PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from October 2005

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from October 2005

ACTU welcomes Pacific labour mobility proposals.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - President of the Australia Council of Trade Union (ACTU) Sharan Burrow has welcomed discussion of a labour mobility scheme between Pacific island countries and Australia. A labour mobility scheme is one...

Pacific Plan does not address Pacific security issues.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Greenpeace Pacific believes the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat's (PIFS) Pacific Plan does not address security issues of the Pacific. In a report titled 'True Security - Achieving a Peaceful, Secure and...

Cooks police probe cabinet minister Vaevae Pare.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands police criminal investigation branch is conducting investigations into an allegation of wrongful use of public funds against a cabinet minister, Peri Vaevae Pare. The Cook Islands News...

Clark aims to have new government stitched up in a week.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 AUCKLAND (Pacnews) - New Zealand's caretaker prime minister, Helen Clark will today begin the nitty-gritty of negotiations with other party leaders in the hope of going to the Governor-General next Monday (10 Oct) with enough...

Plans to export more dolphins.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Solomon Islands company that owns the dolphin pen at Ghavutu on Gela, in the Central Islands Province is believed to be making fresh negotiations with local authorities to export dolphins to North America...

JAL's last flight from NMI takes off tomorrow.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Japan Airlines will mount its last flight bound for Osaka - its last from Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) after 28 years of operations in these islands. Shinichi Yoshida, JAL's regional...

Top cop bids for Interpol vice presidency.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes is bidding for the Asia Pacific region's Interpol's vice presidency at next year's general assembly. Commissioner Hughes told Fijilive after attending the Interpol...

WWII veterans air gripes over government neglect.
October 3, 2005... 03 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) who joined forces and fought gallantly side by side with the Allied Forces to defeat the invading Japanese Army during World War II are complaining that the government has turned a...

Banned kava awaits minister's approval.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Custom officers in Fiji are holding nine container-loads of kava from Vanuatu, while they wait for importers to produce ministerial approval for the banned product to be brought into the country, the Fiji Times...

Retirement Fund's unfunded liability: US$400M.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - The unfunded liability of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Retirement Fund, which provides the pension of 7,581 retirees and an additional 100 who will retire from government service...

China's investment reaches K700m (US$210-million).
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - China's economic interest in Papua New Guinea is steadily increasing, strengthening bilateral relations between Beijing and Port Moresby, and expanding mutual cooperation between both countries, Chinese...

Tonga committed to help SI.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Tonga is committed to assist in the recovery of Solomon Islands through its participation in Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). Tongan Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs...

Ex-combatants move to help develop autonomous B'Ville.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 BUKA (Pacnews) - Discussions are underway to develop the Bougainville Ex-Combatants Association to an organisation that will help in the building of an autonomous Bougainville. The association's development is in line with...

BAG dumps plan to flush out Mekamui forces at roadblocks.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 ARAWA (Pacnews) - The Bougainville Autonomous Government (BAG) had considered launching a RAMSI style operation to flush out Mekamui forces in south Bougainville but later abandoned the move for fear of igniting further trouble....

Two regional airlines seal deal.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - One of Fiji's domestic airlines, Air Fiji has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Solomon Airlines for the exchange of professional services and in the long term sharing of aircrafts between the...

Continental starts layoff of Saipan employees.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Some Continental Micronesia employees have already lost their jobs on Saipan in view of the pullout of Japan Airlines from the Marianas route effective today. Continental Micronesia vice president for...

Sore ankle holds up PM.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has deferred a three-day visit to Australia scheduled from yesterday over a sore and infected ankle. His media office said official letters on the...

NGOs welcome Labor's Pacific proposals.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the Pacific and Australia have welcomed Labor's Pacific Community proposals. "The Pacific Community is a wonderful idea. Regional institutions must work at all...

French negotiator says Wallis averted catastrophe.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 MATA'UTU (Pacnews) - The French negotiator sent to Wallis to deal with a rebellion in support of the king has left the island and is to brief Paris on the situation on the island. Mr Louis Lefranc was sent from New Caledonia...

Fiji army stands firm against Reconciliation Bill.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Republic of Fiji Military Forces says it will not compromise its stand on the controversial Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity Bill because it has principles to uphold. The army made the comment as it...

Telephone disaster looming.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The business community in Papua New Guinea says the country faces "a very real possibility of catastrophic telecommunications failure". This is because the 25-year old commercial life of the...

20 New Zealand doctors for Samoa.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoa says 20 doctors from New Zealand are scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks to carry out heart operations. The government has also announced that the commission of inquiry into the doctors' strike is...

