EU supports Digital Media Hub in Samoa
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French Senate votes yes on New Caledonia law, but opposition grows
By Nic MacLellan
Legislation to implement a new political statute for New Caledonia has passed its first hurdle, adopted by the French Senate in a...
Media Interview of ADB President Masato Kanda by Makereta Komai, Manager & Editor in...
President Kanda, the Pacific faces overlapping crises — climate change, debt pressure, and slow growth. What is ADB’s top priority in the Pacific right...
On the Pacific journey to COP31
The COP31 Türkiye – Australia partnership that includes the Pacific is a first in the history of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change....
2026 Tuna RFMO Priorities: A Policy Snapshot of What to Watch
From science on paper to limits on the water, across the major tuna RFMOs (WCPFC, IOTC, IATTC and ICCAT), four common themes are likely...
The Evolution of Australia’s Sports Diplomacy in the Pacific
Australia has made its biggest Pacific sporting bet so far. Will it deliver results for both Australia and the Pacific Islands?
By Rafael Costa
In December...
It’s not gender or climate — it’s both or it’s neither
By Erin Anderson
Climate change and gender inequality are two of the biggest challenges we face today. Yet they are too often treated as separate...
The island paradise with the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
Fiji’s spiralling health crisis is linked to an explosion in methamphetamine that threatens to turn the Pacific into a ‘semi-narco region’
By Sarah Newey,...
Pacific nations battle billion-dollar drug trade
As transnational crime syndicates target our Pacific waters, the Oceania Customs Organisation is working with its 24 member countries to defend our vast ocean...
Deep Sea Mining advances, but science and global rules lag behind
A U.S-based ecologist says deep-sea mining is edging closer to commercial reality as extraction technologies advance and demand for critical minerals rises, but scientific...
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Fiji Law Society urges President to implement JSC recommendation on FICAC leadership
The Fiji Law Society has called for the immediate implementation of the Judicial Services Commission’s recommendation regarding the leadership of the Fiji Independent Commission...
Pacific Leadership must shape outcomes at COP31 Pre COP
The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network has acknowledged the announcement by the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) that Fiji will host the...
Gambia chairs first OACPS Ambassadors meeting ahead of Malabo Summit
The Ambassador of Gambia, Musa Jobarteh has chaired his first meeting as Chair of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Committee...