Macron to push French ‘alternative’ amid U.S-China tussle in the Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron travels to the southwest Pacific next week offering a "French alternative" to a region marked by rising China-U.S tensions, his...
PM Sogavare says cost of China trip is a ‘drop in the ocean’ compared...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare does not confirm whether more than $1.3 million (US$162,879) was used to fund his recent trip to the...
New Zealand PM says Pacific region less secure amid China’s rise
New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins has said that the Pacific region is becoming “more contested, less predictable, and less secure” as China becomes...
Australia welcomes IAEA report on Fukushima water release plan
Australia has welcomed the final report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Japan’s proposed release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi...
Solomon Islands PM lied about China funded trip, Waste of taxpayers’ money: Opposition leader
Solomon Islands leader of Opposition Matthew Wale has slammed the recent trip by the Prime Minister and his delegation to China describing it as...
Democrats celebrate after Lanumata winning Tonga by-election
Kapeliele Molitoni Lanumata has won the Tongatapu 10 parliamentary by-election for the late Tonga Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa’s former seat.
He won with 870 votes,...
Australia told to call out China corruption in Pacific
Australia has been told to be bolder about calling out corruption and malign foreign interference in the Pacific to counter China's increasing influence.
The expanding...
Solomon Islands denies policing deal with China poses ‘threat’ to Pacific security
Solomon Islands has said that its policing pact with China poses no “threat” to the Pacific, rebuking western powers that raised fears the deal...
New report calls for reforms to enhance Green Climate Fund’s impact in the Pacific
A comprehensive report released ahead of the Thirty-sixth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board last week, sheds new light on challenges faced...
Experts see danger in toxic nuke waste water release into the Pacific
The danger of indiscriminately releasing nuclear fission products into the ocean is that the products can find their way into the food chain, a...
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Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
Speaking...
Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...
Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...