Changing legal obligations on climate action
By Nic Maclellan
Pacific Small Island Developing States and other developing nations are mobilising to call for new international legal norms, to ensure that industrialised...
When home becomes hell: Why the Pacific has one of the world’s highest rates...
By Belinda Kora in Papua New Guinea, Lice Movono & Gabriella Marchant in Fiji, Adel Fruean in Samoa & Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong in Solomon Islands
Across...
PINA Statement in support of the Media Council of Papua New Guinea on Press...
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) stands in full solidarity with the Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) in raising serious concerns about...
Scars from the world’s first deep sea mining test 50 years on
President Donald Trump is trying to fast track new deep sea mining efforts, but half a century after the world's first deep sea mining...
The ‘Big’ Winners and The ‘Sorry’ Losers
How a Political Walkout Backfired and Strengthened GNUT's Grip on Power
By Ronald Toito’ona
The recent political upheaval that unfolded following the dramatic walkout of 10...
PACNEWS Editor interview with Emma Veve, the new Director General of the ADB Pacific...
Part Two of the interview with Ms Emma Veve, the new Director General of the ADB Pacific Department conducted by PACNEWS Editor, Makereta Komai...
Who designs our future? A wake-up call on foreign led curriculum in the...
By Dr Transform Aqorau
I’m writing with a deep sense of urgency—and a heavy heart. Everywhere I look across our beautiful islands, I see resilience....
Loyalists blame French Minister for failure of New Caledonia talks
By Nic Maclellan
The main conservative anti-independence parties in New Caledonia have denounced French Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, after the breakdown of talks to forge...
PACNEWS Editor interview with Emma Veve, the new Director General of the ADB Pacific...
Part One of the interview with Emma Veve, the new Director General of the ADB Pacific Department conducted by PACNEWS Editor, Makereta Komai on...
IMF warns Pacific Economies face slower growth, Rising risks amid global trade turbulence
In an interview with PACNEWS Senior Journalist Pita Ligaiula, Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the IMF’s Asia & Pacific Department based in Washington DC,...
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Tuvalu backs UN methane push, Calls for fossil fuel phase-out
Tuvalu has endorsed the United Nations Secretary-General's call for global methane action, calling for an urgent phase-out of fossil fuels and pledging to increase...
South Pacific Group Ministers celebrate progress and renew commitment to regional uni
Ministers from the South Pacific Group (SPG) gathered today in Wellington to reflect on the Group's achievements and collective successes. Convening in the margins...