South Pacific

WATCH: Saving Wildlife On A Headhunter's Pacific Island

James Morgan | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Dolphins, South Pacific, Adventure Travel, Tetepare, Dugong, Turtles, Wildlife Conservation, Pacific Ocean, Travel News

A little up the beach some hunters are roasting wild boar. The coastline spills out into waves and I can't decide if it looks more like Avatar or Jurassic Park.

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How New Zealand's Petty Politics Undermines Stability and Security in the Pacific

Cleo Paskal | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Arab League, South Pacific, Tonga, China, Barack Obama, New Zealand, World News

It seems like a small story -- local politics in an island nation at the edge of the map. But it is typical of the sort of dynamics that are seriously undermining western security in a critical period.

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Fiji's Competing Narratives and Uncertain Future

Eddie Walsh | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Frank Bainimarama, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, Fiji Government, South Pacific, Australia, Republic of Fiji, World News

Led by a military leader who views himself as a savior but who is condemned by Australia as a despot, Fiji remains a country with an uncertain future. Barring some major policy shift, democracy will not return to Fiji without Commodore Frank Bainimarama's acquiescence.

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PHOTOS: Turtles Nesting In The South Pacific

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Photography, Photos, Exposure, Sea Turtles, South Pacific, Loggerhead Turtles, Nesting, Green News

Mon Repos supports the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland. It is also the most significant loggerhead ...

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Strong Earthquake Rattles Papua New Guinea

AP | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: South Pacific, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Rim, Ring of Fire, Papua New Guinea, Video, World News

SYDNEY -- A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. There are no immediate reports of damage or inj...

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'The Bridges Of Madison County' Is Getting The Musical Treatment

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Clint Eastwood, South Pacific, Meryl Streep, Thousand Country Roads, Broadway Musicals, Kelli O'Hara, Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller, Bartlett Sher, Marsha Norman, Culture News

For all of you diligent fans who have been waiting with bated breath for "The Bridges Of Madison County" to become a musical, your time has come. T...

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PHOTOS: Exploring The South Pacific's Exotic Vanuatu

Judie Fein | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Photography, Slideadbigshot, Vanuatu Travel, South Pacific Travel, South Pacific, Islands, Travel Photography, International Destinations, Vanuatu, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Tribal Areas, Travel News

When I travel, I want to be Marco Polo, a pioneer encountering little-known people and places. I want to feel the exuberance of newness rather than the comfort of well-trodden paths. I just found it all in Vanuatu.

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PHOTOS: The Fabulous Islands Of Fiji

Judie Fein | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Photography, South Pacific Travel, South Pacific, Islands, Fiji Travel, Travel Photography, International Destinations, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Fiji, Travel News

There are perhaps three different Fijis, one fantastic, one exotic, one soulful. On a trip to the South Pacific, you can find them -- and experience the many dimensions of these wonderful islands.

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7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes South Pacific

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: New Zealand Quake, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, South Pacific, South Pacific Earthquake, World News

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga — A strong earthquake struck far off the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports...

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From Island Paradise To 'Dire' Emergency: South Pacific Faces Water Shortages Linked To Climate Change

AP | By NICK PERRY | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: South Pacific, South Pacific Freshwater, Samoa, Tokelau, Climate-Change, South Pacific Water, Tuvalu Water, South Pacific Water Shortage, Tuvalu, Water South Pacific, South Pacific Water Supply, Green News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Crops are wilting, schools have shut their bathrooms and government officials are bathing in lagoons because of a severe sh...

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The Feeling Of Landing On A Remote Indian Ocean Airstrip

Chris Guillebeau | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: South Pacific Travel, Comoros Travel, Remote Airports, South Pacific, Islands, International Destinations, Airports, Africa Travel, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Just because it's remote doesn't mean you're alone.

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Eel Species Is A 'Living Fossil,' Scientists Say

Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Eel Discovery, New Eel, South Pacific, Protoanguilla Palau, Eel, Palau, Eels, New Species, Animals, Eel Animal, Video, Green News

Scientists working near the Pacific island nation of Palau discovered a new species of eel which they dubbed a “living fossil.” In the video be...

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Brian Stokes Mitchell Chats About a Life in the Theatre and his NYC Pops Holiday Concerts

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hanukkah, Carnegie Hall, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Sweeny Todd, Man of La Mancha, Musical Theater, Broadway, Jonathan Tunick, New York Pops, Holiday Concert, Brian Stokes Mitchell, South Pacific, Christmas, Kwanza, Singing, Sondheim, Racial Identity, Arts News

The singer/actor is exactly what one would expect of a classic leading man -- tall, handsome and high spirited, although not vain.

