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American Samoa status discussions continue
Saturday, 24 June 2006, 4:05 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Faleomavaega’s address will focus on the purpose of the Future Political Status Study Commission, its recent hearings, as well as a review of the various political status options available to American Samoa. More >>
Papuans held by Indonesian police allege torture
Saturday, 24 June 2006, 4:04 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Indonesian peace groups say Papuans being held by Jayapura police in connection with a violent demonstration in March are being tortured. More >>
Air Nauru buys plane, will use more generic name
Saturday, 24 June 2006, 4:02 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Air Nauru buys a new plane and intends using a more generic central Pacific name More >>
Fiji’s Chaudhry warns possible coalition collapse
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 7:07 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The head of Fiji’s Labour party says Labour could withdraw from the coalition government if its affirmative action programmes continue to be race-based. More >>
Fr Polynesia’s Flosse faces possible supreme court
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 7:06 pm | Radio New Zealand International
A citizen in French Polynesia says he is poised to challenge part of yesterday’s court ruling against the former president, Gaston Flosse, in the supreme court in Paris. More >>
SI oppos. calls for MP to be sacked over IWC vote
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 7:03 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Solomon Islands opposition has called on the Prime Minister to sack the fisheries minister for not conforming with cabinet decisions. More >>
New Caledonian union optimistic about port talks
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 7:00 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The New Caledonian USTKE union says it is confident the port dispute in Noumea will come to an end as negotiations have started. More >>
Samoa PM urges new speaker to stay independent
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 6:58 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Samoa’s Prime Minister has urged the new parliament speaker, Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua, to stay independent to maintain the integrity of his office. More >>
French Socialist leaders could marry in Tahiti
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 6:56 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The French Polynesian president says the French Socialist leader, Francois Hollande, and the party’s possible contender for the French presidency, Segolene Royal, have been invited to get married in Tahiti next month. More >>
Alleged Fiji coup funders to be charged soon
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 6:52 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Fiji’s police commissioner says he is confident that some financiers of the May 2000 coup will be charged in the not too distant future. More >>
Former French Polynesian pres. Flosse gets jail
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:27 pm | Radio New Zealand International
French Polynesia’s former president, Gaston Flosse, has been given a suspended three-month jail sentence for corruption. More >>
Former PNG defence boss worried, Indonesia border
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:25 pm | Radio New Zealand International
A former Papua New Guinea defence force commander says the country is wide open for possible terrorist attacks from across the Indonesian border on major mining and energy projects. More >>
Cook Islands PM indicates possible snap elections
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:24 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Cook Islands prime minister, Jim Marurai, is threatening to call a snap general election if the results of next month’s by-election go against the government. More >>
Tonga: Redundancies strain finances
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:21 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Tonga Government, which is bringing in a supplementary budget to finance the redundancies of hundreds of government workers, is considering selling off houses used by ministers and senior public servants. More >>
Fiji plan for political secretaries criticised
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:18 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Two former Fiji prime ministers have criticised a proposal by their current counterpart, Laisenia Qarase, to appoint political private secretaries to do constituency work for every minister at state expense. More >>
Trigger on Pacific trade deals won't be activated
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:17 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Pacific trade ministers who meet in Fiji from today will not be asked to extend trade arrangements made with the European Union to Australia and New Zealand. More >>
No private meeting for Temaru with Pres. Chirac
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 8:15 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Reports from Paris say President Jacques Chirac will only meet the French Polynesian president, Oscar Temaru, during a planned encounter in Paris with other leaders from the French Pacific. More >>
French Polynesia asks France, act on port protests
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 8:55 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The French Polynesian government has asked the French high commission to send security forces to the port of Papeete to suppress the rebellion by some members of the former GIP intervention force. More >>
Supporter of Nauru refugees: Aust. must lift ban
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 8:54 pm | Radio New Zealand International
A supporter of the two Iraqi refugees on Nauru says the time is right for the negative security assessment given them by Australia to be lifted. More >>
Guam battles a growing drug trafficking problem
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 8:52 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Guam police say they’re fighting an increasingly tough battle against the trafficking of drugs, particularly methamphetamine. More >>
