongans living in New Zealand say traditional family values will help sustain the language for future generations.
Tuesday 5 September 2017 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM – Nauru President Baron Waqa has indicated an $8000 visa fee for journalists will be waived when his country hosts the Pacific Islands Forum next year.
Tuesday 5 September 2017 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM – West Papua advocacy groups based in Australia and New Zealand have urged the Pacific Islands Forum to act decisively on West Papua.
Tuesday 15 August 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – At least twenty people have died in election-related violence since vote counting began last month in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province.
Tuesday 15 August 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Staff from the United States Department of Homeland Security have returned to Manus Island to interview refugees about resettlement in the US.
Tuesday 15 August 2017 | Published in Regional
GUAM – Caught in the centre of a burgeoning military crisis, residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say the threat of a North Korean missile strike is nothing new despite the authorities distributing an advice sheet telling locals what to do in the event of a nuclear attack.
Friday 2 June 2017 | Published in Regional
USA – For a while this week – among many things US President Donald Trump did and said to confound and confuse the watching world – was to have observers thinking he was tweeting in Samoan.
Friday 2 June 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A Samoan born musician’s doctoral research into traditional and contemporary music is a personal expression into identity.
Friday 2 June 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Studs, spikes and bling will be replacing traditional coconut shells and pandanus leaves at a fashion show in Auckland this weekend.
Friday 2 June 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – An NGO in Tonga has launched a campaign to stop teenagers marrying too young.
Friday 2 June 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A former senior public servant in Fiji Robin Nair says civil servants in the country are working in a climate of fear in a militarised democracy.
Friday 2 June 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Tonga prime minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva is expected to come under more pressure to step down now that the latest session of Parliament has opened.