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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.
Vote of no confidence resubmitted
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s opposition has resubmitted a motion of no confidence in the government of the prime minister Peter O’Neill.
Opposition on climate tour of Pacific
PORT MORESBY – Australia Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says he is touring the Pacific region to investigate the impact of climate change.
Human rights under scrutiny
YAREN – United Nations member states are expected to express their concerns about human rights issues in Nauru like press freedom and the treatment of refugees at a review this week.
Fishermen lost at sea for 30 days
ESMERALDAS – The Mexican navy has rescued two Colombian and two Ecuadorean fishermen off the Pacific coast of the southern state of Chiapas.
Vanuatu chiefs seek reconciliation
PORT VILA – A group of Vanuatu chiefs from Santo and other outer islands have travelled to Port Vila hoping a custom reconciliation will result in the release of 14 jailed MPs.
Concerns as Save the Children leaves Nauru
YAREN – The head of Save the Children Australia says the end of its tenure on Nauru means there is no longer an agency to speak up for the rights of children in detention there.
PNG facing 'extraordinary' collapse in revenue
PORT MORESBY – Economists are warning that Papua New Guinea faces a collapse in government revenue of historic proportions.
Opposition challenges AG's assets
SUVA – The opposition in Fiji is challenging the findings of FICAC’s investigation into Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s declaration of assets.
West Papuans urged to be proactive
Jayapura – West Papuans are being urged to be proactive in proposing laws to protect their land and custom rights as indigenous people of their region.
Vanuatu in grip of political stalemate
PORT VILA – Vanuatu is facing the possibility of a delay in the release of its 2016 budget.
Fined but wrongdoing denied
PAGo PAGO – The owners of a fishing vessel which caused an oil spill in American Samoa last year have been fined just over one million US dollars, but still deny any wrongdoing.
PNG too 'extractive dependent'
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea needs to move away from its dependence on the extractive sector, a report says.
ABs bolt home with World Cup double
Celebrations have already started in New Zealand after the All Blacks’ record-breaking World Cup win.
Journalist first to report from Nauru
MELBOURNE – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been unable to rule out his department’s involvement in the approval of a Nauruan visa for an Australian journalist.
Children's charity 'made a scapegoat'
YAREN – The head of Save The Children Australia has defended the organisation’s controversial tenure at Australia’s offshore processing centre on Nauru.
Men told to stop being cowards
APIA – Former Manu Samoa player, Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, is calling Samoan men out – urging them to put a stop to domestic violence against women.
Plea for return of stolen goods
APIA – Former Manu Samoa player Filipo Saena – who says he has already been through hell and back after he lost his wife to cancer – is appealing to the public.
Bachelors desperate for 'matches'
SUVA – Concerns have been raised by a school manager of a district in Fiji regarding the increasing number of bachelors in villages around his district.
'Door open' to cap global warming
NEW YORK – Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal rescue pact leave the “door open” to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the United Nations says, a month ahead of crunch talks in Paris.
Fiji conference shapes Paris approach
SUVA – It is hoped the outcomes of a climate resilience conference in Fiji will give the region a strong platform before next month’s global climate change conference in Paris.
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