Pacific
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Cyclone Donna retires as Pacific’s powerful storm in May
Another tropical cyclone also active at the moment in the Pacific is Cyclone Ella, although NASA says it is less…
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How the Pacific’s three biggest banks approach the region: CEOs explain
The Pacific’s three biggest banks: Bank South Pacific, ANZ and Westpac have distinct approaches to the Pacific region. Their top…
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PACER Plus Negotiation Concluded without Fiji and Papua New Guinea
With the expectation to enhance economic development of the Pacific Island countries, New Zealand’s Trade Minister, Todd McClay, said although…
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New Zealand braces for second major storm in two weeks
The country's meteorological service issued severe weather warnings for the upper North Island and warned of landslides, flooding and wind…
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Warning lifted as cyclone shifts away from New Caledonia
The bureau lifted a general warning on Tuesday, while the Civil Defence agency said around 70,000 people were without electricity.
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New Zealand begins clean-up as Cyclone Debbie floodwaters peak
Residents rowed boats along main roads and muddy water covered the airport's runway...
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New Zealand and Australia still pounded by ex-Cyclone Debbie
Australian insurers have declared the event a catastrophe likely to cost more than one billion dollars, with state officials saying…
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Her Royal Highness Princess Latufuipeka visits PNG
She also took time to visit and lay a wreath at graveside of well-known Tongan missionary to Papua New Guinea,…
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Thousands shelter as ‘screaming, howling’ Cyclone Debbie hits north Australia
By Tom Westbrook and Benjamin Weir SYDNEY (Reuters) – Howling winds, heavy rain and huge seas pounded Australia’s northeast on…
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U.S. officials meet asylum seekers at Australian-run camp, possibly restarting ‘dumb deal’
Similar biometric data collection would begin at the Australian-run detention centre in Papua New Guinea in early April, detainees were…
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