Why small island states are driving the fight against climate change
Opinion by Payam Akhavan
“If you respect nature, nature will respect you.”
This is the ancient wisdom of the Indigenous people of Tuvalu, a small island...
The Pacific pays the price of the U.S–Iran war
By Saber Salem
The war between the United States and Iran, which began on 28 February and continues with no end in sight, has inflicted...
Tongan women rescued from China after arranged marriage scheme
Two young Tongan women – we agree to call them Ana and Peti to protect their identities – have a deadness to their eyes...
Tokelau and the Parties to the Nauru Agreement react to New Zealand fisheries action
Analysis by Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific Marshall Islands correspondent
Tokelau - made up of three atolls with a total population of about 1500 people -...
Uneven progress, significant gaps: New immunisation estimates must accelerate urgent action in the Western...
New WHO and UNICEF estimates reveal that while overall immunisation coverage in the Western Pacific region has stabilised following the COVID-19 pandemic, progress remains...
Ocean of peace requires one standard for all
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape’s call for the Pacific to remain “an Ocean of Peace” deserves widespread support.
Few regions have suffered the...
The stakes in the Pacific are increasing: the solutions need to adapt
By Dave Peebles
Last week was a big week in the Pacific, with the race between order and disorder, between cooperation and competition, brutally laid...
The ocean wealth that keeps leaving Micronesia
By Joyce McClure
More than 50 percent of the world’s tuna supply comes from the western and central Pacific Ocean, making it the most...
Threats may change, but geography doesn’t. It’s time for Australia to be a good...
By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, Adelaide University and Jack Corbett, Professor, Politics and International Relations, Monash University
In the past week, Prime Minister...
You’re not anybody’s friend’: In Jude’s line of work, you can be ‘disappeared’
The Pacific tuna fishery supplies more than half of the world's catch. But its abundance has made it a target for illegal fishing.
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Pacific must stand united as One Blue Pacific Continent: Forum Chair Wale
Pacific Islands Forum members must remain united and speak with one voice as the Blue Pacific Continent faces growing geopolitical pressures, says outgoing Forum...
Fiji’s Commercial Use of Marine Areas Bill fails to restore Qoliqoli ownership: Rewa Chief
Rewa chief Ro Naulu Mataitini has criticised Fiji Parliament’s passage of the Commercial Use of Marine Areas (CUMA) Bill 2025, saying the legislation fails...
China ‘likely’ ran targeted campaign to align Pacific with its latest five-year plan
China “very likely” coordinated a targeted campaign across the Pacific to demonstrate that local development strategies should align with Beijing’s latest five-year-plan, a recent...