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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.
McCully suspends aid to Nauru
WELLINGTON – New Zealand has suspended aid to Nauru’s justice sector in a move that had been anticipated after its criticism of government actions seen as diminishing the rule of law.
Third summit to be an 'historic occasion'
SUVA – The Third Pacific Islands Development Forum Leaders’ Summit (PIDF3) has attracted over 300 delegates from over thirty countries to the meeting in Suva.
Australia accused of undermining forum
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has accused Australia of undermining the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
Minister pleads guilty to bribery
PORT VILA – A case before Vanuatu’s Supreme Court implicating 18 of the nation’s MPs in bribery has taken a dramatic twist as finance minister Willie Jimmy entered a guilty plea on two counts on Wednesday.
Athletes denied entry to Samoa
APIA – The Commonwealth Games Federation says it’s Samoa’s “sovereign right” to decline Sierra Leone athletes entry to the country because of fears over the Ebola virus.
Archdeacon sends a message
GOSFORD – The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle has defended a priest over a sign outside a Gosford church that read, ‘Hell exists and it’s on Nauru’.
MSG considers transport services
PORT MORESBY – The Melanesian Spearhead Group is undertaking a feasibility study on the value of operating its own shipping and airline services.
Reported drought deaths jumps to 24
PORT MORESBY – There are reports from Chimbu Province in Papua New Guinea that 24 people have now died as a result of the severe drought hitting the Highlands.
Cultural show of respect stirs up debate
SYDNEY – Photos of women lying on the ground while Tonga’s Princess Pilolevu Tuita walks over them have stirred up mixed reactions on social media.
Surgeon sceptical of traditional healing
WELLINGTON – A medical expert is sceptical about the natural remedies used in the treatment of All Black Waisake Naholo’s fractured leg bone.
Naholo's recovery captures headlines
AUCKLAND – The Waisake Naholo recovery story seems too amazing to be true.
Trio of hurricanes on the march
HONOLULU – It’s never been seen before – three Category 4 hurricanes marching across the Pacific at the same time.
Inquiry slams refugee centre
CANBERRA – The Australian government should speed up the removal of all asylum seeker children and their families from the Nauru detention centre, a Senate inquiry has recommended.
Ben's ready to be first to swim across the Pacific
AUSTIN – Ben Lecomte is the first person ever to free swim across the Atlantic Ocean without the aid of flotation. In 1998, when Lecomte emerged from the Atlantic in north west France, his first words were “Never again!” to swimming such a large distance.
PNG drought crisis worsening
PORT MORESBY – Drought and frosts have wiped out subsistence crops in Papua New Guinea’s highland areas, where villagers are facing months without food if they do not receive help.
Dissidents 'will be crushed'
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has promised to jail dissidents for “many years” – including those based overseas – that he claimed were plotting to overthrow his government amid reports of attempts in the Pacific nation to set up a breakaway state.
'Patrolling' troops spark rumours
TAVUA – The usually quiet northern Fiji town of Tavua was abuzz with soldiers dressed in full military gear, some carrying rifles who stopped over to shop on Thursday.
Church petitions against death penalty
PORT MORESBY – The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is lobbying for supporters to sign a petition opposing the death penalty.
PM: 'There's no poverty in Samoa'
APIA – There’s no poverty in Samoa. So says Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, who has rejected a segment of the first State of Human Rights Report for Samoa about poverty in his country.
Some surprises in World Cup selection
wellington – Malakai Fekitoa elatedly tweeted this weekend to express how he felt after he was announced as one of the 31 All Blacks squad elected for the Rugby World Cup 2015.
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