New Zealand designates Indonesia, Fiji as high-risk countries due to COVID-19
The New Zealand Government has announced it was classifying Indonesia and Fiji as two “very high risk" countries, limiting travel from both countries to...
Kaiviti Silktails season ends, NSWRL abandon competitions
The Kaiviti Silktails will return to Fiji sooner than expected.
The NSWRL Board has made the very difficult decision to abandon a number of major...
Fiji calls for action on latest climate report
Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and irreversible ways.
This is highlighted in the latest report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
PM Sogavare defends mandatory vaccination policy
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has defended his governments decision to enforce the mandatory administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaking during his weekly nationwide...
Forum SG Puna responds to latest IPCC report
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) Working Group 1 report this week confirms what the Blue Pacific already knows to be true –...
Fiji warns of “possible loss of entire countries within century” if global warming continues
Fiji warns of “possible loss of entire countries within century” if global warming continues.
The sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),...
‘Edge of extinction’: Small island nations warn of rising sea levels
Island nations across the world are warning that they face catastrophic consequences of rising sea levels and possible extinction, after a landmark UN report...
Fiji records 264 new cases of COVID-19, 10 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 264 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 new deaths Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases to 37,776 and 325 deaths...
The world could hit 1.5C warming in a decade. That’s terrible news for the Pacific
By Mark Howden and Morgan Wairiu
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that the world may warm by...
There’s no time left for empty promises says Pacific climate activist
The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions.
An Intergovernmetal...
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MSG puts Indonesia on notice over UN rights visit to West Papua
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders have warned that Indonesia’s Associate Member status could be reviewed in 2027 if...
Kanaky Groups urge Forum Leaders to back decolonisation action
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Kanaky New Caledonia civil society groups have called on Pacific Islands Forum leaders to take stronger action on decolonisation,...
ADB pushes Pacific-led finance as climate and debt pressures grow
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
The Asian Development Bank says it is working to expand access to affordable climate and development finance for...