Macron promises transparency over French Polynesia nuclear tests
French President Emmanuel Macron promised transparency around decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia and changes to compensation procedures on Tuesday when he stopped...
More needs to be done to protect our oceans, says France-Oceania summit
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Pacific Island heads of states and fisheries ministers have agreed that more needs to be done to protect our oceans from...
Fiji health staff who test positive for COVID-19 asked to continue working as outbreak worsens
As Fiji continues to battle a spiralling outbreak, its government has directed asymptomatic health staff who have tested positive to COVID-19 to keep working.
In...
New Zealand and Fiji into gold medal match
New Zealand and Fiji will meet in the gold medal match of the men’s Olympic sevens tournament at Tokyo 2020.
The All Blacks Sevens, who...
Fijian Speaker of Parliament rejects petitions against Bill 17
Fijian Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has rejected three petitions against the iTaukei Land Trust Amendment Bill.
Three separate petitions were filed by SODELPA...
How to avoid a repeat of Samoa’s election crisis
by Nick Rogers and Richard Reinen-Hamill
With a resolution to Samoa's election crisis seemingly reached, several Pacific experts have set out how the country...
Australia continues vaccine campaign in Pacific Islands
Australia’s AstraZeneca vaccine rollout in the Pacific Islands to hit one million doses by the end of the week, according to International Development Minister.
Minister...
Healthcare worker among dead as Fiji reports 715 new infections
Fiji records 715 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths Tuesday.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong said 97 cases...
Non-compliance is biggest COVID threat: Fiji Defence Minister
Minister for Defence Inia Seruiratu says Fijians are not playing their part in helping to end the COVID-19 outbreak in Fiji.
With case numbers above...
U.S, FSM reach consensus on a plan to build military base in Micronesia
The United States and the Federated States of Micronesia have agreed on a plan to build a military base in the Pacific island nation,...
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HIV epidemic worsening as Fiji records 2,003 new cases in 2025: Health Minister Lalabalavu
Fiji’s HIV epidemic is worsening and spreading beyond its initial outbreak groups, Health Minister Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu has warned in Parliament.
Responding to the...
Pacific broadcasters unite in Auckland for regional conference
Media leaders, broadcasters and digital journalists from across the Pacific have gathered in Auckland today for the start of the week-long Pacific Broadcasting Cooperation...
Minerals and military: Incoming U.S Ambassador spells out vision for NZ and Pacific
United States President Donald Trump's top diplomat in Aotearoa is one step closer to assuming office - more than a year after he was...