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The immediate help Fiji sent to assist the regions hardest-hit by the cyclone shows the strong links both countries have with each other, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says. Mahuta will travel to Fiji today to meet with its Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. It is her first visit to the Pacific nation since the election of its new coalition...

Interview with Tion Uriam, national coordinator for hydrography and charting, Kiribati By Wim van Wegen The impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on daily life in Kiribati and the Pacific region can also be felt in the hydrographic profession. In this interview, Tion Uriam, the national coordinator for hydrography and charting in Kiribati, emphasises the challenges faced by Pacific Island...

Analysis The question being asked around the Pacific is to how the region's leaders could agree to Nauru's Baron Waqa becoming the new secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum. This is a high-level diplomatic post and the former Nauru president has proven to be a controversial figure. The secretary general's role is typically filled by someone from a strong diplomatic...

Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Plant Protection Organisation (PPPO) and Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI), have urged Pacific countries to ensure biosecurity travel precautions for the Pacific Games are being met to prevent pest and disease entry and spread into the region. The joint statement for strengthened biosecurity was made at the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF) held 06...

There’s a number of areas the Fijian Drua will be looking to rectify ahead of their clash with the Queensland Reds this weekend. Kicking, scrummaging, lineouts and mauls were critical areas the Drua was second best in over the weekend, however, coach Mick Byrne sid he trusts his players to step up. Byrne said the target is to back their performance...

Netball Australia welcomed four Pacific partners in a bid to extend its presence and grow leadership in the region. With Fiji and Tonga looking towards the Netball World Cup in July and with the Commonwealth Games coming up in 2026, momentum is building within the Pacific islands. Not only are their athletes working hard to prepare, so too are the staff...

U.S President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia and the United Kingdom on Monday announced that Australia will purchase nuclear-powered attack submarines from the U.S to modernize its fleet amid growing concern about China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific. Biden flew to San Diego to appear with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as they...

The Governments of Vanuatu and Tuvalu will host the ‘2nd Pacific Ministerial Dialogue on Pathways for the Global Just Transition away from Fossil Fuels’ in Port Vila this week, from 15- 17 March 2023. It will be attended by delegations from Fiji, Niue, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, Tonga and representatives from regional organisations including Pacific Islands Forum Secretary...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Fiji on his way home from the United States, capping off a huge diplomatic offensive to calm regional concerns about the AUKUS security pact, and push back against a misinformation campaign by Australia’s detractors. The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Defence Minister Richard Marles and Minister for the Pacific Pat Conroy have...

-World leaders need to listen to and act on solid scientific guidance to urgently reduce global warming, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message at the opening of the new session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday. Underlining the “urgent need to end global heating with cold, hard facts”, he said the panel’s...