Fair seas ahead: FFA and ILO join forces to improve working conditions for Pacific fishers
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening the protection of...
Joint Letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
To: The Honourable La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Prime Minister of the Government of Samoa
Apia, Samoa
Cc: - Agafili Shem Leo, CEO of the Ministry of the...
Negotiations update: Just Transition in the final days of COP30
After burning the midnight oil in the run to the final hours of COP30 in Belem Brazil, delegates spent most of Wednesday and Thursday...
New Caledonia draw Jamaica for FIFA World Cup 2026 Play-off Tournament semi-final
New Caledonia will face Jamaica in the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Play-Off Tournament Pathway 1 semi-final, following the draw at the Home of FIFA...
Australia backdown hands climate summit to Turkey
Australia will not host the UN's annual climate summit in 2026, instead yielding to a rival bid from Turkey.
Three years of campaigning to bring...
Papua New Guinea ‘not happy’ as Australia walks away from bid to host COP31
Papua New Guinea has voiced frustration after Australia ditched a bid to co-host next year’s UN climate talks with its Pacific island neighbours.
“We are...
Tonga election: Nine noble seats decided
Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced Thursday in Nuku'alofa.
Lord Dalgety, chairman of the Tonga Electoral Commission, announced...
New report makes ‘astonishing’ find on how to bring global warming below 2 degrees
By Lisa Williams
A new report from Climate Analytics finds that tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency and cutting methane by 2030 and beyond would cut...
Tonga election: Polls open for voters to elect new Legislative Assembly
Polls have opened in Tonga on Thursday for voters to elect their 17 representatives in the Legislative Assembly, while the kingdom's nobles will also...
Taiwan and Tuvalu seal “Kaitasi” partnership as President Lai hosts PM Teo
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has hailed Tuvalu as one of Taiwan’s strongest supporters on the global stage, using a state banquet in Taipei to...
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Solomon Islands prime minister raises Pacific security pact proposal during Australia visit
The new prime minister of Solomon Islands has floated the idea of a Pacific-wide security pact during a visit to Canberra, in a move...
The unexploded bombs still threatening a Pacific nation 80 years on
More than 80 years after World War II, unexploded bombs are still being found near homes, schools and gardens in Solomon Islands.
Cleo Fraser, producer...
Samoa PM dismisses ADB airline warning: ‘They don’t know what we are facing’
Samoa Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt has defiantly brushed aside warnings from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that a government-backed airline could prove financially...