September 2006 in Oceania

• New Zealand: NATURAL gas supplies were cut to AbOUT 1000 central Wellington businesses for four days, after water entered Powerco's gas mains. (NZ Herald)
• The 2006 Guam Primary Election occurs, but some electronic ballots are not counted. (Guam Pacific Daily News)

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• Australia: Steve Irwin, popularly known as 'The Crocodile Hunter', dies when a stingray barb enters his heart off the coast of Queensland in the Great Barrier Reef
• Australia: Colin Thiele, renowned author and educator, dies of heart failure aged 85 after a long illness.

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• Four mayors in the Auckland Region meet Helen Clark to discuss possible amalgamation of their city councils. (TVNZ)

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• Nine times Bathurst winner Peter Brock is killed in the Targa West rally. (ABC Australia)

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• A state election is held in Queensland. Peter Beattie won a fourth term winning at least 57 of the 89 seats.

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• Tonga's King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV dies in Auckland. (NZ Herald)

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• The Solomon Islands expels the Australian High Commissioner, accusing him of being heavily involved in local politics. (Radio NZ)

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• New Zealand opposition leader Don Brash takes leave to sort out marital problems amidst rumours he had an affair. (Newswire)

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• Stephen Tindall announces his intention of buying out the other shareholders in the retail chain he founded, The Warehouse. Tindall currently has a controlling share in the company. (NZ Herald)

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• The New Zealand Prime Minister's husband Peter Davis is accused of being gay, which he denies. (NZ Herald)

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• The Australian Federal Court upholds a native title claim by the Nyoongar over Perth metropolitan area.

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• The dispute between New Zealand supermarket company Progressive Enterprises and over 500 employees is resolved after 28 days. (TVNZ)

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• Shares in carpet maker Feltex are suspended on the New Zealand Exchange after the company is placed in receivership on September 22. (NZ Herald)
• A general strike begins in New Caledonia over the cost of living and the presence of foreign workers in the mining sector. (Radio NZ)

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• New Zealand opposition MP Brian Connell is suspended from the National Party caucus. (NZ Herald)
• The Cook Islands holds a legislative election. Results are expected to be available on 2 October. (Radio NZ)

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• Bacardi offers NZ$138 million to buy the New Zealand alcoholic drink company 42 Below. (Radio NZ) (NZ Herald)
• Former Australian Labor Party politician Graham Richardson is accused of tax evasion, with a Federal Court Judge releasing a document showing he had an undeclared A$1.4 million Swiss bank account. (SMH)
• An inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee in Queensland Police custody, which sparked the 2004 Palm Island riots, has ruled that Police caused his death.
• King George Tupou V of Tonga appoints his younger brother, 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho, as Crown Prince and heir to The Throne. (NZ Herald)

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• The Overlander train between Auckland and Wellington, due to be withdrawn at the end of the month, is to continue, but on a reduced schedule. (NZ Herald)
• Fiji's Department Of Health is struggling to contain a typhoid outbreak on Vanua Levu. (Radio NZ)
• Dunedin's Logan Park High School is threatened by a large forest fire in a plantation bordering the school. (TVNZ)
• The French Polynesian Government keeps its one-seat majority, as the French High Commission decides not to force one member to resign over a possible conflict of interest. (Tahiti Presse)

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• The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand votes to confirm a ban on people in de facto or gay relationships from becoming leaders in the Church. (NZ Herald)
• At the request of the Australian Government, Julian Moti, the Attorney-General for the Solomon Islands, is arrested in Papua New Guinea for an alleged child [...] offence. (The Australian)
• Australian Treasurer Peter Costello announces a record budget surplus of A$15.8 billion. (The Australian)

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• The West Coast Eagles defeat the Sydney Swans 85-84, only the fourth one-point victory in the Australian Football League Grand Final. (ABC)
• The New Zealand Government apologises to the Te Arawa iwi over Treaty of Waitangi grievances, and returns 500 km² of Crown land and 19 areas of special significance to it. (Radio NZ)

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