Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for Pacific media conference
Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative story or present research at the 2024 Pacific International Media...
If a diabetes policy of diet and exercise keeps failing, is it time for...
By Amy McLennan
Fifty years ago, a diabetes survey in the Republic of Nauru concluded that a third of Nauruans had type 2 diabetes. It...
Fijian Media Association AGM outcome
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) conducted its annual general meeting on Friday (22 March 2024), at the Fiji Museum in Suva, where it reviewed...
America’s human experiments in the Marshall Islands demand Justice
By Camilla Pohle
Members of a U.S Senate hearing on 14 March said that Washington’s relationships with Pacific Island countries are based on respect. If...
IMO agrees possible outline for maritime “net-zero framework”
International Maritime Organisation IMO has agreed on an illustration of a possible draft outline of an “IMO net-zero framework” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions...
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...
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...
Communities worry anew as PNG revives seabed mining plans
By Rebecca Kessler
Chris Malgan sits in his outrigger canoe, singing and shaking a ring of coconut shells in the water next to the...
Blog: Why gender matters in climate finance
By Keshav Dash, Commonwealth National Climate Finance Advisor to Tuvalu and Dr Deepa Pullanikkatil, Commonwealth National Climate Finance Advisor to Fiji
Climate change and...
A Dysfunctional Family: How Australia can and should repair its relationships with the Pacific...
Analysis by Liam Moore
The prevailing strategic culture in Australian foreign policy circles that view Pacific Island states in instrumental and paternalistic ways is unproductive....
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Forum Chair Mark Brown calls for peace and unity in New Caledonia
Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says recent events in New Caledonia are deeply concerning to the Pacific family.
"I offer my...
New Zealand and Vanuatu to deepen collaboration
New Zealand and Vanuatu will enhance collaboration on issues of mutual interest, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.
“It is important to return to Port Vila...
Peters confirms NZ First plan to support Samoan citizenship bill through to final reading
New Zealand First plans to continue supporting a bill that would restore the entitlement of citizenship for a group of Samoans who had it...