Rights protection central to climate strategy
Human rights are firmly embedded in the Climate Mobility framework, reflecting Pacific values and international standards with ongoing community consultations.
Heike Alefsen, representative from the...
Paradise for money laundering: Most Pacific island countries have inadequate systems to identify who owns what
Nauru and the Cook Islands have made progress in building defences against money laundering. Both have enacted laws that comply with the Financial Action...
‘Our Nuian language is dying, what makes us unique is disappearing’
When people lose their language, they lose what makes them unique. For Satalaka Petaia, an elder from Nui Island in Tuvalu, it is a...
Cook Islands government on high alert as Middle East conflict threatens fuel and goods
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has directed senior officials to secure the nation's fuel and essential supplies, as the government monitors the escalating...
Papua New Guinea offers cash for guns as amnesty opens to combat escalating tribal violence
Papua New Guinea has asked residents to surrender illegal firearms in a bid to remove tens of thousands of weapons from the country, as...
Statement from Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala for International Women’s Day – 8 March 2026
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) joins the global community in celebrating International Women’s Day 2026 and recognising the important contribution of women media...
Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition
The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t...
150+ leaders convene in Fiji to strengthen finance for the Pacific Ocean
Pacific leaders are calling for stronger global investment in ocean sustainability.
More than 150 government, finance, and philanthropic leaders gathered in Suva this week for...
Middle East conflict ‘doesn’t stop American diplomacy’ in Pacific, top U.S official says
The second-highest-ranking official in the U.S Department of State says Washington is not letting the conflict in the Middle East stop it from advancing...
Fiji Corrections Commissioner Nakarawa removed after tribunal finds nepotism and abuse of office
President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has terminated the contract of Fiji’s Corrections chief, Dr Jalesi Nakarawa.
The Constitutional Offices Commission received complaints regarding the Commissioner of...
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Brown thanks Cook Islands voters after election
Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown has thanked voters, candidates, volunteers and supporters following the country’s latest general election.
Brown said he was filled...
Pacific Ministers back AI rules and safer digital spaces as connectivity expands
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers are backing new regional principles for artificial intelligence and a safer digital environment as the Pacific enters a new...
Tuvalu invites Japan PM to Pre-COP31 Leaders’ event
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has invited Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to attend the Pre-COP31 Leaders’ Event in Tuvalu as the two countries...