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Pacific
Cook Islander describes ‘severe’ impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred in Australia
Cook Islander Archie Atiau says the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which affected South East Queensland and the New South Wales North Coast, Australia, has been severe.
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.
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.
Total airport rebuild for Port Vila
PORT VILA – The World Bank says a US$60 million loan to Vanuatu will be used for a much needed overhaul of its entire aviation industry.
Food the issue in Tonga's islands
NUKU‘ALOFA – The director of Tonga’s emergency management office says food security is a major concern after cyclone Winston passed through the country twice this week.
- Category Five Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston has now entered the Fiji waters with average winds of 220 kilometres an hour and momentary gusts up to 315km an hour close to its centre.
Located about 120km north of Lakeba or about 320km east-northeast of Suva at 5am yesterday, Winston was moving west at 22km an hour.
Fiji islands braces for 'megastorm'
SUVA – Fiji was yesterday morning bracing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Winston, a Category Five storm expected to bring huge waves and destructive winds.
New Zealand gives aid to Fiji
SUVA – Fiji’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, and his New Zealand counterpart, Murray McCully, have signed a multi year aid agreemeent.
PNG treasury: 'We are not broke'
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea is not broke, says Treasury Secretary Dairi Vele.
High water temperatures trouble the Pacific
PACIFIC – Thousands of dead fish have been washed up on the shores of Fiji and Vanuatu as El Niño causes high water temperatures.
Trans-Tasman movement under discussion
SYDNEY – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is meeting with his New Zealand counterpart on Friday amid news that, on average, every day a New Zealand citizen is being stripped of his or her Australian visa.
Tears and hope in the eye of the storm
WELLINGTON – There were tears and tales of panic as well as messages of hope from Pacific islanders at a climate change conference in New Zealand this week.
Initial response aid provided
WELLINGTON – New Zealand is providing US$39,000 as an initial response to help emergency personnel on Tonga’s northern island group of Vava‘u.
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