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Former Fiji senator faces extra month on his life
Monday, 31 July 2006, 4:26 am | Radio New Zealand International
A former Fiji government senator who is serving a life sentence for inciting the November 2000 mutiny has been ordered to pay a fine of 300-US dollars or face another one month in jail. More >>
New Vanuatu police chief dogged by controversy
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 9:04 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Controversy continues to surround the appointment of a new police commissioner in Vanuatu with allegations of misappropriation of funds against the senior officer thought most likely to get the job. More >>
Fiji Govt looking into why so many in poverty
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 9:03 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Fiji Minister of Labour, Krishna Datt, says research claiming that real wages in the country have not risen for the past 30 years, is very alarming. More >>
Lawyers for Papuans tried over 2002 ambush killing
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 9:01 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The legal team for seven Papuans charged over the slaying of two Americans who worked for the Freeport Copper and Gold mine in Papua province in 2002 has questioned the fairness of the trial. More >>
Bougainville promised more money from PNG govt
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 9:00 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Papua New Guinea’s autonomous province, Bougainville, is set to receive substantially more funding through the 2006 Supplementary and 2007 budgets. More >>
Vanuatu to quell New Caledonia kava imports row
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 8:59 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Vanuatu government has moved swiftly to avoid any diplomatic row with New Caledonia in resolving demands of local kava importers. More >>
Cook Islands seeks funding for cyclone relief
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 8:57 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Cook Islands is looking to New Zealand and other donors to fund a multi-million dollar national cyclone relief and recovery package. More >>
Tonga public servants cut by a third
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 8:56 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Tongan government says it has now reduced its public service work force by about a third. More >>
Fiji cabinet subcommittee to try solve land lease
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 8:55 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Fiji’s multi-party government has agreed to set up a cabinet subcommittee to try and solve the country’s long standing agricultural lease problems on indigenous owned land. More >>
Former Solomons MP Taneko refuses to vacate home
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 8:53 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The police minister in the previous Solomon Islands government, Augustine Taneko, is refusing to vacate his ministerial home and could be evicted. More >>
Fiji Opposit. says racial segregation will remain
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:28 am | Radio New Zealand International
Fiji’s Opposition leader says racial segregation will remain in the country unless indigenous Fijians put education first. More >>
Villages evacuated near volcano, Papua New Guinea
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:26 am | Radio New Zealand International
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from villages near a Papua New Guinea volcano following strong tremors that scientists warn could mean an eruption is near. More >>
Backing for Bob Geldof criticism of NZ’s aid spend
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:24 am | Radio New Zealand International
Rock star and humanitarian campaigner, Sir Bob Geldof, says New Zealand’s official overseas aid effort is pathetic. More >>
Sacked PNG treasurer accuses PM of vindictiveness
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:23 am | Radio New Zealand International
Papua New Guinea’s sacked treasurer, Bart Philemon, has accused the Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, and two key ministers of pushing a vindictive agenda to destroy his political career. More >>
Niue air service to Tonga, Samoa may re-start
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:22 am | Radio New Zealand International
Plans for a freight air connection from Niue are likely to be resurrected as the island’s fish processor gets ready for a huge increase in product. More >>
Fiji to consider deploying soldiers to Lebanon
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:20 am | Radio New Zealand International
Fiji will consider deploying peacekeeping soldiers to the war-zone in Lebanon if there is an official request. More >>
Aussie opposition worried about PNG refugee probs
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:19 am | Radio New Zealand International
An Australian opposition senator says her country’s closed door policy on asylum seekers from Indonesia’s Papua province could unfairly burden Papua New Guinea, which is already home to hundreds of Papuan refugees. More >>
SolomFrance’s UMP backs Flosse despite corruption
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:17 am | Radio New Zealand International
France’s ruling UMP Party has reconfirmed its confidence in French Polynesia’s Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, saying they are natural and historic partners. More >>
Solomons grapples with Honiara squatter challenge
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:16 am | Radio New Zealand International
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Lands and Survey admits the government has a big problem on its hands with increasing illegal settlement on the outskirts of Honiara. More >>
Radio NZ International to Provide Services for BBC
Friday, 14 July 2006, 9:29 am | Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand International has announced the introduction of a new thirty minute weekday programme exchange with the BBC Pacific service. The programme, to be launched on Monday 17 July, will see the BBC's Pacific service relaying a bulletin of Pacific ... More >>
