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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.
Futuristic yacht sinks in the Pacific
PAPEETE – A European eco-explorer has been rescued in the Austral Islands in southern French Polynesia after his purpose-built “yacht of the future” sank off the island of Tubuai.
Worrying litany of accidents
JAKARTA – The Trigana Air disaster is just the latest in a list of air accidents in Indonesia, which has a poor aviation safety record and has suffered major disasters in recent months, including the crash of an AirAsia plane in December with the loss of 162 lives.
No survivors in Papua plane crash
All 54 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in West Papua found dead.
Underlying shades of racism need to be tackled
Oscar Vai To’elau Kightley (pictured right), a Samoa-born New Zealand actor, TV presenter and screenwriter, recently took a look at the changing currents of Pasifika racism in New Zealand in this article published in the Sunday News.
Walking trail seeks world heritage status
KOKODA – Australia and Papua New Guinea are to jointly seek a world heritage listing for the Owen Stanley Ranges and the famous Kokoda Track.
Athlete dies in fall from truck
Fagae‘e – A promising young Samoan athlete has died after falling from the back of a truck while on the way home from a fund raising outing for his school’s athletics team.
Vow to 'crush' insurrection
Over 60 Fijians arrested linked to attempts to form a breakaway state.
Plane down in remote mountains
Treacherous terrain hampers rescue efforts for crashed Indonesian airliner.
Sedition accused have rights denied, lawyer says
TAVUA – The lawyer for several people facing sedition charges in Fiji has hit out at prosecutors saying they are not following due process.
Angry Tonga minister calls the speaker a 'dictator'
NUKU‘ALOFA – There have been angry scenes in Tonga’s parliament this week.
Major ban on fruit and vegetable imports
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Agriculture and Livestock Minister Tommy Tomscoll has announced a major ban on the import of more than ten different fruits and vegetables.
Canberra rejects Nauru torture claims
CANBERRA – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims of waterboarding at the Nauru detention centre are unsubstantiated.
Average Teahupo'o delivers first day surprises
TEAHUPO‘O – Challenging conditions welcomed the world’s best surfers on the opening day of competition at the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, in Teahupoo on Saturday local time.
Sugar mill deaths raise safety concerns
BA – Two accidents in less than a week at the Rarawai sugar mill have raised questions about the level of safety in the factories in Fiji’s sugar cane belt.
Marianas dodge storms
SAIPAN – The Northern Mariana Islands this weekend escaped a direct hit from two tropical storms that have since intensified into typhoons.
54 feared dead in Papua plane crash
JAYAPURA – A plane with 54 people on board has crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua, a government official has said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the South East Asian nation.
Chaos as crowds overwhelm Red Cross
SAIPAN – A desperate crowd of about 2000 people on Saipan forced police to close an important airport route when people spilled into the road and fought with each other as they waited for relief assistance from the Northern Marianas chapter of the American Red Cross in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.
Typhoon Soudelor was a 'unique storm'
SAIPAN – The National Weather Service in Guam has ruled out that Typhoon Soudelor brought in super typhoon or Category 5-strength winds when it hit Saipan last week, saying damage sustained by the island was more nsistent with a Category 3 typhoon.
Marianas on typhoon alert again
A tropical depression is forecast to become Typhoon Goni as it moves through the Marianas this weekend.
Chief's reject rebels cause
Bainimarama says so-called rebel military units pose no threat.
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