Search Results for 'Pacific'

Airlift for drought-stricken Pacific island

New Zealand and Australia will Friday begin an airlift to help supply fresh water to the tiny drought-stricken Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which is under a state of emergency due to the crisis. New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully sa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Second Pacific island declares drought emergency

A second South Pacific community has declared a state of emergency in a drought crisis that has seen water rationing imposed in parts of the region, officials in Wellington said Tuesday. Tokelau, a New Zealand-administered territory of ab [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea l...

Sea levels are rising so fast that the tiny Pacific state of Kiribati is seriously considering moving its 100,000 people on to artificial islands. In a speech to the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum this week, President Anote Tong said rad [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Ex-Navy officer abused kids on Pacific island

A former Royal Australian Navy lieutenant has been found guilty of sexually abusing children in the Republic of Kiribati, north of Fiji. Johannes Zweerus Van Der Zyden, 64, faced a Brisbane Supreme Court trial accused of eight counts of s [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Pacific islands push US to improve fisheries deal

A group of 17 Pacific island nations began putting pressure on the United States on Saturday to reshape a 23-year-old fisheries treaty. At the start of a consultation and renegotiation meeting in Majuro, the Marshall Islands Fisheri [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Pacific islands push for climate action

International delegates gathered in the tiny island nation of Kiribati agree that climate change is a critical issue that must be addressed with more urgency. The Ambo Declaration, named after the village in Kiribati where parliamen [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

US to build £8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam

The expansion will include a dock for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a missile defence system, live-fire training sites and the expansion of the island's airbase. It will be the largest investment in a military base in the weste [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

South Pacific Island in the Caribbean Sea

St Lucia would be just at home in the South Pacific, but it resides in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, and is part of the Windward Islands. Just north of Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago lies a tropical paradise equal to the Pacific is [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Norfolk Island the exotic holiday destination in the Pacifi...

Norfolk Island is one of the hottest searches today. Kudos to its beauty and the perfect climatic condition that makes it the apt spot to spend your vacations! But how many of us actually know the details about the small island? Sources [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Paradise in the Pacific

The Cook Islands offer a holiday experience like no other Pacific island. And for the very first time Australians will have unparalleled ease to visit the Cook Islands over winter with Air New Zealands direct flight from Sydney starting [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Madang... Pearl of the Pacific

Madang, a province on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, has an alluring natural beauty with landscaped parks, waterways, tree-lined streets and a number of resorts; rich natural resources (minerals, fish, timber and crops) [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

South Pacific Tour Operator Announces New Sales Team

Tour operator Tahiti Legends has announced its new sales team with Jessica Smith as business development manager for the West Coast, and Stan Enden as East Coast sales representation. Jessica Smith began her career with Tahiti Legends in 2 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Climate change to force 75 million Pacific Islanders from th...

A report by the charity said Pacific Islanders were already feeling the effects of global warming, including food and water shortages, rising cases of malaria and more frequent flooding and storms. Some had already been forced from their ho [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2009 | Comments : 0