Threats of sea-level rise and erosion of statehood very real: Tuvalu Foreign Minister Kofe
Legal experts from around the region are gathered in Fiji for the regional conference on Statehood, Protection of Persons affected by sea level rise.
The...
U.S Navy and Coast Guard begin Oceania maritime security initiative patrol
The U.S Navy and U.S Coast Guard have begun their joint patrol in the Western Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative to reduce...
Disaster-hit Vanuatu hopes for ‘historic’ UN climate change resolution
A resolution enlisting the UN's top court in tackling climate change, spearheaded by Vanuatu, would be a “historic2 step if adopted, its climate minister...
China’s accusation rejected: Ambassador to Fiji Zhou Jian
China has accused outgoing Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President David Panuelo for breaking serious political commitments he made to Beijing “multiple times”.
Chinese Ambassador...
PNG Internal Security Minister applauds law enforcement
Papua New Guinea Minister for Internal Security, Peter Tsiamalili has applauded law enforcement cooperation that saw the interception of a large quantity of methamphetamines...
Greenpeace and Indigenous activists challenge deep dea mining expedition in the Pacific Ocean
With a banner reading “Don’t mine the Moana”, and flying a Tino Rangatiratanga flag, a Māori activist from Northland joined two Greenpeace activists in...
States must step up climate action now, before it is too late: UN expert
States must take drastic action and accelerate climate ambitions without delay, in line with recommendations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a...
U.S. aims for over US$7 billion in aid for 20-year Pacific islands compacts
U.S President Joe Biden's administration is seeking more than US$7 billion over the next two decades for economic assistance to three Pacific island countries,...
Climate change making Earth ‘uninhabitable’ Guterres warns
Humanity is facing a “difficult truth” the UN chief said just ahead of World Meteorological Day, marked on Thursday – the damage already being...
Fiji Media organisations call on the government to repeal the Media Industry Development Act
The Fijian media industry has strongly called on the coalition government to repeal the Media Industry Development Act (MIDA)which first came as a decree...
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Pacific financial system under threat as banking links shrink, Forum report warns
The Pacific’s access to global finance is under growing strain, with a new Pacific Islands Forum report warning that the steady loss of correspondent...
Forum SG Waqa pushes truth and accountability on nuclear legacy
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says remembrance of nuclear testing in the Pacific must drive action, as the region continues to deal...
Hidden archaeological landscapes discovered in Fiji through Moana data service’s LiDAR technology
By Moana Data Services/Kahuto Pacific
New high-resolution airborne LiDAR data from the Moana Data Service has revealed a previously hidden landscape of earthworks across parts...