Ocean Currents Bringing Plastic Waste to Tonga
By Malia Kavai
Ocean currents across the vast Pacific Ocean are bringing plastic wastes to Tonga. This is the warning from two visiting scholars from...
New Caledonia: France’s way or the Pacific way?
By Denise Fisher
France’s action in transporting eight indigenous New Caledonian detainees to metropolitan France can only fan the flames of ethnic and political difference...
Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO
A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving...
Solomon Islands: Coconut Industry Face Extinction
By Stephen Diisango*
The hostile, coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) is threatening Solomon Islands coconut plantations likely subjecting to extinction. It poses a serious threat...
OPINION: Small Island Developing States need finance to tackle climate crisis
By Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth
In the last few weeks, sadly more than 100 people have died from oppressive heat in India.
In...
Tiny Niue leads Ocean Conservation: New National Geographic documentary
In the vast expanse of the South Pacific, the tiny island nation of Niue, with a population just under 2,000, is making monumental strides...
30th Papua New Guinea-Australia Ministerial Forum Joint Communiqué
The 30th Papua New Guinea-Australia Ministerial Forum was held in Port Moresby on 19 June 2024 and was co-chaired by Justin Tkatchenko, Minister for...
‘Your plastic is here’: how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an...
One of the world’s most remote populations must deal with a flood of multinational plastic, much of it tossed overboard by the factory fishing...
FLNKS congress postponed, as independence movement debates the way forward
By Nic Maclellan
In a fast moving and complex situation, both supporters and opponents of independence in New Caledonia are preparing for the outcome...
Director General’s column for SPREP Day 2024
Opinion by Sefanaia Nawadra, SPREP DG.
Every year on 16 June, we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty which officially established the...
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Solomon Islands honoured to chair PIF
Solomon Islands says it is honoured to serve as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), reaffirming its commitment to regional solidarity and Pacific-led...
No-confidence motion against Vanuatu PM defeated, Government stability may keep PM Napat in office...
A motion of no confidence against the Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat was defeated on Friday.
The motion was voted down by 36 votes against...
PIF prioritises climate resilience and regional unity
Climate change resilience remains a central goal for Pacific Island nations as they face its severe impacts.
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says...