Fiji National Rugby League and FMF seal five-year deal
Christmas came early to the Fiji National Rugby League yesterday following an undisclosed five-year sponsorship by FMF and the sealing of the Ram Sami...
Fiji withdraws from World Swimming Championship
Fiji Swimming has withdrawn from the 15th FINA World Championship in Abu Dhabi this month.
Olympians Taichi Vakasama and Cheyanne Rova including United States-based Netani...
Manu Samoa hoping for government green light to re-join World Rugby Sevens series
The strictest of COVID-19 regulations in Samoa have been causing problems for the country's international rugby teams all year.
Manu Samoa's recent tour of the...
New Caledonia to hold tense final vote on independence from France
The Pacific territory of New Caledonia goes to the polls on Sunday for a third and final referendum on independence from France with campaigning...
Pacific NGOs and movements call on France to defer referendum vote to 2022
A coalition of Pacific civil society organisations (CSO) and movement leaders, has called on the French Government to postpone the third independence referendum in...
The ‘gals’ behind Samoa’s first woman PM
By Megha Mohan and Yousef Eldin
There are fewer women in politics in the Pacific Islands than in any other part of the world,...
Urgent appeal filed with French Court to postpone New Caledonia referendum
Lawyers of the petitioners demanding the postponement of the auto-determination referendum of New Caledonia on 12 December has filed an urgent appeal at the...
Tonga prime ministerial race now down to two
A dramatic new development in the race for the prime ministership in Tonga.
The incumbent, Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, has pulled out and there are now two...
Digital residency ID bill dies in Palau Senate
A plan to pass a Digital Residency Identification law this weekend did not succeed when the bill failed to get majority votes in the...
Many voters to boycott New Caledonia referendum
By Nic Maclellan
Many New Caledonians will go to church this Sunday, or visit family or go fishing, and some of them will also...
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