Stacey King's Blog Posts Tagged 'Samoa' (14)

ABC RADIO Pacific Beat - Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:35:18 +1000

Nauru has become the first Pacific nation to formalise the seasonal worker scheme with Australia which comes in to effect next month.

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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA - Pacific Beat - Updated18 June 2012, 15:17 AEST

A largely unknown part of Pacific history is being celebrated in music, dance and drama at the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture, and Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.…

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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated December 21, 2011 09:44:05

A program which allows people from the Pacific to work for a limited period mainly in Australia's horticultural industry is to be expanded.



A three-year test scheme will enable people to work in the tourism, cane and cotton industries.



The original two-thousand-and-eight program allowed up to two-and-a-half thousand workers from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and…

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Solomon Times Online Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:44 AM

Australia has recently…

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Pacificscoop.com.nzAUT Media Centre NZ 9:59 December 2, 2009

Tikoruru (left) and Uriana in Manukau sitting cross-legged in their ordinary clothes with a bowl of coconut as their snack. Photo: T.Korauaba.

Pacific Scoop: By Taberannang Korauaba, contributing writer.



Keeping your identity must go hand in hand with your effort to adjust to the New Zealand… Continue

http://www.eurekastreet.com.au Maryanne Loughry November 24, 2009



Mindful of the forthcoming Copenhagen meeting on climate change, the Pacific islands of Kiribati and Tuvalu are calling upon all nations to reduce their carbon emissions so that they might be able to stay in their countries and not be forced to relocate elsewhere.



Over the past two years, Jesuit Refugee Service Australia, in collaboration with the University of… Continue

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 15 minutes ago



The mood in Samoa is still one of shock, according to Russell Hunter, the editor of the Samoa Observer. He says damage reports are still coming in, but the capital, Apia, resembled a ghost town this morning, as residents evacuated to higher ground. Businesses and government offices were closed today, as people concentrated on taking… Continue

Brisbane Courier Mail By staff writers and wires

September 30, 2009 06:44am

The No.1 on a map on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre website shows the tsunami threat. / News Limited picture A POWERFUL 8.3 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Pacific, with reports of deaths after a tsunami hit Samoa and American Samoa.



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Thaindian News

September 30th, 2009 - 2:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -

Pago Pago, Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS)

A massive earthquake struck the South Pacific on Wednesday morning, according to officials, generating a possibly destructive tsunami. Tsunami warnings are in effect, but there was no immediate word on… Continue

(AFP) – 4 hours ago

This graphic provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows tsunami travel times

APIA — At least 14 people were reported killed in American Samoa following the powerful earthquake and tsunami which hit the area early Tuesday, radio… Continue

FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Monday, July 13, 2009



15 students in Fiji will benefit from a US$57,393 scholarship grant given by the Taiwan and Chinese government for the Pacific Islands Forum Scholarships. Fiji has the largest number of students to receive this assistance. Students from other Pacific Island nations are also included - two from the Federated States Of Micronesia, One from Kiribati, one form Niue,… Continue

NAVY COMPASS Written by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Joshua Valcarce Monday, 06 July 2009 11:51

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Joshua Valcarcel

UPOLU, Samoa– (July 02, 2009) Capt. Andrew Cully, Pacific Partnership 2009 mission commander, gives… Continue