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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.
Conspiracy charges loom over jailed MPs
PORT VILA – The preliminary inquiry into conspiracy charges against 11 Vanuatu MPs has been adjourned until November 27 by the Port Vila Magistrates Court.
French Pacific territories on alert
NOUMEA – About 250 people in New Caledonia gathered in central Noumea to express their solidarity with the victims of the attacks in Paris.
Fiji squatters receive titles to land
LAUTOKA – After recently giving out land titles to 40 squatters in Lautoka, Fiji’s government says it will extend the same status to residents in 16 more squatter settlements over the next two years.
Big wave surfer vanishes off Waimea
WAIALUA – Surfers worldwide have acknowledged the likely death of a celebrated Hawai‘i big-wave surfer who went missing on Oahu’s North Shore late last month.
Intensive logging persists in PNG
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s government has indicated it will allow intensive logging under the pretext of agricultural development to continue.
NFP says military still dominates Fiji
SUVA – The opposition National Federation Party says the resignation of Fiji’s the Police Commissioner shows that military rule remains supreme in Fiji.
Rugby World Cup opens up for Pacific teams
PACIFIC – Up to four Pacific rugby nations could potentially feature at the next World Cup following the announcement of a revamped qualifying process.
Fiji military officer denied bail
SUVA – A Fiji military officer, Pita Matairavula, charged with sexual assault of a prison escapee has been denied bail a second time.
Refugee children turn to Facebook
YAREN – Refugee and asylum seeker children on Nauru have started a clandestine campaign to get off the island, launching a Facebook page they hope will give them a face globally.
Jihadist network targeted in Europe
ROME – Police have targeted 17 people in raids in several European countries connected to a suspected jihadist network.
Where the land is turning to dust
In the Pacific rising tides are lapping away at the sands of many low lying nations and may soon spark mass migration. But in Africa apparent climate change is causing the same problem but in reverse. The UN predicts over 50 million people will be forced to leave their homes by 2020 because their land is being overwhelmed by sand. This desertification is already happening in Senegal, writes Laeila Adjovi for the BBC.
Military man appears in court
SUVA – Fiji military officer, Pita Matairavula, charged with sexual assault in a high profile case was due in court yesterday to hear if he would be granted bail.
Jailed Vanuatu MPs
- Deputy prime minister Moana Carcasses: 4 years.
Vanuatu court hears MPs' appeals
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Court of Appeal has began hearing the cases of 14 MPs jailed for bribery last month.
Surfer mauled by shark
BALLINA – A surfer has undergone surgery at a Gold Coast Hospital after he was mauled by a shark off Australia’s NSW far north coast.
Four girls rowing a pink boat across the Pacific
APIA – Four British women, who are on a world record breaking mission to row across the Pacific, left Samoa this week on the last leg of their epic trip, heading to Cairns in northern Queensland.
Economic disadvantage affecting achievement
AUCKLAND – Financial pressures are being blamed for New Zealand Pasifika students’ stagnant achievement at universities and colleges.
Nations to get seats on World Rugby Council
PACIFIC – Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are to get seats on an expanded World Rugby Council in what’s been called the biggest positive step in Pacific rugby ever.
Violence on streets of Lae
LAE – Police in Papua New Guinea’s second largest city Lae remain on alert after a mass protest against foreigners left one person dead and several others injured.
Groenewald resignation a 'set back'
WELLINGTON – The sudden resignation of Fiji’s police commissioner has sparked concern around the region.
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