Topix: Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania [March ‘11 Diet]

Topix · Mar 12, 2011, 04:05 AM

Prince William is to visit New Zealand and Australia to tour areas devastated by recent natural disasters, St James's Palace has said.

Source: William to visit disaster zones

Topix · Mar 12, 2011, 08:05 AM

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:53 p.m. BRISBANE, Australia - Heavy rains sent floodwaters pouring into homes and businesses Wednesday in several northeast Australian towns still cleaning up from a massive cyclone that tore through the region last month.

Source: Homes flooded in cyclone-hit northeast Australia a " The Associated Press

Topix · Mar 12, 2011, 12:05 PM

FLIGHT OF FANCY: Thousands of implausibly shaped atolls inhabit the Torres Strait between Northern Australia and Indonesia.

Source: Ten amazing Aussie hidden gems

Topix · Mar 12, 2011, 04:05 PM

Ashburton's new business park may become an attractive option for firms wanting to permanently relocate outside of earthquake-damaged Christchurch, says the region's district council.

Source: Ashburton may attract quake-hit firms

Topix · Mar 12, 2011, 08:05 PM

CHECKING IN: Tourist numbers continued to grow in January, suggesting the country's tourism trade was normalising before the latest Christchurch earthquake.

Source: Tourism boosted last month

Topix · Mar 13, 2011, 08:05 PM

THE fate of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare hangs in the balance, as a leadership tribunal considers 25 misconduct allegations dating back as far as 1992.

Source: Probe into PNG PM's alleged misconduct

Topix · Mar 14, 2011, 04:05 AM

MARK CONNOR: First heard of the disaster in the recovery room. Wakefield man Mark Connor was three hours into a 12-hour operation to remove the rare cancerous tumour from the base of his skull when the magnitude-6.3 Christchurch earthquake struck.

Source: Man's skull open when quake hit

Topix · Mar 14, 2011, 08:05 AM

Chardonnay cocktails in tender coconuts and skewered prawns, plentiful fish and spectacular sunsets.

Source: Sun, sand and spice

Topix · Mar 14, 2011, 12:05 PM

Kara Hurring - New Zealand's 'accidental millionaire' - is believed to have split up with her partner after a gambling blowout in Macau.

Source: New Zealand's 'accidental millionaire' in court after two years on the run

Topix · Mar 14, 2011, 04:06 PM

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has widened its tsunami warning to include most of the Pacific Ocean region.

Source: Tsunami centre widens warning following Japan earthquake to most of the Pacific