New Zealand Pacific
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:46:02 +1200Election inquiry to look into votes for Samoans based overseas
Voting rights for Samoans living overseas is one of the key issues for a commission of inquiry reviewing the 2021 General Election.
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:46:03 +1200Sports news in brief
Extra money for rugby league body, Naiqama to skipper Fiji Bati, and PNG women play men's teams
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:30:18 +1200Step forward as students allowed to wear Pacific attire
A New Zealand school's adoption of a Pacific garment is being described as a step in the right direction but more needs to be done to lift students up.
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:22:18 +1200Big boost to plan to tackle child malnutrion in the Marshall Islands
Ongoing efforts to address a child malnutrition crisis in the Marshall Islands is being boosted with funding from the World Bank.
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:01:38 +1200Pacific news in brief
Anger over climate crisis, boost for drug fight in Tahiti, and call for prison for small island. Anger over climate crisis, boost for drug fight in Tahiti, and call for...
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:15:40 +1200Tourist chief welcomes reopening of borders to tourists
A tourism organisation is hoping that at least ten Pacific nations will be open again to tourists by the end of the year.
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 06:38:40 +1200Economic impacts of climate crisis making some nations poorer - report
A new report on the economic impacts of climate change faced by the world's most at-risk countries has found the climate crisis has made vulnerable economies poorer.
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:10:42 +1200Tongan cabinet minister dies in Auckland hospital
A Tonga cabinet minister, who had been receiving medical treatment in New Zealand, died in Auckland City Hospital on Friday.
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:06:43 +1200Second weekend of three for new look Pasifika festivals
Two Pasifika festivals are taking place this weekend in Auckland.
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:42:27 +1200Pacific News Stories in Brief 11/06/2022
Solomons' opposition said govt scheme to extend term deceptive; Samoa temporarily reducing RSE flights, not stopping them altogether; questions in NZ Parliament about human rights abuses in Papua; Pacific slowly opening up; twenty Samoa under in...
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:35:49 +1200Commonwealth judges and lawyers speak out about action against Kiribati judge
Three Commonwealth legal agencies are speaking out about an investigation of a Kiribati judge by the country's president.
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:10:12 +1200Vanuatu constitutional amendments delayed after MPs boycott
Vanuatu's speaker was forced to suspend a special parliamentary sitting this morning after the opposition and several government MPs did not turn up.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:25:47 +1200Tonga's Tu'i'onetoa loses second electoral petition
Tonga's former prime minister, Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, has lost a second electoral petition for bribing voters ahead of last year's election.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:35:49 +1200Russian superyacht leaves Fiji for US following a court ruling
A Russian-owned superyacht docked in Fiji left for the United States on Tuesday after a Fiji court ordered its removal.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:24:46 +1200Samoa to temporarily halt sending more seasonal workers overseas
Samoa will temporarily stop sending more seasonal workers to Australia and New Zealand at the end of the month.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:27:49 +1200Vanuatu's Regenvanu says govt constitutional amendments bad for country
Vanuatu's opposition will boycott today's planned special parliamentary session, in order to stop the government from passing several constitutional amendments.
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:23:51 +1200Niue tight lipped but concerned over grounded Taiwanese ship
The Niue government is remaining tight lipped over the Taiwanese fishing vessel that ran aground on a Niue reef last week.
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:06:26 +1200Plea for Australia to end refugee warehousing in Indonesia
A refugee advocacy group wants Australia to rethink its destructive refugee arrangement with Indonesia as the new Canberra government looks to improve relations with Jakarta.