Cook Islands new security policy highlights climate, economic context for Pacific
A new national security policy launched by the Cook Islands in the margins of a regional meeting of Pacific security advisers has brought the...
Former PNG Army boss wants review of U.S-PNG defence agreement
The Papua New Guinea Government should reconsider and review the United States-PNG Defence Corporation Agreement, by aligning itself with the U.S and Australia, it...
Australia to provide funding support for Solomon Islands election, Honiara calls for review of...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had a bilateral meeting with the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Richard Marles Wednesday.
The Australian...
U.S has helped Pacific Island countries unlock US$0.5 billion to manage climate change
The U.S Government has helped Pacific Island countries unlock more than half a billion US dollars in funding to manage the growing impact of...
Fallout of French nuclear testing in Pacific still affecting men decades later
Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia.
The crew of HMNZS Otago, and later the...
Forum SG Puna to meet with Forum Chair on regional priorities
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, will undertake his first official mission to the Cook Islands this week as part of the...
Fukushima nuclear plant operator says equipment to release treated wastewater into sea is complete
All equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed and will...
Solomon Islands leader of independent group of MP’s takes High Court action over election...
Solomon Islands leader of the Independent Group, John Kuku has filed a legal suit challenging the legality of the extension of Parliament to 2024.
Parliament...
New Zealand marks 50 years of Pacific nuclear protests
This Wednesday, New Zealand marks 50 years since the Government sent a frigate to French Polynesia to protest testing of nuclear weapons at Mururoa...
Forum SG warns against strategic manipulation by outside states
By Pita Ligaiula
Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has warned against ‘strategic manipulation’ by outside states which want to ‘embed’ ideologies into Pacific “norms and...
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Pacific shipping lifeline faces crisis as experts push wind-powered transition
For many Pacific Island communities, a delayed ship does not just mean inconvenience. It can mean empty store shelves, fuel shortages and isolation.
“Shipping is...
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organised crime’, President José Ramos-Horta says
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to “infiltration by foreign organised crime”, the country’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has warned.
His comments come as Australian federal police (AFP) confirmed...
Fiji Climate Change Minister set key priorities to accelerate Pacific climate action
“1.5 is not negotiable and is a red line grounded in science and in our lived reality.”
This was the strong reminder from Fiji's Minister...