Legal analysis raises questions over Pro-investor approaches to Deep-Sea Mining
A legal analysis released by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) raises regional concerns for Pacific Island Countries exploring deep-sea mining through contentious contracts...
Commonwealth And Prince Albert II Foundation Launch Major Ocean Protection Alliance
The Commonwealth Secretariat and Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation today announced a new partnership to accelerate ocean conservation for Commonwealth countries in Asia...
COP31 still offers Australia and the Pacific a chance to reset global climate ambition
Three steps could turn the hosting compromise with Türkiye into real gains for the region and the world.
By Melanie Pill Georgia Hammersley Alexandre...
Pacific Ministers for Women Meet UN Secretary General
On the margins of the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), Pacific Islands Forum Ministers and Senior Officials held...
How will the conflict in the Middle East affect economies in Asia and Pacific?
By Albert Park and Matteo Lanzafame
Geopolitical risk is again at the centre of the global economic outlook. While Asia and the Pacific has limited...
Online child sexual exploitation in the Pacific and why Fiji’s numbers matter for the...
The Pacific is often celebrated for its strong community values, rich cultures and close-knit family networks – social structures that play an important role...
‘Our Nuian language is dying, what makes us unique is disappearing’
When people lose their language, they lose what makes them unique. For Satalaka Petaia, an elder from Nui Island in Tuvalu, it is a...
Statement from Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala for International Women’s Day...
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) joins the global community in celebrating International Women’s Day 2026 and recognising the important contribution of women media...
Protecting over 160,000 children and adolescents in Fiji from the rising drug crisis
The Government of Japan and UNICEF signed a new partnership to protect Fiji’s children, including adolescents*, from the escalating drug crisis.
The initiative will equip...
Pacific security in 2026: key challenges shaping the Blue Pacific
Authors: By Joel Nilon, Henry Ivarature, Akka Rimon
With global tensions sharpening, climate impacts intensifying, and new security pressures emerging across the region, Pacific leaders...
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PINA Statement for World Press Freedom Day 2026
By President, Kalafi Moala
On this World Press Freedom Day, we gather under a powerful and timely theme: “Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting...
Iran crisis shows fossil fuels-based energy system ‘is inherently volatile and unstable’
Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia.
The...
Fiji Parliament ratified PRF in uninanimous vote, pushes debt free-climate funding
Fiji’s Parliament has unanimously approved the ratification of the agreement to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Wednesday, marking a significant step toward strengthening...