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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.
NZ: Deceptive coconut cream
Consumer New Zealand says coconut cream labels with Samoan words and imagery on them – but actually made in Asia – could be seen as “misleading and deceptive”.
Pacific rowers winched to safety
Four men taking part in a rowing race across the Pacific have been rescued after their boat began to take on water 160 kilometres off the Californian coast.
Asylum seekers paid to go home
Australia is offering asylum seekers in its Pacific immigration camps up to A$10,000 if they voluntarily return to their home country, a report said yesterday, prompting outrage from refugee campaigners.
PNG: Legal ruling welcomed
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has welcomed the decision by the High Court of Australia upholding asylum seeking processing on Manus Island.
PNG: O'Neill claims 'political plot'
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he will ask the police commissioner to investigate the head of the axed anti-corruption taskforce Sam Koim and opposition MP Sam Basil, accusing them of a “major political plot” to bring down the government.
PNG: Public frustration growing
Public frustration is mounting in Papua New Guinea about the political storm surrounding the prime minister’s implication in a major corruption case and the disbanding of the anti-corruption taskforce.
Fiji: Indonesia to intensify contact
The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says Indonesia wants to intensify its involvement with Pacific nations through the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
Fiji: New Pacific aid paradigm
Tonga’s former Finance Minister Siosiua Utoikamanu has welcomed the Australian government’s new approach to aid announced this week by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Fiji: 'Selfish Australia' singled out
Fiji’s interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has accused the global community of abandoning Pacific island nations to “sink below the waves” instead of tackling climate change.
Vanuatu: 'Women treated like they don't exist'
The Vanuatu National Council of Women says it wants the government to stop treating women like they don’t exist when it comes to workforce development.
Tides disturb the dead
Skeletons of second world war soldiers are being washed from their graves by the rising Pacific Ocean as global warming leads to inundation of islands that saw some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict.
Great whites making a comeback
A new look at research on great white sharks in the eastern north part of the Pacific Ocean indicates the population is likely growing rather than endangered, according to an international research team.
Indonesia's president makes first visit to Fiji
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become the first Indonesian president to visit Fiji, as both countries seek to strengthen bi-lateral relations.
Japan kills 30 minke whales
Japan has slaughtered 30 minke whales in the Pacific off its northeast coast in the first hunt since the UN’s top court ordered Tokyo to stop killing the mammals in the Antarctic.
More price hikes likely for fishing
Pacific nations have warned foreign fishing countries, including the United States, to expect more price hikes to the cost of fishing in their territorial waters.
Papua New Guinea in turmoil
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has disbanded the country’s main anti-corruption body after an arrest warrant was served on him earlier this week over corruption allegations.
NZ: America's Cup a 'waste of money'
The New Zealand government should not waste any more money on Team New Zealand’s bid for the next America’s Cup but fund winning teams like the All Blacks to Samoa and its world champion waka ama teams says Mana Party candidate for Mangere James Papali’i.
PNG: Jail term for police boss
Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner Toami Kulunga was jailed for seven months for contempt of court on Friday – but he has been granted bail to appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court.
PNG prime minister faces charges
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Papua New Guinea’s prime minister.
Fiji: Leaders called to reveal salaries
A new candidate for this year’s election in Fiji says the government ministers should make their salaries public, now that the Fiji First party has been registered and launched.
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