Relocation must be Decolonised
The Pacific region faces urgent climate threats requiring coordinated, culturally grounded solutions.
And the identity of Pacific communities is threatened by severe climate impacts, including...
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...
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PNG-Australia defence treaty creates jobs, risks amid rising China influence
Six months after Papua New Guinea and Australia signed a bilateral defence treaty, public opinion in PNG remains divided, with some telling Radio Free...
Coalition’s Court challenge a ‘futile exercise’, says Solomons Attorney General Muria Jr
The case the new Coalition is pursuing against the Government is a “futile exercise,” Solomon Islands Attorney General John Muria Jnr says.
He said this...
A more responsive Vanuatu Police Force organisational structure
For the first time since 1997, the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) will operate under an officially approved framework after the Minister of Internal Affairs...