From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...
Vanuatu Won the Legal Argument. Now to Change Climate Finance
By Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
Munkhtuya Altangerel, Resident Representative, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji
One year...
Moana Blue Pacific deadline for side event submissions extended
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has extended the deadline for side event applications for the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion at...
Testing the ocean of peace
By Raihaamana Tevahitua, Romitesh Kant
On 06 July 2026, China launched a second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test in the Pacific Ocean, following a previous...
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...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
The Pacific Conference of Churches...
‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces...
For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its...
Fiji passport ranks 97th globally, opens 78 destinations
- Fijian passport holders can access 78 overseas destinations without obtaining a traditional visa in advance, but Fiji ranks 97th globally and 11th among...