Global Trade Agreement on Fisheries subsidies protects big fishing fleets
The meeting of Trade Ministers at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva has reached an agreement on prohibiting some fisheries subsidies, which however...
Fiji leads ACP charge for a successful Fisheries Subsidies Agreement
Following 21 years of negotiations, the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has been reached and endorsed by the World Trade Organisation 12th Ministerial Conference.
Fiji being...
Pro-independence candidates in Tahiti win seats in French National Assembly
In an unprecedented result, French Polynesia's three seats in the French National Assembly have been won by the candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira...
NZ Government dumps $500m plan to raise sinking Pacific Island
The New Zealand Government quietly dumped a $500m (US$315 million) climate change plan for the sinking Pacific island nation of Kiribati - after spending...
Samoa’s prime minister says Pacific can deal with its own security issues
Pacific security issues can and should be dealt with by regional nations, Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said on Friday, while adding that...
Penny Wong hails ‘constructive’ talks with Solomons PM amid deal to deliver vaccines for...
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she had a “constructive” and “wide-ranging” discussion with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, which included addressing concerns over...
Top Australian diplomat visits Solomons to address security concern
Australia's foreign minister landed Friday in Solomon Islands to address relations frayed by the Pacific nation's cosy ties and recent security pact with China.
It...
Climate change: Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation
Two weeks of climate talks in Germany have ended in acrimony between rich and poor countries over cash for climate damage.
Developing countries say they...
CHOGM 2022: Rwanda ready to welcome the world
Excitement is high in the capital Kigali as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 draws closer, with just a few days left...
Pacific a priority as Mahuta meets Australian foreign minister
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia has work to do “as a member of the Pacific family”.
Wong met with New Zealand's Foreign...
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HIV cases could reach 9,000 – Fiji Assistant Health Minister tells Parliament
Fiji could soon have close to 9,000 people living with HIV, a figure that will place growing pressure on the country’s public health system,...
NZ PM Christopher Luxon to visit Samoa, Tonga to meet new PMs
New Zealand Prime Minister has announced he will visit Samoa and Tonga later this week, for what will be the government's first comprehensive engagements...
Technology must be affordable, reliable for small islands,’ Palau President urges at World Ocean...
Palau President Surange lWhipps Jr called for “sustained collaboration and equitable access to technology” as cornerstones of ocean governance, delivering the keynote at the...