AusAID report highlights HIV-AIDS threat to the Pacific region.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 MELBOURNE (Pacnews) - The Australian government's aid agency, AusAID, says the spread of HIV-AIDS in the Pacific region represents a substantial challenge to development and good governance. The comment comes in a recently...

Aftershocks cause fear, anxiety among East New Britain people.
October 4, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Continuous aftershock in East New Britain in Papua New Guinea following a major earthquake on Friday (30 Sept) has caused fear and anxiety among people in the province. But the series of aftershocks...

Vanuatu removes biscuit quota, senior official says.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Vanuatu is believed to have lifted the quota imposed on Fiji made biscuits, according to a senior government official. Jean Sese, the director general in the PM's office told PACNEWS that the Vanuatu...

Stranded seamen live on US$0.56 a day.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - More than 70 Asian seamen remain stranded in the Solomon Islands. They have been without work and unpaid since April this year. Forty-five Indonesians, 21 Chinese and 5 Korean nationals, working for...

Contraceptive repository.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji has agreed to become the repository for contraceptives issued by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Radio Fiji News reports. UNFPA director for Asia and the Pacific, Sultan Aziz said they are...

Bird flu threat through illegal smuggling.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The biggest threat of bird flu entering Papua New Guinea (PNG) was through illegal smuggling of birds for gambling purposes, the PNG Quarantine Authority has revealed. The National Agriculture and...

Guam to publish list of delinquent parents.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 HAGATNA (Pacnews) - Saying that bad parents deserve bad publicity, Guam's Attorney General's Office has announced that it will start publishing in the newspaper and other media a list of parents not paying court-ordered child...

Remengesau: Healthy lifestyle results in economic growth.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 KOROR (Pacnews) - Palau's President Tommy Remengesau, in his Independence Day message, asked the public to adopt a healthy lifestyle, which, he said, would result in economic growth. Palau marked its 11th Independence Day on...

Calls for West Papua to be on Forum agenda.
October 5, 2005... 04 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Melanesian Solidarity for Free West Papua is urging senior officials from around the region meeting in Suva to put West Papua as a separate agenda on the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting later this...

AIDS spread is like nuclear bomb: Leaders.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Morobe leaders have likened the impact of the rapid spread of the AIDS virus in Papua New Guinea to a "nuclear explosion." "Given the current trend, if nothing is done, the spread of the virus can...

Tongan MP praises new labour Bill.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) - The Employment Relations Bill drafted by Fiji's Ministry of Labour would speed up negotiations during trade disputes such as strikes, says Tongan Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries Doctor Fred...

Savo Islanders oppose SOCRED Party's plan to remove RAMSI.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Savo Islanders in the Central Islands Province in the Solomon Islands are opposed to the plan by the Solomon Islands Credit Party (Socred) to withdraw the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands...

Survivor' eyes PNG for next location.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The producers of Survivor are looking at the scenic Madang and New Ireland provinces in Papua New Guinea as potential locations for the reality TV show's next episode, the National reports. The...

Samoan health minister contradicts PM's statement on NZ doctors.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoa's Minister of Health, Mulitalo Siafausa Vui, has contradicted information from the Prime Minister's office which said doctors were to arrive in Apia from New Zealand. The office issued a press...

National identity suggested for Fiji.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - A national identity for Fiji is crucial in the country's reconciliation process, said visiting South African expert on truth and reconciliation, Father Michael Lepsley. Sharing the experiences of South...

New Forum Agreement.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - A new agreement to establish the Pacific Islands Forum as an intergovernmental organisation will be considered for adoption by Forum Leaders when they meet in Papua New Guinea later this month. This follows...

Telikom acts on cabling.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Telikom Papua New Guinea's acting managing director Martin Veisame yesterday previewed plans to inject K350 million (US$117 million) over the next two years to avert potential catastrophic failures in...

Australian expertise called to tackle corruption in Tonga.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australian border security expertise will assist in the fight against corruption within the Tongan Customs Service, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Bruce Billson, announced today. "The...

U-Vistract broke.
October 5, 2005... 05 OCTOBER 2005 BUKA (Pacnews) - The supposedly wealthy bank of Bougainville, U-Vistract is broke. It has no money to pay thousands of investors and its employees. Investors have been told not to hold high hopes of getting anything...

Bougainville sets up team to revive mine.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 ARAWA (Pacnews) - The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has established a committee to work on re-opening the Panguna mine, Bougainville House Speaker Nick Penia has said. The ABG voted 38-2 in favour of re-opening...

Reformists on Wallis want referendum on France.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 MATAUTU (Pacnews) - The reformist clans on Wallis say they want a referendum to determine whether the territory should belong to France. The move comes after supporters of the king last month set up armed blockades across...

