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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.
Team forced to flee remote island
KERMADEC – Tropical Cyclone Pam has forced a scientific team on board the navy’s HMZS Wellington to cut short its mission to the Kermadec Islands.
Vanuatu prepares for the worst
PORT VILA – Tropical cyclone Pam has been upgraded to a category four storm as it heads towards Vanuatu.
New tourist attraction
NUKU‘ALOFA – A newly-formed volcanic island off Tonga could be the country’s latest tourism attraction, a local tourism operator says.
Close encounter
SAIPAN – Military and civilian aircraft came disturbingly close in the skies between Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Marianas last week.
Auckland's Pasifika are heading south
TUAKAU – Small towns on the outskirts of Auckland are reporting an influx of residents in recent times, as house and rental prices continue to rise in the city.
Fruit flies oust Pasifika Festival
AUCKLAND – Auckland’s Pasifika Festival has been moved to Manukau due to the outbreak of the Queensland fruit fly.
Fiji media furore may bring about changes
SUVA – The furore over a contested Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) “ruling” against the Fiji Sun over two newspaper articles may lead to changes, according to the national journalists’ advocacy body.
Police chief attacked by villagers
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Acting Police Commissioner Jim Andrews has condemned an attack on the Jiwaka Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Joseph Tondop.
'Faceless advocates' stirring trouble
YAREN – Nauru’s president has accused “faceless” Australian refugee advocates of provoking violence on the island nation.
Fiji leader criticises resettling asylum seekers in the Pacific
GENEVA – Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama has taken a swipe at Australia’s practice of resettling asylum seekers in the Pacific.
Refugees vow to continue protests
YAREN – Hundreds of refugees on Nauru say they will continue to protest against what they say are slave-like living conditions on the remote Pacific island.
Tonga's millennium goals remain a challenge
Nuku‘alofa – A Tonga government review reveals that Tonga has fallen behind in three Millennium Development Goals – poverty eradication, gender equality and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Organic strategy
PACIFIC – Organic farming is being touted as a key strategy in the fight against climate change in the Pacific.
China and the Pacific: The view from Oceania
Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi spoke to officially the open the Conference on ‘China and the Pacific: The View from Oceania’ being held in Apia at the National University of Samoa. This was his address.
Coming to terms with China in the Pacific
PIA – The traditional external powers in the Pacific Islands are still coming to terms with China’s increasing level of engagement with the region.
Tongan skier eyes Winter Olympics
FALUN – A former marathon runner from Tonga is hoping to become the Pacific island nation’s first Winter Olympic skier.
Fearful of big waves
BETIO – The Kiribati Public Health Department says the damage to one of only two hospitals on South Tarawa is so severe, it will take at least a fortnight to repair.
Changing environment of the Pacific in focus
BALTIMORE – The Johns Hopkins University library in Baltimore, USA, is hosting a photography exhibition entitled ‘In Wake: Rising Seas, Vanishing Islands’.
China aid 'lacks transparency'
APIA – Concerns about a lack of transparency over China’s aid have been discussed at a major forum on the countrys role in the Pacific Islands region.
Fiji to set up drug detector dog unit
SUVA – New Zealand Customs and Police and Fijian authorities have started a programme to set up a detector dog unit in Fiji.
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