Safeguarding Melanesian fishing communities against climate threats
Those who live on the islands and atolls of the southwestern Pacific Ocean are exposed to rising seas and severe storms like almost no...
Tonga legislators set to enforce COVID-19 vaccination
Tonga is set to introduce compulsory inoculation against COVID-19.
A Bill to amend the Public Health Act to enforce inoculation of the Public against COVID-19,...
NZ PM Jacinda Ardern’s father was part of dawn raids as young police officer
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s father, Ross Ardern, carried out Dawn Raids as a young policeman in Auckland.
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Fiji records 1,220 new cases of COVID-19: 7 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 1,220 new cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases in the island nation to 32,663...
Increasing COVID death worries Fiji’s Ministry of Health
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PNG Controller calls on citizens to take COVID-19 vaccine
Papua New Guinea Commissioner of Police and Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response, David Manning, has called on citizens to come forward...
World’s best female weightlifters at the Tokyo Olympics inspire Nancy Abouke of Nauru
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
At only 18 years of age, Nancy Abouke of Nauru is now ranked 10th in the women’s 76kg...
Dr Luis Cruz reflects on ONOC’s Medical Shared Services at Tokyo 2020
Since the ancient Olympics in Greece, medicine and healthcare have played a key role in the success of athletes in every Olympiad
The same holds...
PNG Olympic Committee turns 60 this week, meet its Secretary General, Auvita Rapilla
No doubt, many in the national, regional and global sporting and Olympic Movement probably do. Rapilla is a trailblazer in the sporting world.
‘I've...
China could start conflict in Pacific, Democrat says
A top Democrat and vice chairwoman of the United States House armed services committee wants greater inclusion of Australia in a Pacific naval strategy,...
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Parties to the Nauru Agreement Ministers Meet for the 21st PNA Ministerial Meeting
The 21st Annual Ministerial meeting of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement was held in Majuro, Marshall Islands from 10 to 12 June 2026.
The...