Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...
PIFS leans on ASEAN model as it retools for a changing region
Pacific Islands Forum (PIFS) leaders are trying to redesign the region’s political and security machinery to better protect unity, manage outside pressure and give...
Solomon Islands Police Chief suspended over meth evidence scandal, just weeks after appointment
Recently appointed Solomon Islands police chief Ian Vaevaso has been suspended after less than two months on the job over his past handling of...
Regional response needed as Pacific drug threat grows
Cook Islands Islands Secretary of Health Bob Williams has called for a tougher, more coordinated Pacific response to drug trafficking.
Williams warned that the crisis...
Ika Moana Rises Again – Strengthening Pacific Leadership in Maritime Surveillance
The Pacific Ocean is vast and full of potential. It is a resource that Pacific peoples have long relied on, which makes protecting it...
Bracing for El Niño: FAO and WFP launch joint appeal to protect 8.8 million people from extreme weather events
Scaling up early action in 22 high-risk countries will help safeguard lives, livelihoods and food security
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations...
World Rugby lowers legal tackle height in community rugby
-World Rugby Council has approved adoption into full law a lower tackle height in community rugby, following positive trials over the last two years.
The...
Australia, PNG push ahead with Pukpuk treaty as Wong backs U.S-Iran Deal
Australia and Papua New Guinea have reaffirmed their commitment to bringing the Pukpuk Treaty into force, with Foreign Ministers Penny Wong and Justin Tkatchenko...
Regional security pact proposal gets support
Australia and Papua New Guinea have thrown their support behind greater Pacific security cooperation, with both countries endorsing efforts to explore a regional security...
Decarbonisation necessary for a sustainable future, Pacific experts warn
Energy experts from across the Pacific have warned the transition to renewable energy must learn from the past, speaking at a panel during the...
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‘Everyone will be loser’: Taiwan deputy minister says war with China would be bad...
Taiwan’s deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs François Chihchung Wu said that should China try to take Taiwan, war would be bad for the entire...
Election timeline is very clear, Fiji PM Rabuka reiterates
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has assured Fijians the 2027 General Election will be held within the constitutional timeframe, dismissing concerns that it could...
Palau President Whipps outlines progress, Challenges in State of the Republic address
Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr delivered his 2026 State of the Republic address last week, outlining what he described as Palau’s progress from...