Key role for Pacific media in making corruption commitments accountable
Pacific journalists will have a key role in making sure commitments by governments at next week’s United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly...
Coup claims as Samoa PM-elect locked out of parliament, Tuilapea refuses to cede powerCoup claims as Samoa PM-elect locked out of parliament, Tuilapea refuses to cede power
Samoa's prime minister-elect was locked out of the Pacific nation's parliament in extraordinary scenes Monday, as her political rival refused to accept electoral defeat...
Facebook Accelerator Helps Publishers in Australia and New Zealand Generate Reader Revenue
By Andrew Hunter, Facebook News Partnerships, Australia and New Zealand & David Grant, Accelerator Program Manager
Funding and knowledge shared with news organisations participating in...
OPINION: Vaccination ‘should not be a difficult choice’
Get vaccinated. Protect yourself, your family and all those around you. You know it’s the right thing to do, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown....
The woman who unseated Samoa’s prime minister of 20 years
By Andreas Illmer
Samoa is set to get its first female prime minister, marking the end of unprecedented political drama in the small Pacific...
Celebration as first travel bubble flight lands in Rarotonga
There were tears, singing and applause as the first travel-bubble flight from New Zealand landed in Rarotonga on Tuesday.
Passengers on board Air New Zealand...
Kiribati crew confirmed with Covid-19
au has confirmed that Covid-19 has not arrived on land in Kiribati despite the first case being confirmed from an I-Kiribati crew who just...
Samoa Head of State agrees to convene Parliament
Samoa Head of State, Tuimalealiifano Sualauvi Va’aletoa II, has agreed to convene Parliament after meeting with the Fa’atuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST)...
Bougainville President Toroama outlines ABG position on independence
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) President Ishmael Toroama said Bougainville must have its independence within the next four years, through the election of members...
Fiji records four new covid-19 cases, Health Ministry awaits 11, 000 swab tests
Fiji has reported four new cases of COVID-19, and all cases are close contacts of existing cases from the Nadali cluster.
These cases were confirmed...
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Vanuatu’s Climate envoy urges nations to stand firm after U.S push to drop UN...
Vanuatu's Climate envoy Ralph Regenvanu is urging countries to stay engaged, after the United States pushed for Vanuatu to withdraw a UN motion supporting...
France seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine in Pacific as drug seizures hit record highs
French officials announced Tuesday that 100 bales of cocaine were seized last Thursday during a joint operation with the United States.
According to the High...
Official documents reveal friction between NZ and Cook Islands over Russian vessels
Cook Islands continued to register sanctioned vessels tied to Russia's "shadow fleet" months after New Zealand government began raising concerns, official information reveals.
Memos, emails...