Tag: Tragedy
Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police
RNZ Pacific
Tongan police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot.
Police report the shooting occurred at the boy's residence at...
Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight
RNZ Pacific
A commemoration has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the...
PNG has lost a ‘vibrant and visionary’ leader, says grand chief...
PNG Post-Courier
Governor-General Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae has described Papua New Guinea's late Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil as a vibrant and visionary leader...
Two children die as fire guts PNG’s national broadcaster units
By Lina Keapu in Port Moresby
Two children have died and at least six staff of Papua New Guinea's National Broadcasting Corporation lost their property...
Fiji family mourns death of mechanic killed in NZ tornado
RNZ Pacific
A Fiji family is mourning the loss of their son after he was killed in the devastating tornado that hit South Auckland on...
Pacific Update: Brutal domestic assault in PNG, ongoing USP leadership crisis
PACIFIC UPDATE: By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific correspondent
There has been shock and revulsion in Papua New Guinea after a video emerged of a military...
Amnesty Indonesia calls for justice over 1998 Trisakti student shootings
By Devina Halim in Jakarta
Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for justice and truth from the government over the Trisakti student shooting tragedy through legal...
