More ANZMAT personnel arrive to help Fijiâs Ministry of Health
An additional 10 members of the third Australia and New Zealand Medical Assistance deployment â Charlie team arrived in Nadi today.
ANZMAT Charlie will be...
Samoa PM urges Public servants to prioritise professionalism
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataâafa is urging all public servants not to let their support for a political party cloud their professional duties...
NZ Government to open travel corridor with Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu – allowing seasonal workers to skip managed isolation stay
Seasonal workers will be able to travel to New Zealand from Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu without undergoing a two-week stay in managed isolation, the...
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting âfitter and fasterâ
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
Australia to give $68m Fiji airport loan in effort to beef up lending in the Pacific
Australia will provide a $68 million (US$49 million) loan to Fiji to upgrade its airports as part of a step-up in infrastructure lending across...
Guardian class patrol boat delivered to Vanuatu
Vanuatu has taken ownership of its new Guardian-class Patrol Boat.
The RVS Takuare is the 12th vessel delivered under the Australian Governmentâs Pacific Maritime Security...
Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?
Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
NZ Ardern offers ‘unreserved’ apology to Pacific Islanders for dawn raids on Government’s behalf
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered a âformal and unreserved apologyâ Sunday to the Pacific communities left traumatised by the dawn raids...
Tongan princess in tears as she accepts formal dawn raids apology
The princess of Tonga shed tears as she formally accepted Jacinda Ardern's apology on behalf of the Government that oversaw the dawn raids of...
Australian vaccine donations to Pacific nations top 1 million
Australiaâs donations of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific last week topped the 1 million-mark, aided in part by some Australiansâ reluctance to be vaccinated...
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Pacific COP process begins in Fiji with call to put communities at centre of...
The Pacificâs COP31 process has begun in Fiji, with communities, Indigenous Peoples, youth, farmers, chiefs and climate advocates gathering in Nadi to put Pacific...
âWe are leaders, not victimsâ: Pacific youth demand climate voice
Pacific youth are demanding a stronger role in shaping climate policies and decisions affecting the region.
They say their voices, traditional knowledge and lived experiences...
‘Disability voices must shape climate policy, not just be represented’
People with disabilities must have meaningful opportunities to participate in climate discussions and influence decisions to ensure policies reflect the challenges faced by communities...