NZ Government to open travel corridor with Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu – allowing seasonal...
Seasonal workers will be able to travel to New Zealand from Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu without undergoing a two-week stay in managed isolation, the...
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
NZ Ardern offers ‘unreserved’ apology to Pacific Islanders for dawn raids on Government’s behalf
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered a “formal and unreserved apology” Sunday to the Pacific communities left traumatised by the dawn raids...
Tongan princess in tears as she accepts formal dawn raids apology
The princess of Tonga shed tears as she formally accepted Jacinda Ardern's apology on behalf of the Government that oversaw the dawn raids of...
Australian vaccine donations to Pacific nations top 1 million
Australia’s donations of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific last week topped the 1 million-mark, aided in part by some Australians’ reluctance to be vaccinated...
Fiji records 632 new cases, two death deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 632 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths recorded Sunday.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary, Dr James Fong said...
‘Women have not been able hold these: Samoa’s first female PM gets down to...
The prime minister’s office in Apia, the capital of Samoa, which overlooks the harbour, has just been vacated by the man who held the...
Fiji diplomat says rugby can open doors for scholarship to study and play in...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
Fiji’s back to back gold medal win in sevens rugby at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday will open up...
Queensland mayor’s historic blackbirding apology over slavery of Pacific Islanders
A local mayor has entered territory no state or Australian federal politician has ventured after apologising for the blackbirding practices that helped build Queensland's...
We don’t want Suva to be burnt like before: Fiji Defence Minister
Fijian Defence Minister Inia Seruiratu has shed some light on why politicians have been taken in for questioning in relation to Bill 17.
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Pacific Islands Forum members are making progress on a long-term regional plan, but challenges remain in turning commitments into results, according to a new...
Lopsided deal: Legal analysis raises concerns over Tonga’s deep-sea mining agreement
When Pacific leaders gather to discuss the future of deep-sea mining, the conversation often centres on economic opportunity. For Tonga, that promise has come...
China-U.S competition for rare earths sparks plan to mine Pacific seabed near Guam
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