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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.
Massive Waimea as 'Eddie' called on!
WAIMEA BAY – The world’s top big wave surfers are out in giant Waimea Bay waves honouring one of Hawai‘i’s most prestigious surfing events.
Fiji faces infrastructure rebuild
SUVA – Aid has begun arriving in some of the remote areas of Fiji that were hit hardest by Cyclone Winston at the weekend.
45,000 in evacuation centres
SUVA – The Fiji government says there are more than 45,000 people, or about five per cent of the population, in evacuation centres following Cyclone Winston.
Baby born in damaged hospital
RA – The first post cyclone baby to be born at a maternity hospital in Fiji’s badly hit Ra province probably won’t be called Winston.
Kiwis chip in to buy beach property
AWAROA INLET – A public campaign in New Zealand to buy a beach property in the Abel Tasman National Park has been successful.
Fiji's tourism industry takes big hit
NADI – Fiji’s tourism industry has taken big hit following Cyclone Winston.
Cyclones hit children the hardest
OPINION By Ethan Donnell UNICEF Fiji is reeling from one of the worst storms to hit the Pacific in fifty years after Cyclone Winston tore across the country this weekend.
Scenes of total destruction
SUVA – Fiji is likely to need more international assistance as it rebuilds after Cyclone Winston, says a government spokesperson.
Cyclone death toll increases
SUVA – The death toll from super-cyclone Winston that hit Fiji on the weekend has reached 42, with reports emerging of entire villages wiped out on some remote islands.
Region rallies to support Fiji
SUVA – Fiji’s regional partner countries say they will be guided by the Fiji government over how best they can provide help in the wake of Cyclone Winston.
Island 'flattened' by cyclone
SUVA – One island has been virtually flattened, the Fijian government says.
Fiji fronts up to devastation
SUVA – The death toll from Cyclone Winston, which tore through Fiji on the weekend, has risen to 29, officials say.
Fiji's PM calls for patience
SUVA – “This is a time of sorrow, but it will also be a time of action,” Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has said in a speech in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Winston.
French Polynesia clarifies insecticide use for Zika
PAPEETE – Health authorities in French Polynesia say they never used the insecticide which Argentinian experts link to the large number of microcephaly cases in Brazil’s Zika outbreak.
Zika case confirmed in the Marshall Islands
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands Health Department has confirmed its first zika virus case in the country.
Tourists describe cyclone horror
NADI – Australians and New Zealanders in Fiji have described the “harrowing” experience of Tropical Cyclone Winston, thought to be the biggest storm to ever hit the Southern Hemisphere.
Massive storm damage in Fiji
Massive storm damage in Fiji SUVA – Aerial images of outer islands show massive devastation to homes and vegetation after Cyclone Winston hit Fiji at the weekend.
Samoa beaten 85-0 in Melbourne
MELBOURNE – Samoa A were thrashed 85-0 by the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby team in one-off clash at AAMI Park on Friday night.
Nauru imposes new visitor visa restrictions
YAREN – Nauru has abruptly cancelled all visitor visas for Australian and New Zealand passport holders, according to the country’s airline.
SPREP aims for even louder Pacific voice
PACIFIC – The newly-appointed head of the region’s main environmental agency aims to make the voice of Pacific island countries even louder at international negotiations on climate change.
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