‘No place like home’: Climate change threatens Fiji’s rugby nursery
The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed...
Lelai thanks ONOC for roadmap to BRISBANE 2032
Current and aspiring Pacific Islands athletes must use the opportunities that ONOC’s roadmap to BRISBANE 2032 will offer in the next ten years.
Speaking at...
Koroisau ‘Would love to represent Australia’
Blues and Panthers hooker Api Koroisau says he would "love an opportunity" to represent Australia at the upcoming Rugby League World Cup.
Koroisau's comments come...
‘Smallest nation with biggest heart’ set to keep pace with bigger nations
Affectionately dubbed the 'smallest nation with the biggest heart' Niue's 15-strong team have set off to Birmingham to face some of the mightiest nations...
Statement by Forum Secretary General Henry Puna on the latest killings and escalating election violence in PNG
It is with deep sadness and concern that I condemn the recent deaths and escalating violence in Papua New Guinea, including in Porgera and...
PNG Governor General concerned about violence, delay in counting
Papua New Guinea Governor General Sir Bob Dadae has advised Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai that any changes in the election –– including the extension...
New Caledonian separatists sign MoU with West Papua counterpart
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), which wants independence from...
Samoa Ocean Strategy video calls for global response to avert worst climate scenarios
Samoa might be a small country in the eyes of the world but when it comes to matters of the Ocean, it is a...
Sherman and Kennedy to visit Solomons, where fathers fought and U.S. now vies with China
U.S Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and U.S ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy plan next month to visit the Solomon Islands, where their...
Armed supporters cause chaos in PNG capital
Running in a group like a pack of animals, they were armed with bush knives, iron bars and other weapons as they chased down...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
The Pacific Conference of Churches...
‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces...
For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its...
Fiji passport ranks 97th globally, opens 78 destinations
Fijian passport holders can access 78 overseas destinations without obtaining a traditional visa in advance, but Fiji ranks 97th globally and 11th among 14...