Regional
Samoa's new media council adopts code of ethics
Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Regional
SAMOA - The Samoa Media Council has approved the Media Code of Ethics in principle as its first decision when it met for the first time on Friday.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 20/2/2017
Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA’S QUEEN MOTHER DIES AGED 90 TONGA – Tonga’s Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho has died in Auckland, aged 90.
Tongans adopt GPS address system
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Kingdom of Tonga is getting a formal postal system for the first time.
Power disconnected in parliament
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Power has been disconnected from Papua New Guinea’s Government House and Parliament House because of outstanding bills.
Rugby player adds to call for dialysis treatment
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – A former Tongan international rugby player, who says he is stranded overseas because of kidney disease, has added his voice to calls for dialysis treatment to be provided.
Bank to help improve infrastructure in Port Vila
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Vanuatu has signed a deal for further work to achieve improved access to sanitation, drainage facilities, and roads in the capital, Port Vila.
After weeks of bushfires, now its flooding
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Firefighters in New Zealand’s second-largest city Christchurch have halted the advance of a massive bushfire that destroyed 11 homes and forced more than 1000 people to evacuate.
No budget to try to qualify for Commonwealth Games
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa will miss next year’s Commonwealth Games netball tournament because there is no money in the squad’s budget for any further test matches before the qualifying cut-off date in June.
Bad planning sees city streets flooded
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Streets in Port Moresby are being flooded by rainfall due to poor planning and design of recently built or reconstructed roads.
New Zealand government funds diabetes research initiatives
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand scientists will investigate whether microbes found inside the human gut could hold the key to battling the development of diabetes.
Tongan skier fails on debut
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA– Tongan skier Kasete Skeen was unable to achieve a result on his debut at the Alpine World Ski Champs in St Moritz.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 18/2/2017
Saturday 18 February 2017 | Published in Regional
DENGUE FEVER CLAIMS ANOTHER LIFE NEW CALEDONIA – A dengue fever epidemic in New Caledonia has claimed a second life.
Hundreds displaced by tribal wars
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Red Cross is helping refugees displaced from their homes in due to ongoing warfare in a remote part of the Pacific.
Christchurch fire under control
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Firefighters in New Zealand’s second-largest city have halted a wildfire after it burned down 11 houses in the outer suburbs and forced more than 1000 people to evacuate.
Government not focused on dialysis
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Tongan government does not have the finances to provide dialysis treatment but is instead aiming to address rates of renal failure and kidney disease by managing rates of diabetes first.
Chinese investment in PNG causing unease
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – In the mountains near Port Moresby, a new road and a new bridge mark the site of Papua New Guinea’s most recent hydroelectricity project.
Northern Marianas shocked by abuse allegations
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NORTHERN MARIANAS – The Northern Marianas has been rocked by allegations its former Catholic bishop abused an altar boy when he was a priest on Guam.
Performance inspired by past life on Rapa Nui
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
EASTER ISLAND – New Zealander Lisa Allan has a strong feeling she once travelled with ancient Polynesian mariners from Rapa Nui to New Zealand.
NZ should take refugees
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The Green Party in New Zealand says Prime Minister Bill English should offer to take the 1200 refugees currently being held on Nauru and Manus Island if Australia’s deal with the United States falls over.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 17/2/2017
Friday 17 February 2017 | Published in Regional
INTEGRITY OF CHURCH TRIAL DOUBTED GUAM – A lawyer representing former altar boys on Guam is casting doubt on the trial being held by the Vatican to investigate allegations the island’s Archbishop abused them.