‘Our country is sinking – we’re in a race against time to save it’
The tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu is in danger of disappearing into the ocean, but its people have a plan – a new digital...
Millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians
By Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger
Australia’s Home Affairs Department oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians...
Failed Palau Media deal reveals inner workings of China’s Pacific influence effort
By Bernadette Carreon, Aubrey Belford, and Martin Young
A Palauan newspaper publisher entered into a media deal with a company that turned out to have...
My reflections on the 7th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival
By Ilan kiloe
As the 7th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival commences in Port Vila this week, the public parade from seafront stage to...
To the Pacific islands, the West’s support for Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste ocean dumping...
Opinion by Dr Kalinga Seneviratne
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi, after travelling to Tokyo earlier this month to present...
New app helps young people turn tide on plastic pollution
Beneath the picturesque turquoise waters of Trinidad and Tobago, plastic pollution is wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems. Every year, more than 88,600 tonnes of...
Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting returns with Fiji gathering after pandemic disruptions
Preparations are underway for the 6th Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-6) and associated meetings to be hosted by the Government of Fiji...
Samoa and the Alliance of Small Islands States show climate security is also about...
Adaptation and mitigation strategies alone will not be enough to recover from the effects of climate change.
By George Carter, Athaulla A Rasheed
Samoa assumed a...
“We can’t be passive”: New Zealand’s changing tone about a more worrying world
By David Capie
A new foreign policy assessment sees the Pacific as no longer “strategically benign” – but the concern extends well beyond the...
WWF-Pacific unveils revitalised Strategic Plan to tackle pressing challenges in the Pacific
The office of the World Wide Fund for Nature in the Pacific (WWF-Pacific) is proud to announce the launch of its revitalised 2025 Strategic...
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NZ Middle East evacuation flights will also assist stranded Pacific Island nationals
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand’s plans to evacuate citizens from the Middle East will also extend to Pacific Island nationals stranded by...
Relocation must be Decolonised
The Pacific region faces urgent climate threats requiring coordinated, culturally grounded solutions.
And the identity of Pacific communities is threatened by severe climate impacts, including...
Rights protection central to climate strategy
Human rights are firmly embedded in the Climate Mobility framework, reflecting Pacific values and international standards with ongoing community consultations.
Heike Alefsen, representative from the...