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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.
PNG demands return of accused guards
Australia rejects cover-up over security guard rape allegations
Four saved from burning
PORT MORESBY – Reports from Papua New Guinea say police have saved four women from being burnt to death after they were accused of practising sorcery.
PNG's Ok Tedi mine to shut down
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s controversial Ok Tedi mine will slash its workforce and halt production due to weak copper prices and recent dry weather, managing director Peter Graham has told staff.
Heaviest wave ridden by a woman
Teahupo‘o – Keala Kennelly has caught one of heaviest Teahupo‘o bombs ever by a female surfer. The veteran surfer from Kauai followed an XXL swell hitting Tahiti and scored the wave of a lifetime.
Teahupo'o delivers worst-ever wipeout
TEAHUPO‘O – It’s being described as perhaps the heaviest wipe-out in surfing history.
Samoa lost $1.5m on All Blacks
APIA – Samoa revelled recently in the much-publicised visit to Apia by the All Blacks rugby team – however the Samoa Observer newspaper is raining a little on the nation’s after-match parade.
Ministry urged to help Maori quit
WELLINGTON – In New Zealand, the Maori Affairs Select Committee says the Ministry of Health needs to engage with whanau more effectively to help them stop smoking.
Arrest for treasury fraud
PORT MORESBY – An arrest warrant has been issued for Papua New Guinea’s treasury secretary Diari Vele over allegations of corruption in the purchase of two Israeli gas turbines.
Forum head visits Nauru MPs worried Dame Meg is just ticking the boxes
YAREN – Nauru’s suspended opposition MPs have not been invited to meet the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum during her visit to the island.
Vanuatu's Natapei dead
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s former prime minister Edward Natapei has died after a long-term illness. The current opposition leader passed away in a hospital in Port Vila yesterday morning at the age of 61.
Guards sent home amid rape inquiry
LORENGAU – A Papua New Guinea MP says police are investigating the alleged rape of a Manus island woman at the Australian-run detention centre by three expatriate workers.
Murder-suicide shocks Suva
SUVA – An apparent murder-suicide at a family home in a Suva suburb left three people dead and another seriously injured at the weekend.
PNG undergoing a sporting revolution
PORT MORESBY – As the 15th Pacific Games wrapped up in PNG there were signs that a sporting revolution might just have begun in the developing Pacific country, spearheaded by a young Australian sports coach.
Climate change text 'unmanageable'
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands foreign minister says political leaders working on a new United Nations deal to tackle climate change need a negotiating text that is shorter and more manageable.
Diplomat's departure 'unusual'
CANBERRA – Australia’s oreign Minister Julie Bishop has refused to elaborate on why Australia’s high commissioner to Papua New Guinea left her post eight months early.
Alleged murderers walk streets
LORENGAU – One of the men accused of beating an Iranian asylum seeker to death on Manus Island is walking free despite not being granted bail.
Pacific trade deal moves closer
PACIFIC – The Pacific’s chief trade advisor says “significant progress” has been made with the Pacer Plus trade agreement and it should be concluded by September next year.
Assessing reef damage from snorkelling tourists
KOROR – A study is underway in Palau to assess the damage of increased recreational use of coral reefs.
University course aims to improve Pacific health
AUCKLAND – A new university course is aiming to address health inequalities and improve the health of the Pacific population in New Zealand.
Money raining from the coconut trees
SUMATE – As his boat glided effortlessly into a tranquil palm-fringed bay on the west coast of Guadalcanal, Dan Etherington had no idea what would follow.
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