Condom clears man with HIV.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - A court ruling that a Lower Hutt man who used a condom was not legally obliged to tell a woman he was HIV-positive has been hailed as a win for safe sex and for keeping the state out of the bedroom, NZ...

Fiji tourism agency postpones Australian advertising campaign.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Fiji Visitors Bureau has held back its planned television advertising campaign in Australia following the Bali bombing. Chief executive Viliame Gavoka said the agency is closely monitoring the situation...

Another province wants independence.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBE 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - People of Rennell and Bellona province are determined to secede from Solomon Islands. Their views have been made known to Governor General, Sir Nathaniel Waena during his visit to the province. Deputy...

Tongan civil servants to get their payout.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) - Civil servants in Tonga who recently went on a six-week strike are to get their first pay-out under the new pay structure next week, Matangi Tonga reports. Supileo Lanumata, the salary supervisor at...

Diplomat recalled after fracas.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea's deputy head of mission at the High Commission in Canberra - the country's most important overseas office - has been recalled following a series of incidents during and after official...

Fiji electricity workers to go on strike from tonight.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - More than half of the Fiji Electricity Authority's work force are expected to go on strike from midnight tonight after talks between the authority and workers' unions failed. But the authority has given...

Niue Premier in NZ to discuss airline problems.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 ALOFI (Pacnews) - Unconfirmed reports that Niue could lose it's only airline service by Christmas, have prompted talks between the Premier of Niue Young Vivian and New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr Vivian is...

Asia Pacific climate pact meeting postponed.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - The first meeting of the Asia-Pacific climate pact, scheduled to take place in November in Australia, has been postponed, the BBC has learned. Announced in July, the pact of six nations aims to reduce...

Vanuatu Government trying to create an agriculture bank.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Vanuatu is exploring the possibility of establishing an agriculture bank. The minister responsible for agriculture, Barak Sope says the proposed bank would assist local farmers and serve the financial...

Fiji fuel relieves Wallis islanders.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 MATA'UTU (Pacnews) - Fiji-based cargo vessel Sinu-i-Wasa II has delivered some five hundred drums of fuel to the neighbouring French Pacific island of Wallis to alleviate a potential shortage. The quantity (about 65,00...

Former Nauru Olympian killed prostitute, court told.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 MELBOURNE (Pacnews) - A prostitute who was strangled by a former Nauruan Olympic weightlifter may have survived the attack but died from a drug overdose, a Supreme Court jury has heard. Quincy Detenamo, 26, has pleaded not...

Fiji electricity workers to go on strike from midnight tonight.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 205 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Fiji Electricity Authority Allied Workers Union has given the Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) management an ultimatum to meet its pay demands by midnight tonight - or face a nationwide power shutdown. ...

Bankrupt Nauru seeks world assistance.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 HONOLULU (Pacnews) - Nauru President Ludwig Scotty is calling on the world's donor nations for assistance in the wake of the tiny country's near bankruptcy, saying, and "we have a young and growing population that deserves a...

Church vital in reducing HIV cases in PNG.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Churches are responsible for bringing down the HIV infection rates in countries such as Uganda. And that may be the experience in Papua New Guinea when churches get organised and use the potential...

New Samoan political party says voters want a change of government.
October 6, 2005... 06 OCTOBER 2005 APIA (Pacnews) - The Special Political Advisor for the newest political party in Samoa, the Samoa Party, says the majority of voters in Samoa want a change of government. While in Pago Pago to plan a rally for their party...

Samoa Prime Minister says he had the utmost respect for MP killed in Auckland.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele says he had the utmost respect for Su'a Atonio Su'a, the Opposition MP who was killed on Wednesday (05 Oct) night in New Zealand. Mr Su'a death followed...

Palau's UN representative renews call for creation of new Asia-Pacific group.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 KOROR (Palau) - Palau's permanent representative to the United Nations, Stuart Beck has reiterated the need for the creation of a new East Asia and Pacific group to reflect the aspirations of new island nations in the Pacific....

FEA workers put strike on hold.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Unionised workers with the Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) have decided to put their planned strike action on hold when a 28-day notice expired at midnight last night, Fijilive reports. Unionist and...

Former parliamentarian suggest study on effects of gambling.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A former parliamentarian in Solomon Island says government should conduct a study on the social ills caused by gambling before any decision on the establishment of a casino is considered. Charlie...

Some hotels on Saipan half empty.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Hotels on Saipan are beginning to feel the heat following Japan Airlines' pullout, as several of them are now almost half empty. Executives of Hotel Nikko Saipan, Coral Ocean Point Resort Club and Aqua...

