Pacific Ocean Commissioner opens Palau Office, focuses on gender equality and regional cooperation
The Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC) has officially opened in Palau, led by Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni.
A core mission of...
Voices of indigenous communities come together to fight climate change
Almost a hundred representatives from Aotearoa, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands gathered in Suva, Fiji last week for the Oceania...
Maōri king and other indigenous Pacific leaders sign up to granting whales legal personhood
Pacific indigenous leaders, including the Māori King, has urged the legal recognition of whales as persons with inherent rights.
Māori leaders spearheading the Hinemoana Halo...
Oceania Member Associations come together to focus on climate change strategies
The Pacific region, with its prevalence of low-lying islands, is especially vulnerable to climate change. Football is not immune, and is affected at all...
Coastal inundation from sea level rise identified as main risk to water quality and...
The risks posed by climate-related hazards to the water quality and availability, and water infrastructure in Tuvalu were highlighted on the second day of...
Health and Disaster Risk Management experts in Tuvalu discuss findings of climate change risk...
Climate change affects every facet of life for Pacific islanders, and for Tuvalu which is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts...
Major milestone reached in historic climate judgement as States submit arguments to world’s highest...
Today marks a significant milestone in the historic campaign to take climate change to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ),...
Pacific leaders must hold Japan accountable at PALM10 for Fukushima nuclear waste
Op-ed by Joey Tau
Last month’s visit to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat by Japanese Foreign Minister, Yōko Kamikawa, to convene an interim Ministerial meeting...
Survival of Small Island States depends on implementation: AOSIS chair
Chair of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Samoan Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster has expressed AOSIS’s readiness to...
Blue Pacific – an Ocean of Peace
By Satyendra Prasad
The Blue Pacific as an Ocean of Peace has evolved as one the core ideas of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and...
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Strategic competition in Pacific here to stay, Australian Minister says
Australian Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy says strategic competition with China in the Pacific is a permanent...
Cook Islands General Election set for 12 August
The Cook Islands 2026 General Election will be held on Wednesday, August 12, the King’s Representative, Sir Tom Marsters, announced this morning.
In a radio...
Fiji PM says next election due between 24 December and early February 2027
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji’s next general election is expected to be held between 24 December 2026, and the first week of February...