Fight over Seabed Agency leadership turns nasty
Allegations of possible payments to help secure votes. Claims of abuse of agency funds by top diplomats. A possible job offer to entice a...
NZ focus on resilience and education in Nauru
New Zealand and Nauru are deepening their relationship, including on economic resilience and education, deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says.
“New Zealand and Nauru have...
Journalism is the oxygen of democracy: Fiji deputy PM
Journalism is the oxygen of democracy and Fiji now has true democracy as the people are able to share freely and their positions no...
Vanuatu launches first documented Foreign Policy
The Government of Vanuatu, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade (MoFAICET), launched its first documented Foreign Policy Wednesday.
Deputy Prime...
Australia to strike new funding deal with PNG to manage transferred asylum seekers
The Albanese government will strike a new funding deal with Papua New Guinea to support asylum seekers after the country threatened to send them...
Forum SG Waqa emphasises unified efforts in regional Ocean Governance and BBNJ Implementation
Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa Wednesday reiterated the importance of ocean governance at the Regional Ocean Governance and BBNJ Workshop in Suva.
“Ocean governance is...
Future of New Zealand’s Nauru resettlement deal unclear
New Zealand is unlikely to resettle its full quota of refugees from Nauru under its 2022 agreement with Australia, and faces choices on the...
Fiji AG calls on Acting DPP Rabuku to resign
Fiji's Attorney-General Graham Leung has called on the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions John Rabuku to do the honourable thing and resign.
In a statement,...
Death at Sea film, campaign seeks enhanced protections for fisheries observers
A campaign launched by Human Rights at Sea International, centred around a film about Eritara Aati Kaierua, a Kiribati fisheries observer who died at...
Forum welcomes appointment of Deputy Secretary General, Desna Solofa
The Pacific Islands Forum has announced the appointment of Desna Solofa as the Deputy Secretary General – Governance, effective 24 June 2024.
Solofa joins the...
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Aust PM to host series of Pacific leaders’ meetings in Queensland
After returning from Fiji and the Solomon Islands and signing historic agreements with Fiji and Vanuatu, Prime Minister Albanese will host Pacific leaders from...
CROP heads discuss 2050 strategy, energy crisis and COP31 preparations
The 66th Heads of Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) Meeting convened at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on Tuesday, focusing on...
Southwest Pacific’s last tropical glacier could vanish within months
The Southwest Pacific is facing mounting climate risks as its vast ocean expanse becomes hotter, more acidic and more dangerous for coastal communities, the...