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Cyclone-hit banana farmers say they requested wage subsidies in March, contrary to Mark Furners comments updated 4 AprApril 2021 at 2:15am Agriculture Minister Mark Furner visited damaged banana plantations in the Innisfail region soon after the recent storms. ( Print text only Cancel A disaster-hit grower who hosted Agriculture Minister Mark Furner on his flattened banana farm says the MPs claims he was unaware of requests for wage subsidies are wrong. Key points: Representatives campaigned f...

Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Walter Zweifel The 11 member collegial government met this morning in Noumea but the majority FLNKS pro-independence groupings again could not agree on a single candidate. This means the new government cannot be properly constituted leaving the old government in a caretaker role with budget responsibility given to the French High Commission. As with both the earlier attempts in February and March todays vote saw anti-independence leader Thierry Santa securing four votes with...

Mortgage Business Support offered to borrowers impacted by Cyclone Niran By Reporter 08 March 2021 The Queensland government and lenders have begun offering financial assistance to those affected by Cyclone Niran in Queensland. Thousands of people were left without power in northern Queensland, and hundreds of properties and agricultural crops...

Niran generated winds up to 220km/h, damaging buildings and cutting power.

Cyclone Niran injured at least one person and caused extensive damage in New Caledonia according to early reports.

Niran peaks as a Category 5-equivalent severe cyclone east of Australia overnight Friday, lashes New Caledonia with 115-mph winds and 144-mph gusts Saturday.

Updated 5:35pm NZDT / 3:35pm Noumea Time — Cyclone NIRAN is back to Category 4 after reaching top end Cat 5 this morning as it moves into New Caledonia. The cyclone is tracking ESE extraordinarily fast at 46km/h. Some cyclones move at slower than human walking speed. The Fiji MetService has now taken authority to track the storm as it has left Australian waters. WeatherWatch.co.nz says Niran is an extremely dangerous tropical cyclone and has life threatening weather potential, but some positi...

ANZ today announced it would provide a financial support package to help Queensland banana growers and other customers that were affected by Cyclone...

New Caledonia is on high alert as it braces for the arrival of a category five tropical storm later today.