Tuvalu ratify Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Tuvalu has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)last week.
Given this momentous occasion, Tuvalu’s Foreign and Justice Minister Simon Kofe has made the following statement...
New Zealand border will open in stages from end of February, PM Jacinda Ardern announces
New Zealand has announced it will reopen its border to visitors in stages, starting at the end of February, after its earlier plans to...
U.S senators ask CNMI about China’s ‘influence’
At least three U.S senators want to know the extent of China’s influence in the CNMI.
At the U.S Senate Committee on Energy and Natural...
Covid-19: Health emergency declared in New Caledonia
France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia because of the sharp resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government decision was announced by the...
Tonga’s COVID cases rise to five, outbreak not linked to aid delivered by HMAS Adelaide
A top Defence Force officer has said the Australian navy vessel HMAS Adelaide was not responsible for the emerging COVID-19 outbreak that has sent...
AUSMAT officials in Kiribati to help contain spread of COVID-19
Australia is working in partnership with Kiribati as it responds to the country’s first COVID19 outbreak.
A five-member Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) arrived in...
Eight more COVID deaths in Fiji
A six-month-old is among eight people who died in Fiji from COVID-19 between 27January and 01 February.
The baby was admitted at the CWM Hospital...
SOE ends, Public Health Emergency declared in Vanuatu
Vanuatu is now operating the COVID-19 emergency under the amended Public Health Act , after almost two years of powering responses under the Disaster...
Seabed mining equity dilemmas in the Pacific
Seabed mining can affect fisheries and the flow-on social equity issues need to be addressed.
By Aline Jaeckel, Quentin Hanich, Harriet Harden-Davies, Judith van Leeuwen,...
‘We’ve got to go after it’: Top eight the target for Fiji trailblazers
Fiji’s first professional rugby team is targeting an ambitious top eight finish in the inaugural season of Super Rugby Pacific this year.
The Drua have...
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Tokelau loses nearly two-thirds of revenue after fisheries pact expulsion
Tokelau has lost more than 60 percent of its fishing revenue between February and June, according to New Zealand officials, following its expulsion from...
Fifth SPREP Executive Board Meeting advances journey to build a resilient Pacific environment
The journey to build a resilient Pacific environment to sustain our livelihoods and natural heritage in harmony with our Pacific cultures for the Secretariat...
Melbourne Storm prop Tui Kamikamica announces retirement
Melbourne Storm has confirmed the retirement of long-serving prop and Fijian captain Tui Kamikamica, effective immediately on medical grounds.
Kamikamica finishes his rugby league career...