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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.
Food shortage sparks panic
PORT VILA – In Vanuatu, six months after Cyclone Pam devastated the country, there are fears an El Niño-linked drought could create major food shortages.
Tong saddened by 'vulgar joke'
MAJURO – The president of Kiribati has lashed out at Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, labelling him morally irresponsible for making a “vulgar” joke about rising sea levels in the Pacific.
Solomons pushes for West Papua inclusion
PORT MORESBY – The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has pushed for a West Papuan group to be admitted to the Pacific Islands Forum.
Teo says bigeye catch must be cut
PORT MORESBY – The executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission, says he is making it his mission to cut the size of the bigeye catch in the region.
Unity on climate change fails
PORT MORESBY – Pacific Island leaders have split on how to tackle dangerous climate change at a key regional summit, with Australia and New Zealand declining to back an ambitious target to limit global temperature increases to 1.5°C.
From the streets to world stage
APIA – Young Samoan weightlifter Junior Falaniko is a mighty proud young man.
Brutal murder
NARIA – A Fijian teenage high school student was viciously hacked to death by a sugarcane cutter at Naria, Rakiraki, this week.
He's a chip off the Opeloge block
APIA – The newest weightlifter from the famous Opeloge family to have won a medal at a world class sporting event is Samoan teenager Don Opeloge.
Warning of cancer epidemic in Melanesia
SYDNEY – An Australian oral cancer expert says Melanesia – and Papua New Guinea in particular – may be experiencing an undiagnosed oral cancer epidemic.
Sustainable fisheries a hot topic
PORT MORESBY – The chair of the Forum Fisheries Ministerial group Elisala Pita has presented what he calls a roadmap for sustainable fisheries in the region.
Big brothers may get cold shoulder
Port Moresby – Several small island states could walk out on the Pacific Islands Forum if Australia and New Zealand force them to compromise on a declaration demanding an ambitious target to combat climate change.
Forum seen as rehearsal for bigger show
PORT MORESBY – Keep calm and carry on. If ever there was a man for this motto, it’s Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill.
Islands need not be passive victims
Pacific islands are not passive victims of climate change, but will need help, suggests a commentary by Australian academnics Jeremy Kohlitz and Pierre Mukheibir on the website The Conversation – an online collaboration between editors and academics to provide informed news analysis and commentary.
O'Neill demands guards return
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill will ask his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott for the return of three Australian Manus Island security guards to face questioning over rape allegations.
Aid boosted and TV deal planned
PORT MORESBY – New Zealand has announced it is increasing its aid to the Pacific by an additional NZ$100 million over the next three years.
World Cup warm up
LONDON – Manu Samoa has thanked the London Wasps Rugby Club for their support of Samoa’s Rugby World Cup preparation.
Fijian wrestler facing murder charge
NEW JERSEY – Professional Fijian wrestling star from the 1980s, Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka, has been charged with third degree murder and involuntary manslaughter of his girlfriend back in 1983.
'Just us girls' on international flight
SUVA – Airline Fiji Link created aviation history when an all-female crew, piloted and served passengers on an ATR-72 flight this week to Apia, Western Samoa.
Woman slain in brutal attack in Samoa
APIA – As Samoa continues to debate the ongoing issue of violence against women, what appears to be a brutal murder has shocked Samoa.
Forum demands climate support
PORT MORESBY – Australia has been warned it could be asked to leave the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) if it does not start supporting stronger action on climate change.
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