More Pacific defence partnerships likely after PNG and NZ sign agreement, expert says
The new defence agreement between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and New Zealand could lead to more joint training, maritime patrols and regional cooperation as...
Signing the U.S shiprider agreement is selling our sovereignty: Sogavare
Solomon Islands leader of the Opposition, Manasseh Sogavare, has warned that the ruling government’s plan to sign a shiprider agreement with the United States...
SINU Vice Chancellor says Pacific leadership must balance idealism, pragmatism and experience
Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau says effective leadership requires balancing the idealism of youth, the pragmatism of leadership and...
‘Everyone will be loser’: Taiwan deputy minister says war with China would be bad...
Taiwan’s deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs François Chihchung Wu said that should China try to take Taiwan, war would be bad for the entire...
Election timeline is very clear, Fiji PM Rabuka reiterates
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has assured Fijians the 2027 General Election will be held within the constitutional timeframe, dismissing concerns that it could...
Palau President Whipps outlines progress, Challenges in State of the Republic address
Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr delivered his 2026 State of the Republic address last week, outlining what he described as Palau’s progress from...
Fiji PM Rabuka stands by MSG appointment
The appointment of Dr Anna Naupa as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) director-general was made through an independent selection process.
These were the words...
Expert says one year after landmark climate ruling, Pacific children still waiting for change
A year after the world's highest court confirmed countries have a legal duty to protect the climate, Save the Children New Zealand (STC) says...
Australia’s Chief of Joint Operations discusses Indo-Pacific Security at East-West Centre
Vice Admiral Justin Jones, Australia’s Chief of Joint Operations, spoke at a roundtable discussion at the East-West Centre during a visit to Honolulu for...
Calls to revoke Solomons MPs pay rise
A civil society organisation in Solomon Islands has called for a pay raise for Members of Parliament to be revoked.
Transparency Solomon Islands said the...
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Vanuatu PM cancels UN trip after MV Matui tragedy
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has cancelled his planned trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York as search and rescue operations...
Turn Pacific knowledge into Pacific action: PM Wale
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Cooper Wale Tuesday opened the Fifth Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference in Honiara, calling on the region to...
Solo Mara appointed Fiji Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary
Solo Mara has been appointed Permanent Secretary for Fiji’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade following the completion of the Public Service recruitment...