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What's Love Got To Do With It? (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Putz, Slut, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Randall Park, Tina Turner, Victoria Thomas, Hank Azaria, Parkinson's Disease, Koji Steven Sakai, Second Hand Emotion, The Princess Diaries, Oliver Platt, Archie Kao, The Pajama Game, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman, Doris Day, The People I?Ve Slept With, James Shigeta, Carnival, Rane Jameson, Damn Yankees, Gabriel Macht, Private Dancer, Wilson Cruz, Karin Anna Cheung, Edward Zwick, What?S Love Got to Do With It?, Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhall, The Fabulous Miss Wendy, John Raitt, Quentin Lee, Viagra, Julia Roberts, Ben Brantley, Love and Other Drugs, Jamie Reidy, Arts News

For many years, romantic comedies have had a double standard. If a man slept around, he was hailed as a charmer, a lover boy, or someone who was just ...

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MIRACLE: 3 Teens, Presumed Dead, Rescued After 50 Days Adrift In Pacific

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Zealand, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific Ocean, New Zealand Teens Rescued, Tokelau, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three teenagers survived 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish ...

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CultureZohn: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Opera, Laura Benanti, South Pacific, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Sherie Rene Scott, Dannny Burstein, Barber of Seville, Justin Guarini, Bartlett Sher, Brian Stokes, Tales of Hoffman, Mitchell, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Lincoln Center Theater, Patti LuPone, Pedro Almodóvar, Arts News

Though this production is Sher's handiwork, he has been exceedingly faithful to the film, both in its frothy style, a hybrid of stage and film, and its spirit.

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Broadway Miracle Sighted on PBS -- South Pacific Permitted Full Use of Real Instruments

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

South Pacific, based on a collection of stories by James Michener, is a multifaceted piece. The plot is the thing in this play, although it is loaded with the requisite number of hit tunes.

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You've Got to Be Carefully Taught

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Our Town, Immigration Reform, South Pacific, Entertainment, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall, Race, New York, Thornton Wilder, Ground Zero Mosque, Arts, Politics News

As citizens of the nation continue through the summer, distracting themselves by howling at the moon and one another, I spent this past weekend in Manhattan seeing revivals of two classic period pieces of American theater.

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Hatred: You've Got To Be Taught

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: South Pacific, Hate, Teaching, Love, Learning, Healthy Living News

You've got to be taught to be afraid Last week: A family sits in my office: A father is screaming at his 13 year old: "How ...

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Paulo Szot Reverses Ezio Pinza's Route To Met

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadway, Metropolitan Opera, South Pacific, Ezio Pinza, New York City, New York, Paulo Szot, Baritone, New York News

NEW YORK — On May 14, 1948, Ezio Pinza sang his last "Don Giovanni" with the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Cleveland and retired from the compan...

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Why We Use the Full Orchestra

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Side Story, Ticket Prices, South Pacific, Arts Management, National Symphony Orchestra, Non-Profit Theater, Arts Inflation, Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News

In an effort to fill the growing gap between expenses and revenue, theater producers have pursued two strategies: raising ticket prices and lowering costs.

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Broadway Looks at Racism in the Obama Era

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Of the 35 productions running or opening shortly -- including Hamlet and Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie -- at least 10 offerings have a rainbow-coalition hue.

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Michael Brunner: 'South Pacific' Lincoln Center Stage Manager Fired For Making Video Of Star Undressing

nypost.com | Jamie Schram | Posted 05.25.2011

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A married Lincoln Center stage manager busted for making a spy video of an actress changing had wanted to go out with her even though he had been rebu...

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Solomon Islands Earthquake: Magnitude 6.5 Quake hits near Solomon Islands

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Two earthquakes, one a magnitude 7.2 quake, have struck near Solomon Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said Monday, but ...

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American Samoa Governor: "I Don't Think Anybody Is Going To Be Spared In This Disaster"

AP | ROD McGUIRK and AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samoa, Samoa Tsunami, Survivor Samoa, Natural Disasters, Disaster Relief, South Pacific, Earthquake Flattened Villages Samoa, World News

APIA, Samoa — Police searched a ghastly landscape of mud-swept streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed surv...

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