Pacific must hear our voices, but we must listen to theirs
Opinion by Jemima Garrett
For many who watched as China expanded its influence in the Pacific, the Labor announcement of an $8 million (US$5.7 million)...
French Polynesian mayors support safeguarding South Pacific Ocean and tradition
French Polynesian President Édouard Fritch recently committed to conserving 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of the ocean by creating a new large-scale...
Interim President Benny Wenda statement on West Papua: Indonesia must allow UN visit before...
I want to thank all the Pacific Elders for their recent statement supporting a visit to West Papua by the UN High Commissioner for...
Why Australia and the U.S care so much about China’s security pact with a...
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN
When China announced it had inked a security pact with a tiny Pacific island nation this week, there was little...
A drop in the ocean? Organised crime dynamics in Pacific Island countries
By Tess Cain
Although Pacific Island countries do not experience high levels of criminality, shifts in transnational dynamics are changing the region’s organised crime landscape....
WWF-Pacific launches Great Sea Reef report
To better inform stakeholders on the health of the Southern Hemispheres third longest continuous reef system, the Status and trends of coral reefs and...
A decade of Solomons blunders rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping
By Kevin Rudd
First, Australia must fully redress the punitive Pacific aid cuts imposed since 2013. Morrison’s current strategy is to deny these cuts...
Human rights concerns in West Papua: Pacific Elders’ Voice statement
The Pacific Elders’ Voice is deeply concerned about reports of human rights abuse in West Papua.
According to reports from reliable sources, the human rights...
Solomon Islands’ security pact with China raises the question – is Australia the partner...
Opinion by Kate Lyons
The Australian government woke up Wednesday morning to a Solomon Islands-shaped headache.
Tuesday night, news broke that the Pacific nation, less...
New Pacific climate change-related qualifications aim to strengthen the region’s resilience
Two new Technical and Vocational Education and Training certificate qualifications were launched earlier this month by the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Pacific Adaptation to Climate...
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Second police officer dies in violent riots as France sends more police to New...
A gendarme was killed on Thursday in France's riot-struck Pacific territory of New Caledonia by an “accidental gunshot”, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told AFP.
“It...
Pacific Conference of Churches statement on the current situation in Kanaky New Caledonia
The Pacific Conference of Churches(PCC) stands in deep solidarity with our sisters and brothers of Kanaky in this time of political crisis that has...
New Zealand and Tuvalu reaffirm close relationship
New Zealand and Tuvalu have reaffirmed their close relationship, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says.
“New Zealand is committed to working with Tuvalu on a...