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Pacific
Pacific officials attend Paris Agreements Article 13 training
Climate Change Cook Islands hosted a sub-regional workshop last week focusing on the Paris Agreement Article 13 focusing on the digital tools Pacific Island countries are required to report on.
Author Tom Neale’s Suwarrow journals donated to National Library of NZ
The Cook Islands High Commission in New Zealand was delighted to attend the handover of renowned author Tom Neale’s journals to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington over a week ago.
Explosion injures restaurant staff
PAGO PAGO – Two people were injured in an explosion at an American Samoa restaurant on Christmas Eve.
PNG'S resource wealth a dilemma
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s wealth of natural resources can be viewed as the nation’s blessing, providing a lubricated pathway to social development and financial security.
Lava stalls on Christmas eve
PAHOA – Molten lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano in Hawai’i has stalled on its slow creep toward a Big Island shopping centre.
Ciguatera heading to southern waters
EVANS HEAD – What was once considered a tropical food poisoning danger is now becoming a problem in places much further south.
Aid-for-trade in Pacific set to increase
The recently released Australian foreign aid policy claims to be heralding a new paradigm of aid delivery.
Education spending sparks online debate
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PNG: Forest felled for palm plantations
Papua New Guinea’s National Forest Board will consider a Malaysian company’s bid to continue to logging virgin rainforest in order to plant palm oil.
Climate refugees not on SIDS agenda
There is regret that next week’s conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa will bypass the issue of creating a new category of environmental refugees.
Tonga: Sacked for suggesting co-operation
A Tongan MP Sitiveni Halapua says he was dropped from the Democratic Party because he wanted it to work together with other MPs.
PNG: Locals go shopping across border
The acting Governor of Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik says many people in his province are turning to Indonesia for goods and services.
NZ: Waste converted to energy
A New Zealand energy consultant says a technology which converts any kind of waste to renewable energy could be the way forward in making the Pacific region more sustainable.
Niue: Frustrated over lack of support
Niue’s premier Toke Talagi says he is frustrated by a lack of financial support for the Smaller Island States Unit of the Pacific Islands Forum and is considering leaving the sub-group.
Castaway feet washing ashore
A human foot, still inside a New Balance sports shoe washed ashore in Seattle this week — and if that wasn’t mystery enough, it’s the fifteenth foot that’s washed ashore along the Pacific Northwest coast since 2007.
Town planner heads to isolated atoll
How do you come up with an urban development plan for a city which consists of tiny islets connected by causeways located in a remote Pacific atoll and subject to flooding on the next king tide?
Big focus on climate change
The United Nations is hoping the Small Islands Developing States conference which gets underway in Samoa next week will lead the way for international action on climate change.
Samoans spruce up villages
Villages throughout Samoa are adding the final touches to their preparations to welcome thousands of visitors expected for the Small Island Developing States conference.
Protest at Sydney campaign rally
Fiji’s military leader has been greeted by protesters in Sydney on his visit to Australian to campaign ahead of next month’s post-coup elections.
Sonny Bill would love to play for Samoa
Sonny Bill Williams this week side-stepped answering the multi-million-tala question for Samoa.
Vanuatu: Rape arrest insult to island customs
Chiefs in Vanuatu are criticising police for going against custom law and arresting a man for allegedly raping his wife.
Fiji: Violence complaints not taken seriously
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says domestic violence complaints made by women are still not being taken seriously by the police.
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