Australia and Fiji elevate Vuvale partnership
Australia and Fiji are taking steps to formally elevate and deepen the Vuvale Partnership as we work together to ensure a peaceful, stable and...
Pacific-Australia ‘commonality’ important in uncertain times
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed the importance of personal relationships with Pacific nations at a time when other powers are seeking to...
From tuna to treaty: Pacific powers push ocean agenda
Pacific leaders continue to push for more investment, stronger political will, and recognition of traditional knowledge to protect the region’s ocean future.
The United Nations’...
Wallabies wins Vuvale bowl
Beyond the scoreboard at Sunday’s rugby match between the Fiji Water Flying Fijians and the Wallabies, more than 28,000 spectators came together to celebrate...
AOSIS demands treaty action on existing plastic Pollution: “We Have to Act Now”
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) says global efforts to tackle plastic pollution must include binding action to clean up existing waste, not...
UN development conference backs innovative ways to boost climate finance
As climate change impacts worsen and aid budgets fall, leaders gathered in Spain for a UN conference on funding sustainable development this week threw...
Vanuatu hails landmark climate ruling by Inter-American Court
Vanuatu has welcomed a historic ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), calling it a breakthrough in linking climate change with legal...
Macron holds summit with New Caledonian leaders to address future after deadly unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron has opened a summit with political, economic and civil society leaders from New Caledonia to discuss the French territory’s future,...
China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands
China’s Embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji's Prime...
Fiji PM fires AG Graham Leung over Inquiry findings
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has dismissed Attorney-General Graham Everett Leung from Cabinet, effective immediately, citing findings from a recent Commission of Inquiry into...
Latest article
Opposition leader Wale raises concern over lack of Polynesian representation in Solomon Islands Cabinet
Solomon Islands Opposition leader Matthew Wale has raised concerns about the absence of Polynesian representation in the country’s Cabinet following a recent ministerial reshuffle,...
Palau Senate rejects key President Whipps appointments, Deepening executive-legislative rift
The Palau Senate has again declined to advance three key nominations by President Surangel Whipps Jr, deepening tensions between the executive and legislative branches...
U.S bars Palau Senate president, former Marshall Islands mayor from entry
The United States on Tuesday barred Palau Senate President Hokkons Baules and his family from entering the U.S, accusing him of corruption linked to...