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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.
Samoa PM embraces stigmata as a miracle
Samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister has praised a young Samoan woman who claims to be carrying the marks of Jesus Christ’s suffered during his crucifixion.
Fiji weather a 'historical catastrophe'
FIJI – Fiji is experiencing a “totally historical catastrophe” after almost non-stop cyclones, storms and flooding.
Security firm embroiled in scandal
AUSTRALIA – Wilson Security faces renewed questions about its fitness as security contractor in Australia’s offshore detention centres in light of its corporate links to a tax haven – a corruption scandal that has embroiled its Hong Kong owners and allegations that hundreds of staff have been underpaid.
Guard violence on Nauru denied
NAURU – Australia’s asylum seeking detainees on Nauru are standing by their allegations that guards assaulted people, allegedly including children, during a disturbance on Wednesday night.
Asylum seekers assessments 'completed'
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Government says it has finished assessing whether the asylum seekers detained on Australia’s behalf on Manus Island are refugees.
Stigmatist tells congregation of her Easter vision
SAMOA – A young Samoan woman claiming to be suffering the stigmata told her story during a special Catholic mass held in Apia last week.
Fiji PM plans cyclone assistance
FIJI – Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is expected to reveal a key assistance package for those directly affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston.
Inquiry into fuel tank fire underway
SAMOA – Samoa’s police and fire officials, along with experts from overseas, have been investigating an oil tank explosion on Monday which claimed one life.
Apia saved by a 'miracle'?
SAMOA – The young woman in Samoa who believes she carries the stigmata has already claimed a major miracle on behalf of God.
Samoa divided over stigmata claim
SAMOA – A Samoan woman’s claims that she has Christ’s stigmata has gripped the Pacific Island nation in recent weeks.
Valerie Adams ties the knot
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Tongan-born shotput star Valerie Adams has tied the knot with her long-time friend Gabriel Price in a small Mormon ceremony at Temple View in Hamilton.
Kiribati announces new priorities
KIRIBATI – Decentralisation, free education and a lift in copra prices are some of the priorities of the administration of Kiribati’s new president Taneti Maamau.
Apia 'could have been blown up'
SAMOA – Suggestions that the fire at one of the fuel tanks at Apia’s Matautu Wharf on Monday could have blown up the entire wharf area, destroying a large part of the Apia waterfront and placing hundreds of lives at risk, have been rejected by the fuel storage facility’s owner.
Mother sold six-year-old daughter for sex
TONGA – A Tongan woman who took her six-year-old daughter to the United States to be used as a sex toy has been jailed for 26 years.
Cost estimates for Games detailed
TONGA – Tonga will need to find up to NZ$73.6 million to fund the Pacific Games in 2019 according to a consultant’s report, but the real cost could be more than NZ$100 million, according to a report in Kaniva News.
Swimming in floodwaters banned
FIJI – Fiji’s Commissioner of Police said the main purpose of the Restriction of Movement order is to prevent loitering so that people who are not on essential duties can be ordered away from dangerous situations.
Fiji under curfew as cyclone passes
FIJI – Tropical cyclone Zena has weakened to a category two system as it leaves Fiji, the Fiji Meteorological Service says.
Authority cracks down on Nadi's pirate taxi drivers
FIJI – A total of thirty illegally operated or “pirate” taxis were seized in Nadi by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) last weekend.
Court clears way for case against PM O'Neill
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The director of Papua New Guinea’s police fraud and anti-corruption unit has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court to discharge orders preventing his team investigating the prime minister over alleged fraud.
Samoa's 'Panama Connection' revealed
SAMOA – An officer at Samoa’s high commission in Australia routinely assisted Mossack Fonseca in creating shell companies, files from the firm reveal.
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