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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.

Local

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.

Samoa: Tuilaepa defends support letter for rapist

Samao’s prime minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, used biblical scripture to defend his writing a letter of support for a man convicted of rape in New Zealand.

Regional

PNG: Sorcery killing creates legal dilemma

Police on Bougainville in Papua New Guinea say they are investigating the torture and killing of a man who was accused of practising sorcery.

Regional

Instability the norm in Vanuatu

Reports from Vanuatu indicate moves are already underway to organise a motion of no-confidence against the new prime minister.

Regional

Fiji: Boat operator charged over death

A man has appeared in a Fiji court charged with manslaughter over the death of an Australian tourist in a boat collision off the South Pacific nation last week.

Regional

Fiji: Police boss brings 'new eyes'

A former high ranking officer with South Africa’s defence and security forces has arrived in Fiji to take up his post as the country’s new police commissioner.

Regional

Honiara shuts down after riots

Fears of further riots in Solomon Islands’ capital, Honiara, prompted most businesses to close their doors on Monday.

Regional

Fiji: 11-year-old drowns uncle with fishing nets

A young Fijian girl drowned while fishing in the Wainibuka River north of Suva last week.

Regional

Tonga: Sea cucumber moratorium lift will 'kill the industry'

A decision by the Tonga government on March 29 to lift controls on the harvesting and exporting of sea cucumber will accelerate the depletion of Tonga’s sea cucumber stock and kill the industry, according to fisheries experts.

Regional

Pacific will suffer from Australia Networks demise

The Pacific Freedom Forum group says the Australian government’s budget cuts to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation sends a chilling message to the Pacific region.

Regional

Tourist killed in resort boat collision

An Australian man holidaying in Fiji with his family had been killed after two boats collided near a resort island last week.

Regional

Riots, looting in Solomons capital

Extra police are patrolling the streets in the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, to stop further rioting after civil unrest and looting broke out on Friday and continued over the weekend.

Regional

Henri Haiti jailed for murder

Marquesan man ‘Henri’ Arihano Haiti has been found guilty of the murder of a German tourist on Nuku Hiva in 2011 and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison.

Regional


Samoa: Healthy eating seen as 'fiapalagi'

Samoans who try and insist on healthy, fresh foods are often criticised by others for being “fiapalagi” – trying to be European.

Regional

Research sub lost in ocean trench

One of the world’s most capable deep-sea research submarines has been lost in the Pacific Ocean.

Regional


In Brief: Priest shot in heart in payback killing

A Papua New Guinea bishop is calling for more police intervention after a priest was killed in a payback killing between warring tribes in Central Province Father Garry Maria Inau was shot close-range in the heart when he was leaving his parish in Kunimaipa Valley of Goilala district on Sunday last week.

Regional

Pacific hot spot adding to global warming

An international team of scientists has discovered a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean is partly responsible for global warming in the Arctic.

Regional

Solomon Islands: No reports of electoral fraud

Solomon Islands’ Electoral Commission says a formal complaint must be made before there is any investigation into allegations of electoral fraud.

Regional

Australia: Move to abandon support

An Australian Federal Opposition MP is calling on the Labor Party to abandon its support for the offshore processing of asylum seekers.

Regional

PNG: Resettlement policy contradicted

Papua New Guinea’s immigration minister says he will choose which refugees resettle in the country, an apparent contradiction of the Australian Government’s assertion that all genuine refugees detained on Manus Island will be resettled within PNG.

Regional

TV show 'offensive to Pacific islanders'

A new Australian television comedy about a rebellious Tongan teenager has been condemned as “self indulgent” and “deeply offensive” to Pacific islanders.

Regional


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