Pacific reaffirms Nuclear-Free stance as Rarotonga Treaty marks 40 Years
Pacific Island countries have reaffirmed their commitment to a nuclear-free region as the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, widely known as the Rarotonga...
Fish Fund supports Tonga’s first notification under the agreement on fisheries subsidies
The WTO Fish Fund has marked an important milestone with the submission to the WTO of the first-ever fisheries subsidy notification made possible through...
Experts say ‘bare bones’ U.S laws are unfit to regulate nascent deep-sea mining industry
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts
The deep-sea mining industry could launch in the near future in U.S federal waters. Yet legal experts and former government officials...
Fiji UN envoy calls for Truth Commission link to Constitution review
Fiji’s Permanent representative to the United Nations, Filipo Tarakinikini, has called for the country’s Constitution review process to be directly linked to the work...
89 ‘yes’ votes needed in parliament, Final step in Bougainville’s political future
An absolute three-quarter majority – or 89 MPs – of the 118-member Papua New Guinea Parliament is needed to ratify the 2019 Bougainville referendum...
Solomon Islands PM Wale promises greater transparency in future security agreements
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Mathew Wale says his government will pursue greater transparency in the negotiation and approval of international security agreements, including stronger...
Diplomat cautions gathering on region’s priorities
Even when powerful countries say they are working in partnership with the Pacific, island nations must continue to ask whether those partnerships serve Pacific...
Candidates prepare for New Caledonia elections
By Nic Maclellan
Voters in New Caledonia go to the polls on 28 June, to elect representatives for the islands’ three provincial assemblies – in...
‘They knew that’: False cancer claim leaves axed Flying Fijian coach reeling
Fiji’s former head coach Mick Byrne has moved to address concerns about his health, declaring that he was moved on by the national body...
UNODC-PINA launch regional initiative to strengthen anti-corruption journalism in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today signed an agreement to implement the Journalism for...
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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president
Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach has been elected as the new New Caledonia Congress president under a "governance" coalition struck on Thursday between the pro-France bloc...
NZ must consider cost of joining Pacific defence alliance
A geopolitics expert says before New Zealand asks to join a defence alliance with Australia and Fiji, it must first consider if it can...
Emerging Pacific leaders tackling the Triple Planetary Crisis
In the Pacific, the triple planetary crisis, the interconnected threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution pose a significant existential risk, and young...