Pacific

  • Jan 28, 2009
  • 1 min read

FIJI/PACIFIC: PIF demands elections in Fiji this year

Leaders at the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) meeting in Papua New Guinea yesterday told the...

Fiji
  • Jan 14, 2009
  • 1 min read

PACIFIC: Islands feel the force of nature

Further storms are expected in Fiji, the authorities said today.

Pacific
  • Nov 24, 2008
  • 6 min read

PACIFIC: Global slowdown weighs on Pacific Islands

While their isolation and lack of development offer some insulation against the financial crisis,...

Pacific
  • Aug 21, 2008
  • 2 min read

FIJI/PACIFIC: Fiji faces possible suspension from PIF

Fiji was warned yesterday by the Pacific Islands Forum that it might be suspended from the...

Fiji
  • Aug 20, 2008
  • 2 min read

PACIFIC/UN: New agency will help islands at risk

The UN and Samoa are to set up an Inter-Agency Climate Change Centre addressing the threat posed...

Pacific
  • Aug 18, 2008
  • 2 min read

AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC: Canberra looks to court the PIF

Some 2,500 workers from Pacific Island countries are to be allowed entry under a Pacific Seasonal...

Australia
  • Jul 10, 2008
  • 7 min read

FIJI: Election delay will further strain relations

Elections to return Fiji to democracy have been delayed, with coup leader and interim Prime...

Fiji
  • Jun 26, 2008
  • 7 min read

NEW ZEALAND: Population flows pose major challenges

This drives a need for a correspondingly high immigration rate, and outflows to Australia are...

New Zealand