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23 September 2024
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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Brexit: NZ beef-up, or sacrificial lamb?
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand exporters are closely watching the next moves by the UK and the EU after Britain voted to go it alone to ensure primary producers can keep the same access they have had to the two markets.
Regional diplomats visit West Papua
WEST PAPUA – New Zealand’s government has confirmed its ambassador to Indonesia, Dr Trevor Matheson, visited Jayapura and Merauke in West Papua last week. The visit took place at the invitation of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Panjaitan.
Manus closure enforcement nearer
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A lawyer for detainees on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island says the Supreme Court has given further direction over enforcement of April’s ruling that their detention was illegal.
Crash victims still in hospital
VANUATU – Two young Queensland brothers remain in hospital five days after they were seriously injured in a deadly Vanuatu bus crash.
University buildings set on fire
Police say campus vandalism a law and order issue
Nauru hits out at activist journalism
THE GOVERNMENT of Nauru has this week issued a statement via its website denying it has any form of media ban in place.
American Samoa's Zika babies in good health
AMERICAN SAMOA – In American Samoa, initial reports on the first babies born to women who contracted the Zika virus say they are in good health. Fourteen pregnant women in American Samoa are confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus since the territory recorded its first case in February.
Electioneering underway in territory
AMERICAN SAMOA – A candidate for lieutenant governor in American Samoa has criticised the incumbant government for accumulating long-term debt of nearly US$150 million.
Students riot at university campus
Vehicles set on fire in clash with security guards
Team Fiji managing Olympic medal expectations
FIJI – The Fiji Olympic Committee is carrying the weight of the nation’s expectations as it targets a first ever Olympic medal.
University students seek mutual apologies
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Students of the University of Papua New Guinea have requested a formal reconciliation process with the institution’s administration before returning to class.
Optimism in reversing NCD crisis prevails
TONGA – Reversing the Non-communicable Disease (NCD) epidemic in the Pacific region will require new ways of working together, Pacific Leaders were exhorted this week by UNDP Administrator and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark.
World Bank focuses on what is possible
TONGA – A new World Bank report has put the spotlight on the economic threat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) pose to the Pacific islands, with heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease emerging as the top killers in the region.
Nauru report 'sanitised'
NAURU – A recent report on Nauru by Australia’s Nine Network has been criticised for imbalance.
Pacific challenged to fight NCDs
TONGA – Tonga’s health minister, Saia Piukala, has challenged Pacific governments to step up and be counted in the fight to address non-communicable diseases NCDs).
Injured in strong position to sue
VANUATU – Cruise ship passengers injured in an horrific head-on crash in Vanuatu are in a strong position to sue P&O, an Australian law firm has claimed.
Driver charged after fatal bus crash
P&O takes stock after cruise ship tourists injured
Inequality revealed in New Zealand dental care
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand dentists are being asked to “take a good hard look at themselves” following the latest survey to come out of Otago University. Researchers have found obvious inequalities when it comes to dental care and certain nationalities.
Shower curtain murals 'profoundly insulting'
NEW ZEALAND – An American online store selling shower curtains depicting historic Maori is being called deplorable for the culturally inappropriate items.
Children dying of malnutrition in Vanuatu
VANUATU – Children are dying because of malnutrition in parts of Vanuatu more than a year after Cyclone Pam devastated crops and livelihoods across the Pacific island chain.
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