Fiji’s Home Affairs Minister Tikoduadua offers to resign down pending Grace Road passport probe
Fiji’s Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration, Pio Tikoduadua has offered to temporarily step aside from his role.
This after the discovery of possible unauthorised...
PNG set to host Climate Change 42nd GCF Board Meeting in 2025
Papua New Guinea is set to host a high-level climate change meeting mid next year, being the second in the Pacific to host such...
COP29 Text offers two far-apart visions for finance goal
The COP29 Presidency Mukhtar Babayev early Thursday released a draft document intended to serve as the basis for a deal on a post-2025 goal...
COP29 finance target must still deliver on trillions of dollars in debt-free commitments for...
Several draft texts released early Thursday in Baku are capturing the attention of civil society observers at COP29 who have been holding out to...
“1.5 to Stay Alive”: SPREP DG Nawadra urge action at COP29, Warn of existential...
In a powerful call to action at COP29, Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), stressed the...
U.S State Department’s Campbell hopes Trump works with Pacific allies
U.S deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said he hoped the incoming Trump administration would work with allies Australia and New Zealand in the...
Fiji to enter negotiations for Status of Forces Agreement with U.S
U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III will wrap up his Indo-Pacific trip in Fiji this week, marking the first-ever visit by a...
Vanuatu snap election slated for January 2025
Vanuatu voters will head into a snap election within the next 60 days after President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolved parliament, earlier this week.
It's the fifth...
Lord Vaea’s Call for action on gender equality at UN ESCAP Beijing+30 Review
Tonga’s Internal Affairs Minister Lord Vaea has delivered a clear and urgent message on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum at the UN ESCAP...
“We can’t negotiate with climate change,” Vanuatu laments lack of progress at COP29
As the clock ticks towards the end of COP29 in Baku Azerbaijan, Vanuatu has expressed deep concerns about the lack of progress made on...
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UNICEF Pacific Ambassador calls for action against deep-sea mining
Former Miss Samoa, Miss Pacific Islands and UNICEF Pacific Ambassador Moemoana Schwenke has called on Pacific Islanders to oppose deep-sea mining, warning that it...
‘Sign up to NZ’: Winston Peters defends citizens-only voting proposal amid Pacific concerns
Who should have the right to vote in New Zealand is shaping up as a key election issue.
New Zealand First (NZ First) is defending...
Pacific Islanders seek participation in precision medicine studies
Indigenous health experts in the Pacific Island region are seeking active participation in medical research, particularly in the field of precision medicine, an emerging...