PNG threatens retaliation if ban on beef not lifted.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A trade war is looming between Papua New Guinea and Fiji over Fiji's refusal to accept PNG's corned beef into its market, The National reports. PNG's popular Ox & Palm corned beef still cannot get...

MP's body to be released today.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 APIA (Pacnews) - The body of slain Samoan MP Su'a Atonio is likely to be released by police today for an emotional return to Samoa. Mr Atonio, 54, a vocal member of Samoa's main opposition party, was killed in a fight in...

Police boss against intervention force.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 BUKA (Pacnews) - The Bougainville police chief is resisting pressure to bring in an intervention force to deal with illegal roadblocks. Assistant Commissioner Joseph Bemu said many Bougainvillean leaders wanted an operation...

Tongan cabinet minister 'Akau'ola dies aged 70.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) - Governor of Vava'u and a senior member of the Tongan Privy Council and Cabinet Hon Akau'ola has died. Matangi Tonga reports that Hon 'Akau'ola was on his early morning exercise walk when he collapsed...

Former French Polynesian president defiant in atoll sale probe.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's opposition politician, Gaston Flosse, is refusing to be questioned by police investigators from Paris to probe circumstances surrounding the purchase of an atoll in 2002 Mr Flosse, who...

New date set for PM Somare's Australian visit.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare's deferred trip to Australia early this week has been re-scheduled from 16-19 October. Sir Michael's media unit advised of the new dates yesterday...

Air Pacific begins flights to Christmas Island.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's national airline, Air Pacific has begun a new service to Christmas Islands in Kiribati. The once weekly service, which began on Tuesday (04 Oct) this week will use a Boeing 737-700 aircraft flying...

Australian support for regional forum to boost fair trade.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia will provide AUD$2 million (US$1.5 million) over three years to sponsor a regional forum to assist East Asian and Pacific countries boost competition and fair trade in essential infrastructure...

Vanuatu police to serve UN in Africa.
October 7, 2005... 07 OCTOBER 2005 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Four members of the Vanuatu Police Force have left the capital Port Vila for United Nations' peacekeeping duties in the African nation of Ivory Coast, Radio Australia reports. They are part of a team...

New fisheries minister appointed in Solomon Islands.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A new fisheries minister in Solomon Islands will be sworn in later this week after the current minister, Paul Maenu resigned last week. Prime Minister, Sir Allan Kemakeza has appointed West Makira Member...

PNG Gas loses BHP Billiton contract.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Australian based gas giant, BHP Billiton says it will not extend its conditional agreement to purchase gas from the K11.2 billion (US$3.7 billion) PNG Gas project, NBC reports. Oil Search, the...

Vanuatu directors banned.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) says it's received little cooperation from Vanuatu in its efforts to stop an illegal investment services advice scheme that had been operating out...

Fiji's contribution to RAMSI applauded.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - As Fiji celebrates 35 years of independence, the Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), James Batley has thanked Fiji for continuing a long tradition of involvement...

Queens's baton arrives in PNG.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea's Governor General, Grand Chief, Sir Paulias Matane says the country's participation in the Queen's Baton relay will provide a great opportunity to show case its hospitality and diverse...

PM Qarase arrives in India.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase has arrived in India for the week-long state visit. He is accompanied by an entourage of 50 business people. On arrival Prime Minister Qarase was met at the Indira...

New world record for time-at-liberty for tagged big eye tuna.
October 10, 2005... 10 0CTOBER 2005 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - A big eye tuna with a yellow plastic tag embedded in its back was recaptured last month, 14 years after it was released by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The tuna was caught by Australian...

French Polynesia atoll sale approved, Flosse says.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party says the purchase of an atoll now at the centre of a police investigation was approved by all relevant authorities, Radio New Zealand International...

Fiji PM pays tribute to Gandhi.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 NEW DELHI (Pacnews) - Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, on a weeklong visit to India, visited Rajghat today to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. Mr Qarase's visit is expected to boost economic ties...

Urwin meets Somare.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Secretary General, Greg Urwin is in Port Moresby for talks with Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare as part of the preparation for the Forum Meeting to be held in Port...

Air NZ flights to Niue.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 ALOFI (Pacnews) - Air New Zealand will start a weekly service to Niue from next month. The flight will leave Auckland on Friday night and return from Niue early in the morning. The service will replace flights by...

Kiribati opposition leader challenges police decision to stop public protests in May.
October 10, 2005... 10 OCTOBER 2005 TARAWA (Pacnews) - Kiribati's opposition leader, Dr Harry Tong is challenging provisions of the constitution in the high court after he was stopped by the police to organise a protest march in May this year. Dr Tong told...