Henry Puna calls New Zealand’s involvement in Cook Islands politics ‘improper’
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna says he thinks it is "improper" for New Zealand to involve itself in the “domestic affairs” of...
Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for Kanaks
A former New Caledonia Congress president says there are "not enough" benefits for Kanaks in a new “draft” agreement he signed alongside pro and...
Fiji secures 15 percent reduction in U.S tariffs
Fiji's Ministry of Trade has welcomed the United States’ decision to reduce the reciprocal tariff on Fijian-origin exports from 32 percent to 15 percent.
This...
‘Rugby is the game of the Pacific’: World Rugby chair’s defiant message to the NRL amid concerns over $600m PNG investment
"Rugby is the game of the Pacific, lets just make that really clear.”
That's the defiant statement of World Rugby chairman Brett Robinson after Pacific...
New Caledonia’s oldest pro-independence party denounces ‘Bougival’ deal
New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), on Thursday officially rejected a political agreement signed in Paris last month.
The text, bearing the...
Top UN court paves way to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance
Developed countries could be sued for failing to provide sufficient climate finance, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled last week that, under...
“We’re living Climate Change every day”: Fiji Speaker Jitoko
Fiji’s Speaker of Parliament Filimone Jitoko has delivered a blunt message at a global gathering of parliamentary leaders, warning that small island nations like...
FBI opens first office in New Zealand ‘to counter China and cybercrime’ in the Indo-Pacific
The director of the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, has opened the bureau’s first ever office in New Zealand, in what...
Waitt Institute founder honoured in Vanuatu as coral reef study released
Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu has awarded the country’s highest civilian honour to international ocean conservationist Ted Waitt, coinciding with the release of Blue Prosperity...
Pacific Elders hail ICJ Climate ruling, slam Australia’s “hypocrisy”
The Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) historic advisory opinion on climate change, describing it as a turning...
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Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...
From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...