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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.
Papuan oppression acknowledged
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua.
Injured Tahitian surfer recovering
HONOLULU – Injured Tahitian surfer Tuhiti Haumani has opened his eyes.
Fiji's flag designer 'disappointed'
suva – The designer of Fiji’s current flag says she is disappointed by prime minister Frank Bainimarama’s move to replace it with a new one.
Tahitian surfer in critical condition after wipeout at Pipeline
EHUKAI – Tahitian surfer Tuhiti Haumani is in a critical condition in hospital after wiping out near Pipeline on Hawai’i’s North Shore.
Pacific BRIEFS DEATH PROMPTS MOSQUITO SPRAYING
NIUE – The Niue government has started a mosquito eradication spraying programme after the recent death of a young woman from chikungunya.
Mercury levels rising in yellowfin tuna
THE PACIFIC – Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have been rising at a 3.8 per cent annual rate since 1998, according to a new study.
Fijians to hoist a new national flag
Suva – Fiji is to drop the Union Jack from its flag and will have a new one by October this year, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has proclaimed.
Police reservists disbanded
PORT MORESBY – The National Capital District Commission police reserve unit in Port Moresby will be decommissioned and its vehicles, uniforms and firearms returned to the constabulary.
McCullough laid to rest on Norfolk
BURNT PINE – Australian author Colleen McCullough has been farewelled at a modest graveside service on Norfolk Island.
PNG's anti-corruption taskforce is broke
PORT MORESBY – The most successful anti-corruption agency in Papua New Guinea’s history has been starved of funding and is broke, as a result of allegations made against prime minister Peter O’Neill.
'Misbehaving' asylum seekers penalised
LORENGAU – Papua New Guinea has granted refugee status to a further 30 men on Manus Island but has also amended laws to allow asylum seekers to be jailed for “misbehaving”.
Dengue spreading in Tonga
NUKU‘ALOFA – A dengue fever outbreak was on Monday declared by the Ministry of Health in Tonga, which has confirmed 33 cases of dengue fever across the islands.
Land disputes hold up cyclone rebuild
HA‘APAI – The delay in the completion of the reconstruction of houses destroyed by Cyclone Ian in Tonga’s Ha‘apai has made life extremely difficult for families who are still living in tents a year on from the disaster, the People’s Representatives for Ha‘apai told the Tongan Parliament last month.
Ukelele revival sweeping the world
Amazon reports that, between 2013 and 2014, sales of the ukulele have increased by 1200 per cent.
pacific BRIEFS Fiji Assures Tongan PM of Support
FIJI – Fiji’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola has assured Tongan Prime Minister Samiuela Pohiva of the Fijian government’s full support and commitment towards strengthening relations between the two countries.
'Super' change not so straightforward
Dear Editor, For those who seem a little confused as to the significance of the Social Assistance Bill currently before the New Zealand parliament I offer the following comments.
pacific BRIEFS tropical cyclone ola weakening
NEW CALEDONIA – Tropical Cyclone Ola near New Caledonia is weakening as it moves south.
Call for UN to change approach to goal setting
PALMERSTON NORTH – A regional expert says the Pacific’s mixed results in achieving the United Nation’s Millenium Development Goals or MDGs points to a flaw in the one size fits all approach.
BSP says banking services will remain the same
THE PACIFIC – Australia’s Westpac group has agreed to sell its banking operations in Samoa, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga to the Bank of South Pacific for $A125 million.
Tonga focuses on needs of outer islands
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tongan government is conducting orientation tours of the outer islands in an effort to stay connected and to review ongoing issues among the population there.
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