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Pacific
Author Tom Neale’s Suwarrow journals donated to National Library of NZ
The Cook Islands High Commission in New Zealand was delighted to attend the handover of renowned author Tom Neale’s journals to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington over a week ago.
Australian High Commissioner Smith departs, Hodson to take over
The Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Phoebe Smith, has completed her two-year term and will return to Canberra today.
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.
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.
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