PNG records thousands of cancer cases annually
Papua New Guinea faces a significant cancer burden, with an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 new cases each year, according to Ken Wai, Deputy Secretary...
As Trump deportations intensify, Pacific Island nations worry they could be overwhelmed
By Henrietta McNeill, Research fellow, Australian National University
In his first term, Donald Trump deported far fewer people from the United States than his three...
Super Rugby Pacific: More All Blacks interested in following Ardie Savea to Moana Pasifika: CEO
As the 2025 season draws closer, Savea is the only current player on Moana Pasifika’s books seconded from NZR. Players such as Savea’s older...
New competition for Flying Fijians
World Rugby Chair Brett Robinson touched on ongoing negotiations for a new global men’s competition, The Nations Championship, which aims to include Japan and...
New Fiji Rugby Board Director does not condone lesbianism
The newly appointed Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) Rugby Director Laijipa Naulivou does not condone lesbianism in our national women’s rugby teams.
However, she said players...
Fiji PM Rabuka to present the ocean of peace concept at the National Presidential prayer breakfast in Washington
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is looking forward to advancing his vision of the Blue Pacific region as an “Ocean of Peace” when he...
Winston Peters’ handling of Kiribati relations criticised by Pacific expert
A geopolitical Pacific expert says it's strange that the media were informed of New Zealand's review of aid to Kiribati instead of diplomats.
Last week,...
Pacific aid groups ‘devastated’ by Trump’s USAID freeze
Aid agencies operating in the Pacific are still scrambling to assess the impact of U.S President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order freezing billions of...
Credibility of the U.S in the Pacific at risk if USAID programmes cut – expert
Massey University academic says the uncertainty over the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) will have implications for the Pacific region.
Donald Trump is considering...
RFK Jr as Secretary of Health will be a disaster for Samoa’s public health
The Samoa Director General of Health, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma, has described the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Junior as the U.S Secretary of...
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Fiji abstains as UN adopts resolution on protecting humanitarian and UN personnel
Fiji was among six countries that abstained when the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the safety and security of humanitarian workers...
Elizabeth Wright-Koteka appointed new Cook Islands foreign affairs and Immigration secretary
The Cook Islands Public Service Commission has announced Elizabeth Wright-Koteka’s appointment as Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI), effective 1...
NZ helps strengthen Pacific aviation security
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced New Zealand will invest an additional $13.3 million (US$7.69 million), over five years, to strengthen aviation security in...