Target vaccination population is 400k plus: Solomon Islands PM Sogavare
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the country’s target population to be fully vaccinated is 414,327 people.
The Prime Minister said this means we...
Ignoring international law in the Blue Pacific
Colonised peoples have rights to resources, on land and in the oceans, and this must be recognised.
By Nic Maclellan
Both the Australian Labour Party...
New Zealand supreme court blocks seabed mining consent
A New Zealand offshore mining company has lost its supreme court bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of...
New Zealand ruling against deep-sea mining set a global precedent – now Ardern should ban it
By Phil McCabe and James Hita
The decision by New Zealand’s Supreme Court last week against a giant seabed mining proposal in the South...
Six more Fijian Drua squad members announced
The Fijian Drua have welcomed six additional squad members for its debut Super Rugby Pacific 2022 season.
Joining the team are Olympic Gold Medallist and...
PNG Rugby Patron Parkop wants to see rugby 7s teams compete in Olympics
Lifting rugby union and getting the national sevens teams into the next Olympics are the dreams of Papua New Guinea National Capital District Governor...
Kotsifas re-elected World Taekwondo Oceania President
John Kotsifas has been re-elected as President of World Taekwondo Oceania (WTO) and eight other members have been voted onto the organisation's Council.
Kotsifas first...
Situation dire, PNG’s three biggest hospitals are fighting an uphill battle against COVID-19
Papua New Guinea’s three biggest hospitals are fighting an uphill battle against COVID -19, with one reporting two to three deaths per day.
The Port...
Fiji records 22 new cases of COVID-19, one death reported
Fiji has recorded 22 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, increasing the total number of cases to 51,154 and 632 deaths since the outbreak in...
Covid-19 claims seven more lives in New Caledonia
New Caledonia has recorded another seven fatalities linked to Covid-19, raising the tally of the outbreak to 157.
Another 155 people have tested positive, bringing...
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Solomon Islands prime minister raises Pacific security pact proposal during Australia visit
The new prime minister of Solomon Islands has floated the idea of a Pacific-wide security pact during a visit to Canberra, in a move...
The unexploded bombs still threatening a Pacific nation 80 years on
More than 80 years after World War II, unexploded bombs are still being found near homes, schools and gardens in Solomon Islands.
Cleo Fraser, producer...
Samoa PM dismisses ADB airline warning: ‘They don’t know what we are facing’
Samoa Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt has defiantly brushed aside warnings from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that a government-backed airline could prove financially...