Mutineers' barren refuge turns tourist paradise NZ Herald | It's bare of white sandy beaches and about as far away as you can get from anywhere - but that hasn't stopped super-remote Pitcairn Island from marketing itself as a holiday paradise in a newly embraced tourism push. | Today, about 50 residents on the lonely island in the South Pacific are celebra...
Comfort for shire's asset-rich battlers Sydney Morning Herald | CBD | Looking offshore ... Mike Smith considers the South Seas islands a paradise opportunity for the ANZ. Illustration: John Shakespeare | The CommSec chief economist known for his enthusiasm to offer the media quotes, metaphors and live crosses a...
NuSTAR observatory readies for March launch The Examiner | NASA’s NuSTAR telescope is being prepared for launch in California, following a cross-country truck trip that started in Virginia. The NuSTAR spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base Thursday morning, and will be moved to a hangar wher...
Aus & NZ Defence Ministers launch new Defence Relationship Scoop Sunday, 29 January 2012, 1:58 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Government | Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman | Minister of Defence | New Zealand | Hon Stephen Smith | Minister of Defence | Australia | 29 January 2012 | Media Statement | Australian and New Zeal...
The Descendants – review The Observer ‘So good’: George Clooney and Shailene Woodley as father and daughter in The Descendants. Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar | Nothing gives me more pleasure than to welcome a new film by the gifted writer-director Alexander Payne, especially as The...
Marshall Islands New Parliament Commits To Promoting Service Scoop Thursday, 26 January 2012, 4:14 pm | Press Release: UNDP Pacific Centre | 25 January 2012 | [25 January 2012 - Majuro, Marshall Islands] – Today saw the opening of an Induction Seminar for Senators of the new Nitijela (Parliament) of Marshall ...
West Papua Violence Hits Indonesian RSF Media Rankings Scoop Thursday, 26 January 2012, 4:38 pm | Press Release: West Papua Media Alerts | ' West Papua Violence Hits Indonesian RSF Media Rankings - NZ, Fiji Fall' | PARIS (Reporters sans frontières / Pacific Media Watch): An Indonesian military crackdown i...
New coaching trio face differing challenges The Guardian By John Mehaffey LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Philippe Saint-Andre hopes to end a century of alternating grandeur and chaos by imposing some stability on the France national rugby team. Another Frenchman, former France assistant coach Jacques Brunel, i...