Regional Taskforce meets to tackle biofouling
Biofouling, which refers to the accumulation of organisms such as algae, barnacles, and mollusks on the surfaces of structures submerged in water, poses serious...
Indo-Pacific focus requires full re-engagement with Pacific Islands
By Rep Ed Case (D-Hawaii)
Successive administrations and congresses over two decades have moved to direct our foreign policy focus to the broad Indo-Pacific, from...
Seeing kava in a new light: NZ study to explore therapeutic potential of traditional...
Pacific health researchers are starting clinical trials in early 2024 to explore kava as an alternate treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The study is...
Tuvalu needs to build Resilience amid threat from rising seas
By Diego A. Cerdeiro, Roman D. Merga and Chris Redl
Domestic policies can help support growth in coming years, but long-term prospects also depend on...
‘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...
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World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate...
Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate...
New Zealand asks U.S to send fuel tankers to Pacific to alleviate pressure caused...
New Zealand has called on the U.S to send fuel tankers to the Pacific to help alleviate some of the significant economic and fuel...
Winston Peters tells US secretary of state Marco Rubio of Iran war impact on...
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's time for "cool heads" as the US President escalates his rhetoric on attacking Iran.
Peters met U.S...