DeepGreen the main beneficiary of Nauru’s mining trigger
Pacific Regional Civil Society groups today accused DeepGreen, a venture capitalist company, as the real beneficiary of the Nauru Government's decision to trigger the...
Rural Social Working Series #1
By Rae Bainteiti
Rakentai, Rabi Island
On 29-30 May 2021, I made my first visit to Rakentai for a scoping exercise. Rakentai is about an hour...
Fiji records 431 new cases of COVID-19; three deaths reported
Fiji has reported 431 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths related to COVID-19 Thursday.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong said these new cases...
New generation protests Pacific’s nuclear legacy 75 years on
Seventy-five years after the U.S military began using the Marshall Islands as a nuclear testing ground, a new generation fired-up by climate activism is...
56 Kiribati nationals contracted Covid-19 in Fiji
Kiribati president Taneti Maamau says 56 I-Kiribati nationals have contracted Covid-19 in Fiji.
President Maamau made the statement in his address to the nation on...
Samoa caretaker government pull country’s team from Tokyo Olympics
Samoa's caretaker government has said the country's athletes will not be competing at the Tokyo Olympics.
However, the team has not been officially notified of...
Tonga name 13 debutants as part of inexperienced side to face All Blacks
Tonga has named 13 debutants as part of an inexperienced side to face the All Blacks at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday.
With most of...
NZ transgender Hubbard still got man’s bones, strength: Samoan weightlifter Sipaia
Tokyo Olympics-bound Samoan weightlifter Iuniarra Sipaia has spoken for the first time on New Zealand’s transgender weightlifting rival Laurel Hubbard, saying she is sad...
Real results called for amidst COVID-19 economic crisis: Puna
By Maraia Vula
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, has called for an economic vision to deliver real results, in response to the...
Countries struggle to meet loan repayments: PANG
By Nacanieli Tuilevuka
Many countries in the Pacific are struggling to pay off their loans during this coronavirus pandemic.
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)...
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A Blue Pacific on fire on the road to COP31
By Dr Satyendra Prasad
I join so many others in extending my warmest congratulations to the Fiji and Tuvalu Governments for their Herculian effort...
New Zealand scores poorly on health protection in climate plans, Timor-Leste among top performers
New Zealand has scored among the lowest countries globally for integrating public health into its climate plan, while Timor-Leste ranks among the top five...
SPC climate programme records US$129.9 million in new funding approvals
The Pacific Community (SPC) secured US$129.9 million in new climate finance approvals in 2025, as its Climate Change Flagship expanded support for Pacific Island...