High level Forum mission to visit New Caledonia
Following the mandate of Forum Leaders at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Tonga in August, the high-level Forum Troika Plus Mission to...
Kiribati returns to the polls: Taneti Maamau seeks third term as president
Two months after the electoral process began in Kiribati, voters return to the polls today to elect their Beretitenti or President.
The parliament was chosen...
Pacific leaders blame Australia for role in climate crisis
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to take a leadership role on climate change at a Commonwealth summit that is splitting over who...
King of Taumeasina Charles III
Thursday 24 October 2024 will forever resonate in the hearts of the Moata'a community in Samoa.
This was the day British monarch King Charles III...
Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless discussions about reparations on the past”...
USP to be hub for King’s scholarships
The University of the South Pacific (USP) will be the regional hub for the King's Commonwealth Fellowship Programme (KCFP).
This was launched on Thursday in...
Indonesia to offer amnesty for West Papuans: PNG PM Marape
Indonesia will offer amnesty to West Papuans who have contested its sovereignty resulting in conflicts and clashes with that nation’s law enforcement agencies, Papua...
Slavery, climate to dominate Pacific talks with King
A meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Samoa being presided over by King Charles has been labelled a "big deal for the Pacific" as countries...
Vulnerable Commonwealth states threatened by UK, Australia & Canada driving fossil fuel expansion
As leaders of 56 nations gather in Apia, Samoa, for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a new report titled “Uncommon Wealth: Fossil...
Forum SG Waqa urges global support for Pacific Resilience at CHOGM
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa has made a powerful appeal for greater international support to help Pacific nations tackle the escalating impacts...
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Strategic competition in Pacific here to stay, Australian Minister says
Australian Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy says strategic competition with China in the Pacific is a permanent...
Cook Islands General Election set for 12 August
The Cook Islands 2026 General Election will be held on Wednesday, August 12, the King’s Representative, Sir Tom Marsters, announced this morning.
In a radio...
Fiji PM says next election due between 24 December and early February 2027
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji’s next general election is expected to be held between 24 December 2026, and the first week of February...