Regional
'No-one safe at detention centre'
Wednesday 19 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An asylum seeker detained by Australia on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island says he thought he was going to die during the Good Friday attack on the detention centre by officers in the PNG navy.
Dismissal of clergy sex abuse charges sought
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
GUAM – The Archdiocese of Agana in Guam has asked the US Federal Court to dismiss dozens of clergy sex abuse lawsuits, based on a challenge to a seven-month-old law that lifted the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse cases.
And call for preservation of their language
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niuean leaders are calling for locals and Niueans living abroad to fight for the preservation of the Niuean language.
Niueans celebrate their art and culture
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niue’s fifth Arts and Cultural Festival is now underway with hundreds of participants and visitors taking part in the week-long event.
Right hand man joins opposition
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A former right hand man to Fiji’s Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has joined the opposition, complaining of a climate of fear and intolerance of dissent within the governing party.
Shots fired in Manus Island melee
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Defence Force is investigating an incident in which military personnel fired shots at Australia’s refugee detention centre on Manus Island.
Tribute for woman who designed PNG's flag
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has extended condolences to the family of the woman who designed the national flag, the late Susan Karike Huhume.
Press ban amounts to diplomatic insult
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Australia and Papua New Guinea must review media relations after two separate but equally “shocking” bans on PNG press, according to the Pacific Freedom Forum.
Pay fines or boats will be destroyed
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Vietnamese fishing boats caught fishing illegally in Solomon Islands have been fined US$4.6 million – and if the owners don’t come forward and pay the fines the boats will be destroyed.
Niueans fight to retain language
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niuean leaders are calling for locals and Niueans living abroad to fight for the preservation of Niuean language.
PNG press ban a colonial flashback
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A ban on local media from covering press conferences held by Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull during his visit to Papua New Guinea has been described as an example of remnant attitudes leftover from colonial times.
Students bong session went viral
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Six students of a high school in Nadi have been removed from the institution after they were photographed allegedly smoking drugs.
Nuie league looking for talent
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niue’s rugby league coach is hoping that more players with Niuean heritage will be discovered now that an Emerging Nations World Championship has been confirmed.
Child labour decreasing
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The International Labour Organisation says Papua New Guinea’s government is making inroads to the problem of child labour.
Backflip on military build-up questioned
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
GUAM – A chorus of voices on Guam is questioning the governor’s decision to withdraw his support for the military build-up.
Four Vanuatu MPs cross the floor
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Four MPs in Vanuatu have crossed the floor strengthening government numbers but still not by enough to ensure proposed constitutional reforms.
Barred from press conferences
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A veteran journalist says she was told she could not attend press conferences during last week’s visit to Papua New Guinea by Australia’s prime minister.
Islands assessing cyclone damage
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – The body of a 73-year-old man has been found a day after he went missing during Cyclone Cook in New Caledonia.
NZ patrol boat Hawea to be stationed in Fiji
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – New Zealand will send the inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Hawea and a crew of 25 to Fiji for six months from May in a major advance in defence cooperation between the two countries.
Herald raises $216,000 for Pacific project
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A joint New Zealand Herald and World Vision effort to raise money for those living in the remote Pacific has brought in more than double its initial target.