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France will send a total of 16 Centaure armoured vehicles from the gendarmerie to New Caledonia. Six of these vehicles will arrive next week, with the remaining ten being deployed progressively over the following weeks. This deployment follows recent unrest in New Caledonia after the adoption of a local electoral body reform, which triggered riots on the archipelago. These disturbances have...

Flight service to Guam is a “top priority” for Nauru Airlines as the carrier continues to expand its routes across Micronesia, a representative of the Nauru government told regional leaders gathered on Guam Monday. Nauru Airlines is the national carrier for the Republic of Nauru. Special Envoy for Nauru Maverick Eoe spoke during the opening of the 26th Micronesian Island Forum...

Joint Fisheries patrols have begun onboard Sea Shepherd's ship the Allankay in the waters of Tuvalu—a Polynesian country made up of reef islands and coral atolls located halfway between Hawaii and Australia. T The campaign aims to fill a law enforcement gap left since the island nation’s lone offshore patrol boat was irreparably damaged when a cyclone hit the region...

By Rieko Hayakawa The 13 May riots in the French territory of New Caledonia took the world by surprise. The territory is a known tourist destination. However, those following New Caledonian politics knew that the pro-independence groups had been holding large-scale demonstrations since around February 2024. Pro-independence groups forcefully demanded the withdrawal of a new law that would allow an increase...

The Manu Samoa 7s team will not be part of the World Sevens Series core competition after failing to make the top four of the promotion-relegation tournament in Madrid last weekend. Samoa will enter the regional qualification pathway for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 as a losing team. This is not the result Lakapi Samoa had wanted. The team...

Fijiana are set to move to a new all-time high of 15th in the World Rugby Women’s Rankings after winning back the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship title from Samoa. A hard-fought 27-13 victory over the reigning champions at Sunnybank Rugby Club in Brisbane on Sunday will increase their rating by 1.09 points to 59.74 points when the rankings are officially...

One of the Australian government's biggest diplomatic efforts to develop closer relations with the Pacific starts today with the opening of the Pacific Engagement Visa(PEV). The visa allows 3000 Pacific Islanders to permanently settle in Australia every year and it's got many across the region excited, but there are concerns by some that it won't be a level playing field. Most...

Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sir Francis Billy Hilly has expressed disappointment in regional leaders keeping silent over what is happening in Noumea, New Caledonia. “Every day you turn on the TV, the rioting, burning and unrest there is worse than the day before,” Sir Francis told Solomon Star. “Why is everyone so quiet about what is happening in New Caledonia?...

For the first time, rich nations in 2022 delivered on a longstanding pledge to channel US$100 billion a year in climate finance to developing nations – two years later than originally promised, official figures showed last Wednesday. Their failure to meet the goal on time has been a sore point in the UN climate talks, fuelling distrust between wealthy governments...

Australia is offering Timor-Leste a multi-billion-dollar lifeline to fast-track the Greater Sunrise offshore gas project, which promises generational wealth for the fledgling nation while keeping Beijing at bay. Australia has offered Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao’s government a sizable package of incentives that would effectively give Timor-Leste 90 percent of revenue from the project. Senior diplomatic and government sources say ensuring the...