$5m emergency fund activated as TC Vaianu recovery begins: Fiji PM
The Government has released $5 million (US$2.5 million) from the National Disaster Risk Management Office (NDMO) Contingency Fund to support immediate relief efforts post...
PNG Defence minister Joseph steps aside, allows investigation into PNGDF recruitment
Papua New Guinea Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph has stepped aside from his portfolio to allow investigations into allegations he interfered with the recent...
Pacific bluefin tuna MP adoption back on track!
By Shana Miller. Project Director, International Fisheries Conservation
Last year presented an opportunity to adopt a management procedure (MP) for Pacific bluefin tuna—the world’s most...
Tupou set for Moana Pasifika debut and Paea returns home for Chiefs clash
Veteran lock Jimmy Tupou will make his Moana Pasifika debut, when the team hosts the Chiefs at Rotorua International Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Tupou will...
Fijian Drua debut for Basiyalo
Former Fiji 7s rep, Sikeli Basiyalo, will make his Super Rugby Pacific debut for the Fijian Drua.
Head coach Glen Jackson has named the youngster...
World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’
Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate...
New Zealand asks U.S to send fuel tankers to Pacific to alleviate pressure caused by Iran war
New Zealand has called on the U.S to send fuel tankers to the Pacific to help alleviate some of the significant economic and fuel...
Winston Peters tells US secretary of state Marco Rubio of Iran war impact on NZ
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's time for "cool heads" as the US President escalates his rhetoric on attacking Iran.
Peters met U.S...
Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable
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There are moments in history when a crisis long treated as distant reveals itself to be intimate, immediate and profoundly human....
As Pacific nations queue for petrol, ministers gather to chart a fossil-fuel-free future
As Pacific nations scramble to secure fuel supplies amid the Iran war — with Fiji hiking petrol prices by 20 percent, Tuvalu sending government...
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