UN rapporteur flags nuclear legacy, climate threats to Marshallese rights defenders
By Pita Ligaiula
Marshallese human rights defenders continue to face the long-term impacts of nuclear weapons testing, climate change, displacement, discrimination and limited access...
Climate finance must leave stronger Pacific communities and institutions beyond the funding cycle
Australia and New Zealand have used a climate finance dialogue at the 5th Pacific Oceans Pacific Climate Change Conference (POPCCC), in Honiara, to emphasise...
Pacific AI creator says AI must know when to stop
By Pita Ligaiula
As Pacific leaders move to develop the region’s first AI governance framework, the creator of an independent Pacific-focused AI system says...
Proposed Fiji Constitution timeline risks electoral crisis: CDD
The Centre for Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) has warned that the proposed timeline to bring a new Fiji Constitution into force by 24 December...
Don’t rush Fiji constitutional reform: National Federation Party President Prasad
Fiji’s coalition government partner, the National Federation Party (NFP), says it will not support any rushed process to amend the country’s 2013 Constitution.
NFP Leader...
Pacific hosts global Climate Body in historic first for the region
The Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM ExCom) is meeting in the Pacific...
Fiji needs $10b for national climate plan
Fiji needs about $10 billion(US$5 billion) to deliver its national climate plan, but funding under its new partnership with Australia will cover only a...
Pacific Climate Change Journal launched at POPCCC, strengthens Pacific climate science and policy
A new Pacific Climate Change Journal envisioned to be a dedicated platform for Pacific climate research, knowledge and solutions to reach policymakers, communities and...
Samoa, Tonga qualify for Netball World Cup Sydney 2027
Samoa and Tonga have secured qualification for the Netball World Cup Sydney 2027 after winning their respective matches against the Cook Islands and Fiji.
Samoa...
Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2026 finals preview
The Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2026 reaches a crescendo this weekend with Fiji facing Japan in the final at Prince Chichibu Memorial...
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China’s Pacific Island ties not part of ‘geopolitical rivalry’, Wang Yi says
China’s cooperation with the Pacific islands is not part of a geopolitical competition, top diplomat Wang Yi told a delegation of politicians from the...
Pacific meteorological directors coordinate regional cyclone outlook ahead of PICOF-19
Pacific meteorological directors have agreed on coordination and communication arrangements for the 2026/27 regional tropical cyclone outlook ahead of its public release on 14...
Drought declared in parts of Tonga as El Niño intensifies
The Tonga Meteorological Service has declared drought across all major islands that make up the kingdom, including Tongatapu, Niuatoputapu, Ha’apai and ‘Eua.
Niuafo’ou, a remote...