Australia’s commercial kava importation pilot officially launched
Pacific kava farmers and producers will now have direct access to the Australian market under Phase Two of the Morrison Government's Kava Pilot, recognising...
Wanting to be watchdogs: Pacific journalists and their views
By Shailendra B. Singh, Folker Hanusch
While global scholarship on the professional views of journalists has expanded tremendously in recent decades, the Pacific remains a...
NZ is the latest to join foreign intervention mission to Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced that New Zealand officers will now join three other countries: Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Australia...
Bougainville President commends PNG intervention in Solomon Islands
The current troubles in the Solomon Islands must not be seen as an opportunity by Bougainvilleans to prey on the nation's instability says Bouganville...
COVID-19: WHO’s Tedros criticises ‘blunt’ Omicron measures
The head of the UN health agency has criticised “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the...
Unease builds over New Caledonia referendum
There is growing unease over the French decision to hold New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on 12 December.
Pro-independence parties and groups decided...
Fiji’s international borders re-open today
Fiji’s international borders will reopen today after almost two years.
This has brought in much excitement for the people of Fiji as the first tourist...
US$5 million ADB grant to support Tonga’s post covid-19 economic recovery
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tonga have signed a US$5 million grant agreement to help restore and accelerate private sector-led...
Forum Foreign Ministers Joint Statement on Blue Pacific Leadership in Disaster Preparedness Planning
As the World Health Assembly meets to consider pandemic preparedness and response, in the face of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19 and at...
No one is safe unless everyone is safe: making emergency response safe for women and girls
Op-ed authored by Sanaka Samarasinha, UN Resident Coordinator to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu & Vanuatu.
During natural disasters and emergencies, women and girls are...
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Oldest Sitting MP Tea Toala Peato appointed to Samoa Cabinet
Samoa Parliaments oldest sitting MP, Tea Toala Peato has been appointed Minister of the Legislative Assembly and the office of the Ombudsman.
At 86 years...
U.S moves ahead with Mariana Trench seabed mining lease proposal
The U.S Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved forward with plans to open 69 million acres of seabed around the Mariana Trench...
While Australia avoids the ‘C’ word, NZ is unafraid to speak up
By Peter Hartcher, Political and international editor
New Zealand’s spy agency has dared utter in its formal annual threat report the word that Australia’s does...