Risking Your Life for Peace
What does it take to stay calm in the crossfire?
Unaisi Vuniwaqa has witnessed terrible suffering. As the Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security,...
Climate change a bigger threat than war, Fiji tells security summit
Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions.
“In our blue Pacific continent,...
Australia, New Zealand unite on China’s Pacific threat
Australia’s prime minister said Friday after a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart that the two nations are in lockstep in their policies toward...
Samoan PM Fiame Naomi Mata’afa to meet NZ PM Jacinda Ardern this week
Samoan Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, is scheduled to meet her New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, this week.
After attending a special meeting of the...
Chinese role in Pacific communications prompts U.S concern
In the Kiribati capital Tarawa, internet and phone provider Oceanlink looks unremarkable.
But look a little deeper, and the ownership is revealed as Beijing-based Acclinks.
“All...
Tongan PM announces death of Cabinet Minister in NZ
A Tonga Cabinet Minister, Viliami Manuopangai Hingano, passed away Friday, at the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand, the Prime Minister’s Office has announced.
Hingano...
Revised draft agreement on fisheries subsidies sets stage for pivotal negotiations at MC12
The chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, on 10 June submitted to WTO members a revised draft agreement for...
Penny Wong dives deep into the audacity of the Oceanic Pacific
Nurturing relationships is paramount to break down unequal power dynamics – especially in working for women rights.
By ‘Ofa-ki-Levuka (‘Ofa) Guttenbeil-Likiliki
From the 1990s to...
Naiqama, Kikau to lead Fiji Bati in Pacific Test
Sydney Roosters back Kevin Naiqama will again captain Fiji Bati in the upcoming Pacific Test against Papua New Guinea, with Penrith Panthers strike forward...
Pacific Mini Games athletes from 6 countries arrive on Saipan
The athletes of six of the 20 countries and territories that will compete in the 2022 Pacific Mini Games 2022 arrived on island Saturday...
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‘The Pacific is our home, not a theatre for geopolitical competition’: Forum Chair Whipps
Palau President and Forum Chair, Surangel Whipps Jr has warned that the Pacific must not be treated as a theatre for geopolitical competition, calling...
Pacific Climate envoys take Pacific priorities to UNGA and New York Climate Week
Pacific Climate Envoys are taking the region’s climate priorities to world leaders and partners during the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week and New...
Pacific Editors and News leaders Forum adopts Savusavu Loss and Damage Media Declaration
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Pacific Editors Forum on Loss and Damage has ended on a high with the adoption...