Fiji's Prime Minister is set to restore a backbencher to cabinet after she appeared in a private video dancing naked.
New Zealand Defence Force figures show more than half a million litres of diesel fuel aboard the Manawanui when it sank has not been taken off it.
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Tongan Language Week has kicked off with a celebration of unity and culture in Wellington on Monday.
NEW ZEALAND – A petition has been tabled in New Zealand’s parliament calling on the government to make a number of representations on the plight of West Papuans.
SAMOA – Samoa’s Ombudsman plans to launch a national enquiry into violence next year.
NEW CALEDONIA – An Australian kitesurfer has died in a shark attack off New Caledonia’s main island, in the second fatal attack in the South Pacific territory in six months.
New report paints bleak picture for marine life
VANUATU – The new head of the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu says preparations for next year’s event are about to hit top-gear.
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands environment ministry has condemned the “immoral behaviour” of an Australian miner for selling an abandoned gold mine to traditional landowners for one hundred dollars.
SAMOA – The newly-crowned Miss Samoa Fa‘afafine, Precillia Mulinuu Ulberg, believes that fa‘afafine deserve a special day in Samoa in line with Mothers Day, Fathers Day and White Sunday.
Samoa’s Tuilaepa has spiritual writing translated
PITCAIRN ISLAND – A search is underway for treasures from Pitcairn Island which have been disseminated abroad along with Pitcairn’s diaspora.
FIJI – A Fiji businessman was reportedly beaten and left for dead after being attacked in his home on Tuesday, allegedly by security forces.
NORFOLK ISLAND – A cross party delegation of British MPs has called on Australia to review its decision to remove the autonomy of Norfolk Island.
AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s decision not to renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru has left Australia’s offshore detention policy foundering.
FRENCH POLYNESIA – There is a call for France to extend its state of emergency in force since last year’s Paris bombings to French Polynesia to counter Islamic radicalism.
Spectator killed in brawl after match in Port Moresby
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s founding prime minister Sir Michael Somare has denied receiving bribes or inducements, after a Singapore court said he got more than A$1 million from a money laundering scam.
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s prime minister has said he “read the riot act” to three ministers after they went home early, meaning his government lost a series of votes.
HAWAI ‘I – Barack Obama has issued perhaps his most personal plea yet to overcome the existential threat posed by climate change.
PACIFIC – Pacific island leaders have called for continuity in the region’s relationship with the United States ahead of the imminent change of government in Washington.
AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s announcement that it will not renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru is yet another serious blow for offshore detention.
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