‘A liveable future is at stake’: Critics call out NZ David Seymour’s climate stance
Concerns are growing across the Pacific over New Zealand’s potential exit from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The agreement, signed by almost 200 nations to tackle...
Pacific must drive Ocean Agenda at UNOC3 – Dr Manoni
Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni has urged the region to take the lead in shaping global ocean governance, warning that the Pacific cannot...
Fiji leader to press Pacific Islands concerns in Washington after U.S aid frozen
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to...
PNG records thousands of cancer cases annually
Papua New Guinea faces a significant cancer burden, with an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 new cases each year, according to Ken Wai, Deputy Secretary...
Fiji PM Rabuka to present the ocean of peace concept at the National Presidential...
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is looking forward to advancing his vision of the Blue Pacific region as an “Ocean of Peace” when he...
Winston Peters’ handling of Kiribati relations criticised by Pacific expert
A geopolitical Pacific expert says it's strange that the media were informed of New Zealand's review of aid to Kiribati instead of diplomats.
Last week,...
Pacific aid groups ‘devastated’ by Trump’s USAID freeze
Aid agencies operating in the Pacific are still scrambling to assess the impact of U.S President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order freezing billions of...
Credibility of the U.S in the Pacific at risk if USAID programmes cut –...
Massey University academic says the uncertainty over the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) will have implications for the Pacific region.
Donald Trump is considering...
RFK Jr as Secretary of Health will be a disaster for Samoa’s public health
The Samoa Director General of Health, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma, has described the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Junior as the U.S Secretary of...
Vanuatu’s only elected female MP seeks Ministerial role in new government
In a significant step for gender representation in Vanuatu’s political landscape, Marie Louise Milne, the only woman elected to Parliament, is advocating for a...
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Free trade agreements with Pacific island nations proposed to protect regional posture
U.S Rep Ed Case has proposed a presidential initiative to negotiate free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries and extend duty-free treatment to certain...
Taiwan boosts support as Palau prepares to host Pacific Islands Forum
Taiwan is helping Palau prepare to host next year's Pacific Islands Forum, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Saturday.
Lin, who was on a trip...
When the room says No but the Ocean says Now why Vanuatu chose a...
Op Ed by Lagi Toribau, Technical Advisor & Lead Negotiator for Vanuatu on Deep-Sea Ecosystems
When I arrived in Nairobi for UNEA-7, I carried with...