Results for Pacific Islands

A Qantas Boeing 744 flying from Sydney to Los Angeles on December 18 was forced to make an emergency landing at Nadi International Airport at 8:21pm when one of its engines failed and hour out of Nadi.

Tonga's Christchurch Earthquake Appeal fund, which collected $887,055 pa'anga, was handed over to Christchurch Major Bob Parker in Christchurch today, October 1, by Tonga's Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele.

Prime Minister John Key met several young missionaries from Pacific Island nations yesterday (August 20), when he visited the new Mormon Missionary Training Centre in South Auckland. Missionaries from Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and New Zealand joined with others from the United States and other countries in welcoming the Prime Minister to the training centre.

Tongan soldiers in the RAMSI force deployed to the Solomon Islands have shot dead a Honiara local while responding to a drunken brawl, the Solomon Islands police commissioner has alleged.

A New Zealand Parliamentary delegation will be visiting Nuku'alofa from 9 to 11 August to assist the Tongan Parliament in preparing for their political reform. The delegation will hold a public workshop on "parliamentary process in a democracy" for current Tongan parliamentarians, officials and the media.

Foreign tuna industry power brokers blocked developing nations trying to protect tuna stocks in their own waters at a key international fisheries meeting that closed today in Brisbane.

By Linny Folau The Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme to New Zealand (RSE) for the Pacific Islands, including Tongan fruit pickers, has worked well for both the various islands and New Zealand, the Minister of Immigration Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman said today.

By Linny Folau Tonga's National Rugby Team the Ikale Tahi has been given an opportunity to be the first to showcase to the world the Pacific flavour of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after being selected to play against the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match on September 9.

Providing greater awareness among Pacific Island countries on how to effectively respond and manage the aftermath of both man-made and natural disasters, is one of the aims of the first Pacific Emergency and Disaster Management Workshop for Polynesia held in Nuku'alofa this week.