Strengthening a nuclear-free Pacific — Rarotonga Treaty 2021 talks
States Parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, the Treaty of Rarotonga, are advancing efforts to secure the entire Blue Pacific as...
Tongan MPs choose Siaosi Sovaleni as new Prime Minister
Tonga’s Parliament has elected a new prime minister to replace Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa.
Siaosi Sovaleni, 51, the Minister of Education, has won convincingly with 16 votes,...
Fiji calls for climate resilience to be at the core of UN peace and security
Fiji joined 113 member states of the United Nations who called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), to integrate climate resilience into the...
Australia accused of Pacific climate change con
Australia is wrongly claiming Pacific funding projects with no environmental benefit as climate adaption aid, according to a report authorised by Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
The...
Australia’s chief of Defence Force visit Fiji
Australia’s Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell will visit Fiji on 15-18 December 2021, his second official visit to Fiji as Chief...
COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns
The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would be a mistake to dismiss the COVID-19 strain...
No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: UN General Assembly President
The President of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday announced a New Year resolution on vaccine equity, calling on governments to come together...
New Caledonia remains in limbo after referendum
Questions remain over the future of New Caledonia as pro-independence groups refuse to discuss the future of the French Pacific territory with the government...
New NZ fund to help Pacific nations recover from covid-19
The New Zealand government is setting up a new investment fund to help Pacific nations recover from covid-19.
InvestPacific is the first partly private investment...
New Zealand Government eyes ‘Pacific preference’ in immigration to boost region
By Sam Sachdeva
The Government has marked the first anniversary of a polarising Pacific trade deal with talk of expanding a seasonal worker scheme into...
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El Nino exposes urgent need for climate resilient development: World Bank
The current El Niño is highlighting the vulnerability of economies to climate shocks, with droughts and extreme rainfall threatening food production, energy supplies, infrastructure...
Pacific climate communicators gather in Rarotonga to strengthen early warnings
Meteorological services and media representatives from Fiji, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu and Tonga are meeting in Rarotonga for five days of training to improve...
ADB approves $11.7 million for Marshall Islands as Middle East conflict raises costs
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an US$11.7 million grant for the Marshall Islands, including US$6.7 million in additional funding to help the...