Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania

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Singer Jimmy Buffett was hospitalized with a head injury after falling off the stage at the end of a concert in Sydney, Australia.

Source: Jimmy Buffett

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 photo provided by the State Emergency Service and made available Wednesday Jan.

Source: Govt. plans new tax to pay for Australian floods

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IN THE DARK: Singer Jon Stevens is 'outraged' that he was kicked off a Jetstar flight.

Source: Singer ejected from flight

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Men work on the air-flow system of Pike River Coal Mine mine near Atarau, New Zealand Thursday January 27 2011 All 29 miners in a southern New Zealand coal mine died within minutes of an initial explosion that rocked the mine in November, an inquest has heard.

Source: 05:21 Miners 'died soon after explosion'

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An Indonesian volcano eruption has thrown the travel plans of hundreds of Australians into disarray.

Source: Volcano stops Jetstar flights to Bali

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The prince said that he was called a "Pommy -------" many times since he first went to school in Australia in 1966.

Source: Prince Charles says 'Pommy' insults were character building

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A luxury Golden Bay retreat has been voted by the users of a major travel website as one of the 10 Best Romantic Hotels in the South Pacific the only one in New Zealand and Australia to make the grade.

Source: Romantic retreat voted one of best

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You can cut the anticipation with a machete as the pot lights dim under a canopy of southern stars.

Source: Tahiti's 'carnival' atmosphere

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Family members say Ben Solaita, the president of the American Samoa National Olympic Committee, has died.

Source: Am. Samoa Olympic Comm. head dies

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The human cost of the Hawke's Bay earthquake of February 3, 1931, took time to unfold.

Source: Counting dreadful human cost of 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake