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Fatality fears follow New Zealand quake near Christchurch

Matthew Schulz  From: Herald Sun  February 22, 2011 11:17AM

 UPDATE 12pm: A LARGE…

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Pacific Beat ABC Radio Australia Updated November 17, 2010 09:19:54

Two years after it was first introduced, New Zealand's seasonal worker scheme has exceeded expectations.

Not only have participating Pacific Islanders seen their household incomes increase by 30 percent, but growers have benefited too, with a steady flow of reliable and affordable labourers.

But just across the Tasman in Australia, a similar pilot scheme has failed to get off the ground.

While New…

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Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 9:42 am Press Release: Department Of Labour Pacific Officials’ Secondment To New Zealand Under SPP Project



Kiribati and Tuvalu government officials have been in New Zealand for almost three weeks on their secondment with the New Zealand Department of Labour as part of the Recognised Seasonal Employer’s scheme project called the ‘Strengthening Partnership Programme’ (SPP).



The secondments were made possible when the New Zealand Department of Labour… Continue

Wednesday, 7 April 2010 / 12 by Bernard Keane Crikey Australia

A lot of the population debate — such as it is — will be centred on the concept of control: how effectively Australia controls its borders, not just in relation to asylum seekers — in fact, not even primarily about that — but how well we manage the quality of our migrants.

The basic theme is:… Continue

By MICHAEL FIELD - Stuff.co.nz WORLD NEWS Last updated 09:04 22/03/2010

A small island in Fiji, home to a forgotten band of exiles, is facing starvation and disease in the wake of last week's Cyclone Tomas.

First news of the fate of Rabi Island came out over the weekend with the head of the Rabi Council of Leaders Bauro Vanualailai getting a message out that the island "is…

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Western Leader Last updated 05:00 07/01/2010

Photo: JILL ROGERS CRIME SCENE: The Korean fishing vessel Sajo Accordio where the body was found.



It was an ordinary day in the office for Henderson detective senior sergeant Jill Rogers late last year. But then her manager phoned, asking her to be at Auckland airport in two hours.



"All I was told was that the destination was tropical and could I take a coffin," Mrs Rogers… Continue

11:43 January 26, 2010 Fiji, Kiribati, NZ, Pacific Press Releases, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Vanuatu

Press Release – Pacific Leprosy



Social attitudes, rather than a lack of medicine, are the major reason leprosy continues to be a problem in the Pacific Islands and to a lesser extent in New Zealand according to Jill Tomlinson, General Manager of the Pacific Leprosy… Continue

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 22 minutes ago



Medical supplies, personnel and other emergency relief equipment is what Samoa appears to need immediately following the earthquake and tsunami. The Samoa National Disaster Committee has met -- and has approached Australia and New Zealand for help. Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for International Assistance Bob McMullan told Radio… Continue

By Diane Cordemans - Epoch Times May 30, 2009



AUCKLAND, N.Z.—Tactics employed by Australia and New Zealand to push Pacific Island countries into signing a free trade agreement are a form of “contemporary colonization,” said academic and respected analyst on Pacific Island affairs, Professor Jane Kelsey at a seminar in Auckland last week.



Pacific Island officials involved in the Pacific Agreement on Closer… Continue

THE WASHINGTON POST

By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 23, 2009

Adam Fier, wife Misbah Sadat and daughters Maya and Maha moved to New Zealand partly out of climate concerns. (By Leah L. Jones For The Washington Post)



Adam Fier recently sold his home, got rid of his car and pulled… Continue

Stuff.co.nz

Thursday, 29 January 2009



Fiji’s military leader Frank Bainimarama has continued his attack on John Key, accusing New Zealand of using chequebook diplomacy and bullying the Pacific Island Forum’s smaller members.



Bainimarama has also said that the Pacific Forum has over stepped its boundaries by issuing an ultimatum to hold elections by May 1, and reiterated Fiji would hold elections in its own… Continue