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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.
Samoan PM says debt levels manageable
Samoa’s Prime Minister says his country will make its own decisions about its debt level, in the wake of an IMF warning it is getting too high.
'Royal bummer' apology
A journalist from American cable news network CNN has apologised after her report on the Maori welcome of the British Royals to New Zealand was labelled “culturally insensitive”.
Fiji: Bainimarama investigated
Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama could face up to 10 years' jail for allegedly breaching the nation’s political parties decree.
Church, politics don't mix
Fiji’s Methodist Church says it will force its lay members to resign from leadership positions if they stand for election in the country’s September election.
Floods forced shutdown
An Australian company operating a gold mine in Solomon Islands is insisting that it hasn’t pulled out of the country.
Fish losing survival instinct
Fish are losing their survival instinct – even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators – as the world’s oceans become more acidic due to climate change, according to new research.
Assessing earthquake damage
Officials are still assessing the damage caused by two large earthquakes in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
In brief: Coastal residents camping in hills
The premiere of Makira province in Solomon Islands says people are preparing for more aftershocks and the potential threat of a tsunami.
Niue result on a knife edge
The people of Niue will have to wait for an electoral recount before they find out who their leader will be for the next three years.
Samoa: MPs await sentencing
Two senior Samoa politicians are now waiting for sentencing after being found guilty of charges laid against them in a high profile case surrounding a drink-drive breathalyzer test incident in Apia last year.
Police and prisons to separate
Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, says his cabinet has “fully approved the recommendations” from a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Police and Prisons.
Earthquakes follow floods
A second strong earthquake struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean yesterday morning as the Pacific nation was still reeling from the damage caused by torrential rain and flash flooding.
Protests at refugee policies
Thousands of people around Australia have marched in rallies calling for an end to the Federal Government’s policies on asylum seekers.
Unlikely election decree breaches will be investigated
A Fiji opposition grouping says any breaches of the law by the military regime are unlikely to be investigated until democracy is restored.
Child dies in Bougainville shake
Two strong earthquakes on Friday night in Bougainville claimed the life of a young child as houses collapsed in the southern provinces.
Successful refugees may get to stay on Nauru
Some asylum seekers held in detention on Nauru will be able to temporarily settle on the island if they are found to be genuine refugees, Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says.
Samoa's deputy PM found guilty
The deputy Prime Minister of Samoa has been found guilty of obstructing police while they tried to carry out a blood-alcohol test last year.
In Brief: Cyclone Ita will cost a billion dollars
Queensland looks set to face a damage bill of up to one billion dollars after Cyclone Ita ravaged infrastructure and major industries.
In brief: Confusion over police suspensions
There is confusion in Samoa surrounding the recommendations of an inquiry into allegations of abuse and misuse of power at Tafaigata prison.
Living in the aftermath of floods in Solomons
When a wall of water came roaring down Honiara’s Mataniko River towards her riverside home, Anna Maena only had enough time to grab her two children and run.
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