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Pacific
Tabuya ‘an ideal Minister for Information’, Fiji’s PM says
Fiji's Prime Minister is set to restore a backbencher to cabinet after she appeared in a private video dancing naked.
Diesel fuel aboard sunken Manawanui still unaccounted for
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.
Call for a trans-Tasman tourist visa
NEW ZEALAND – Tourism bodies are calling for a visa that would allow overseas tourists to travel seamlessly between Australia and New Zealand.
Fraud squad office still locked
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s police fraud squad remains unable to access its office and files amid a standoff over a major fraud case.
Cyclone 'miraculously' spares Samoa
samoa – Samoa appears to have emerged largely unscathed by Cyclone Amos which was predicted to violently hit the country on Saturday night.
Inter-tribal fighting ruining tourism in PNG province
Papua New Guinea – Tribal conflict in the Papua New Guina provinicia. town of Madang town is destroying the tourism industry in the Madang Province.
Japan starts work on building Tonga's new wharf
TONGA – A major US$30 million upgrade of the domestic wharf in Nuku‘alofa to be completed by 2018, was launched this week with a ground breaking ceremony by Tonga’s King Tupou VI.
Fiji's police commissioner visits Port Moresby
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – In the middle of a growing political crisis in Papua New Guinea surrounding the closing down of the anti-corruption branch of the PNG police force by the police commissioner, the police commissioner of Fiji has arrived for an official visit.
Transparency NGO reprimands police boss
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Transparency International PNG has called on the Police Commissioner of Papua New Guinea to immediately reopen the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate .
Somare urges O'Neill to surrender
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s first prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, has called for current prime minister Peter O’Neill to respect the rule of law and stand down.
PNG doubts Australia's commitment
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea has called on the Australian government to restrict coal mining amid doubts about the effectiveness of the Paris Agreement on carbon emissions.
Psychological trauma ongoing
FIJI – Hundreds of people in villages all over Fiji are in a desperate psychological state, say counsellors helping people recover after Cyclone Winston.
Samoas brace for cyclone's wrath
PACIFIC – As world leader gathered in New York to sign a historic climate change deal, Pacific islanders are anxiously watching the threatening approach of yet another tropical cyclone.
Royal stoush sees conference moved
WALLIS AND FUTUNA – A Pacific Community (SPC)conference due to be held in Wallis and Futuna this week has been moved to New Caledonia because of the tension emanating from the installation of two rival kings over the weekend.
Ousted government welcomes 'challenge'
KIRIBATI – The former ruling party in Kiribati, Boutokaan te Koaua, of BTK, has publicly welcomed its defeat in the presidential election.
Big names unable to boost Samoa's sevens
SAMOA – Samoa has admitted defeat in its efforts to secure some high profile fifteen-a-side stars to boost their chances of qualifying for the Olympic sevens competition.
It was the hottest March since records kept
PACIFIC – Record breaking temperatures worldwide last month is not good news for the Pacific’s low-lying islands.
Bank defends doing business on Nauru
NAURU – Australia’s Bendigo Bank is facing calls to close down its operations in Nauru, after Westpac announced it would cut ties with the island nation’s government.
Tax exemption reversal celebrated
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Campaigners in the Solomon Islands are celebrating a High Court decision to reverse a controversial tax exemption for MPs’ salaries.
Fiji students pledge to be good
FIJI – School students in Fiji are to make eight promises every morning as part of acompulsory nationwide initiative the Ministry of Education hopes will raise national pride, reduce absenteeism, bullying and disruptive behaviour – and even curb unwise sexual activities.
Rescued after nine days adrift
FIJI – In Fiji, an 18-year-old youth has been found after drifting at sea for nine days.
Cyclone intensifies after about turn
PACIFIC – On Thursday evening Tropical Cyclone Amos was moving southeast and intensifying but remained largely over open water as it headed towards the Samoas.
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