Lush forests laid to waste: how Pacific Islands got hooked on logging
By Jeremy Gwao,Josh Nicholas and Kate Lyons
If Solomon Islands continues logging at its current rate, natural forests in the country will be exhausted...
OPINION: Vaccination ‘should not be a difficult choice’
Get vaccinated. Protect yourself, your family and all those around you. You know it’s the right thing to do, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown....
The woman who unseated Samoa’s prime minister of 20 years
By Andreas Illmer
Samoa is set to get its first female prime minister, marking the end of unprecedented political drama in the small Pacific...
Dame Meg Taylor’s Pacific Islands Forum Legacy
Written by Greg Fry
At the centre of the recent crisis in Pacific regionalism has been a high stakes tussle over the appointment of...
If it’s safe, dump it in Tokyo. We in the Pacific don’t want Japan’s...
By Joey Tau and Talei Luscia Mangioni
Earlier this month, the Japanese government announced plans to discharge 1m tonnes of radioactive wastewater accruing since the...
Forum SG Dame Meg Taylor statement regarding Japan decision to release ALPS treated water...
In my capacity as Depositary of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga), as Pacific Ocean Commissioner, and on behalf of...
UN atomic energy agency to work with Japan on Fukushima water disposal
The International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), said on Tuesday that it will work closely with Japan which is preparing to release a million tonnes of...
Samoa election 2021
By Nanai Anae Dr. Iati Iati
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Can you remember the last time Samoa had a formidable political opposition? It has been a while, and...
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Pacific Island Climate Change Roundtable takes new breath
Responding to the call from our Pacific Islands as we battle climate change the greatest threat to our survival, the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable...
NZ Political delegation heads to Pacific
New Zealand deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will lead a broad political delegation on a five-stop Pacific tour next week to...
Niue passes major constitutional changes in second reading
Major Niue constitutional amendments have passed through their second reading in the Niue Assembly.
The Niue Assembly has passed amendments to the constitution including changing...