New Zealand Pacific
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:08:59 +1200Cyclone forms northwest of New Caledonia
Fiji's Meteorological Service says the tropical storm to the northwest of New Caledonia has developed into a tropical cyclone.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:09:02 +1200Tonga's Govt offers development loans to businesses
Tonga's Government has announced a financial recovery package of $US9.78 million to help revive the country's economy.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:20:55 +1200Samoa reduces its Covid-19 alert level
Samoa will downgrade its Covid-19 alert to level 2 to allow government ministries, businesses and civil society to deliver services around the country.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:09:32 +1200Struggles of small fisheries in the Pacific highlighted in new campaign
A campaign to highlight the challenges faced by small-scale fisheries in the Pacific has been launched by the United Nations and the Pacific Community.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:34:04 +1200Climate change: IPCC scientists say it's 'now or never' to limit warming
UN scientists have unveiled a plan that they believe can limit the root causes of dangerous climate change.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:48:28 +1200Fiji's laws allow for convicted rapist to play sevens
Fijian Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the nation's prison laws allow the chief of the Corrections Services to let serving inmates participate in sporting activities.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:50:18 +1200Expert backs call for investment in Pacific health services and housing
A call for serious investment into Pacific health services and housing has been echoed by an epidemiologist.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:56:11 +1200New Zealand couple found dead in Vava'u, Tonga, police say
Tonga police are investigating the death of a New Zealand couple in Vava'u.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:09:33 +1200Confidence Rio Tinto will pay for Panguna cleanup
A Bougainville MP remains confident that mining multi national, Rio Tinto, will fund a cleanup around the Panguna mine.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:09:33 +1200Caledonian Union adamant on complete decolonisation
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party said it will not give up on the gains made in terms of decolonisation from France under the 1998 Noumea Accord.
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:29:04 +1200Clean-up operation underway at pearl farms in French Polynesia
The Direction Des Ressources Marines (DRM), the French Polynesian government's marine department, will continue its large clean-up operation in many islands in French Polynesia.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:17:52 +1200Covid-19 in the Pacific for April 4
Samoa reports second Covid-19 related death; Covid-19 restrictions lifted in the Cook Islands; Another 68 Covid-19 cases recorded in French Polynesia, and more.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:09:16 +1200US to scale back military activity in CNMI
After a series of meetings the United States Department of Defence is scaling back its military activities in the CNMI.
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:15:24 +1200Air Tahiti Nui to begin flights to Seattle from October
Air Tahiti Nui is expanding its links with the United States by announcing direct flights between Tahiti and Seattle from October.
Sat, 02 Apr 2022 11:24:21 +1300Tonga volcano: NIWA scientists to map eruption's impact on seabed
NIWA scientists are set sail to Tonga to survey the seabed around Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcano in the aftermath of its eruption earlier this year.
Sat, 02 Apr 2022 20:48:07 +1300Why are so few Pasifika pursuing tech careers?
Concerns are being raised over why so few Pasifika peoples are seeking careers in the technology sector.
Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:13:44 +1300Loyalists walk out of New Caledonia's Congress due to budget disagreement
Twenty-five New Caledonian members of Congress known as the "Loyalists" walked out of Congress after a disagreement over the 2022 budget.
Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:36:50 +1300Government called on by Pacific providers for more money for Covid-19
Front line Pacific health care workers have been on the clock from dawn to dusk responding to the need in their communities throughout Covid-19 outbreak.