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Pro-democracy march planned in Tonga
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:45 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Pro-democracy groups plan to march in the Tonga capital, Nuku’alofa, tomorrow and will again petition the King to make his government fully democratic. More >>
New Caledonia’s port reopens after union blockade
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:44 pm | Radio New Zealand International
New Caledonia’s main port is open again after a ten-day blockade by the Kanak USTKE union which objects to the arrival of two new big international shipping companies. More >>
Papuan religious leader spooked by Indonesians
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:42 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Head of the Papua’s Baptist church says harassment by Indonesia won’t stop him speaking out about human rights and justice in the province. More >>
Australia cancels passport, citizen charged PNG
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:40 pm | Radio New Zealand International
An Australian man facing a murder charge in Papua New Guinea says the Australian government has found him guilty already by cancelling his passport. More >>
Niue: NZ send engineer & generator following fire
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:39 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The New Zealand aid agency, NZAID, is to send a new generator and an electrical engineer to Niue after a major fire on the island last night left most of the population without power. More >>
Australia warns Pacific about pro-whaling stance
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:33 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Australian environment minister, Ian Campbell, says Pacific Island nations risk angering the rest of the world if they support the return of commercial whaling. More >>
New Fiji minister urged to be positive
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 8:20 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Fiji’s prime minister has urged his new minister for energy and mineral resources from the Labour Party, Lekh Ram Vyashnoi, to think positive. More >>
New Caledonian: Resistance to Goro Nickel project
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 8:11 pm | Radio New Zealand International
New Caledonia’s dominant Future Together Party says the environmental concern expressed by the Kanak Rheebu Nuu group masks a quest for political power. More >>
New Fiji ministers vow to probe alleged scams
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 8:09 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Two newly appointed Fiji Labour Party ministers in the multi-party cabinet say they will investigate scams which occurred in their ministries during the term of the former government. More >>
American Samoan bishop comments on Da Vinci Code
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 8:06 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The leader of the Catholic Church in American Samoa, Bishop John Quinn Weitzel, is confident that Christians in the territory will take the movie the Da Vinci Code for what it is, a film filled with historical and doctrinal errors. More >>
Solomons PM policy focus to help rural areas
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 8:04 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The prime minister of Solomon Islands says he wants to improve the lives of indigenous people in the country and foster greater rural development. More >>
French Polynesia judge removed due to negligence
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 8:03 pm | Radio New Zealand International
A top French judge in French Polynesia, Jean-Bernard Taliercio, has been removed from his position over a lack of impartiality in Tahiti where he served since 1984. More >>
Avert possible new child detention in Nauru
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 8:00 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The Australian opposition Greens are worried a nine-year-old asylum seeker who arrived on a Torres Strait island on Sunday will be put in an offshore detention centre. More >>
NZ and Australia add funds to fight HIV in PNG
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:58 pm | Radio New Zealand International
New Zealand and Australia are providing 3.5 million US dollars each to assist Papua New Guinea’s efforts to combat HIV Aids. More >>
Samoa: Suicide rates dropped, international report
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:57 pm | Radio New Zealand International
An international report shows that suicide rates in Samoa have fallen below the world average. More >>
Fiji: Academic calls for govt review of electoral
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:55 pm | Radio New Zealand International
A senior academic at the University of the South Pacific says the conditions are right for the Fiji government to review the electoral system. More >>
Papuan appeal UN recognition of self-determination
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:51 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The leader of the Koteka Tribal Assembly of West Papua, Benny Wenda, says the UN should do the proper thing by recognising Papuans right to self determination. More >>
Pests threaten Pacific biodiversity
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:49 pm | Radio New Zealand International
The coordinator of the Pacific Invasives Learning Network says the region’s uniqueness is in danger because of the threat of invasive species. More >>
Price of kava in Vanuatu increases
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:47 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Vanuatu’s Minister of Trade and Commerce, James Bule, has announced the price for kava has increased to 100 US dollars a kilo. More >>
Samoa PM praises work of late WHO boss in Samoa
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:44 pm | Radio New Zealand International
Samoa’s Acting Prime Minister, Misa Telefoni, has praised the work of the late Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Lee Jong-wook. More >>
