Albo the ‘number one social media influencer for Palau’
By Finn McHugh
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr visited Australia this week to open the country’s new embassy in Canberra, another sign of the Albanese...
A Blue Pacific on fire on the road to COP31
By Dr Satyendra Prasad
I join so many others in extending my warmest congratulations to the Fiji and Tuvalu Governments for their Herculian effort...
Beyond Representation: Making Room for Women to Lead in the Pacific
By Karla Hershey, Mamadou Kane and Dirk Wagener, United Nations Resident Coordinators in the Pacific
In 2016, Dr Hilda Heine of the Republic of the...
Solomon Islands on track to becoming ‘Weather Ready’ with new Radar by end of...
The Solomon Islands' first weather radar is rising from the ground, with construction now well underway on a facility that will give the nation...
A Deeper Dive into The Geopolitics of IUU Fishing
By Elizabeth Feldmann-DeMello
A vote on the permanent location and operationalization of the permanent Secretariat of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement will be taken...
Pacific Leads global push on Ocean Acidification – the “Invisible Twin” of Ocean Warming
As the world's ocean acidification community gathers in Wellington, Pacific governments, scientists and finance institutions lay out how the region is turning science into...
More Than Matcha: Discovering Trust and Respect in a Japanese Tea Ceremony
PACNEWS Editor in Chief Makereta Komai shares her experience from the tea-making ceremony in Asakusa, Tokyo
Five visiting journalists from the Pacific and Caribbean...
Taiwan and Fiji celebrate 55 Years of Partnership at the ROC (Taiwan) National Day...
Representative David Cheng-Wei Wu of the Taipei Trade Office in Fiji hosted a reception on the evening of 8 October 2026 to mark the...
OPINION: Minamata tragedy: Lessons for Pacific media
By PACNEWS Editor Makereta Komai in Minamata, Japan
A local Japanese newspaper is looking back at 70 years of the Minamata mercury poisoning tragedy...
Empowering Pacific-led research and data, and youth leadership to shape climate decisions
Pacific leadership requires meaningful youth influences and the resources, skills and scientific evidence needed to shape regional and international climate decisions.
This was the resounding...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
The Pacific Conference of Churches...
‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces...
For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its...
Fiji passport ranks 97th globally, opens 78 destinations
- Fijian passport holders can access 78 overseas destinations without obtaining a traditional visa in advance, but Fiji ranks 97th globally and 11th among...