French Polynesia’s Marquesas islands join UNESCO’s World Heritage list
French Polynesia's Marquesas islands are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage list.
The UN endorsement came as a result of the meeting of UNESCO's World...
Second lot of Commonwealth countries put Samoa’s logistics and planning under the microscope for CHOGM 2024
The second advance visit for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in October 2024 took place on 24 and 25 July 2024.
Sixty-five delegates...
Foreign Minister Wong announces new digital cable centre to limit China’s influence in Indo-Pacific
Australia is stepping up its attempts to limit China’s influence in the Pacific, with the establishment of a new “cable connectivity and resilience centre”...
Olympic Games Paris 2024: Rio 2016 champions Australia set early benchmark
Australia set out their stall in front of a record crowd on day one of the Olympics Games Paris 2024 as they beat South...
Record women’s rugby attendance shattered as stars of sevens shine at Olympics
It was the women’s turn to shine on Sunday as the Olympics Games Paris 2024 women’s rugby sevens competition got off to a flying...
France crowned men’s rugby sevens Olympic champions in Paris
At the end of three scintillating days of Olympic men’s rugby sevens action, played out in front of captivated, capacity crowds of 69,000 at...
From Sixth to Second: Kolinisau’s Journey with Fiji Rugby
Setting high standards at the National Rugby Sevens Camp is what Head Coach Osea Kolinisau did to restore the Fijian flair of rugby.
With only...
Pacific Women Leaders Call for Action to End ‘Epidemic’ of Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pervasive and devastating crisis for women and girls in the region with Pacific women ministers urging governments and communities...
Pacific Women Leaders want action on nuclear legacy and gender disparities
Almost eight decades after the last nuclear bomb detonated in the Marshall Islands, there is a call from the Pacific region for a concerted...
‘Demonising China’ is not my concern, says Solomon Islands PM Manele
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says “demonising China” is not his concern.
When responding to questions from the media if he is concern that...
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Samoa MPs to be drug tested before they can run for Parliament
Samoa’s war against drugs will extend to ensuring Parliamentarians are drug free before entering an election.
That is the stance of Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao...
“Accountable to Parliament, not the PM”: Solomon Islands PM Manele invokes separation of powers...
Solomon Isands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has moved to de-escalate tensions surrounding the recent mass resignation of Parliamentary Standing Committee chairs, asserting that these...
Dome over contaminated nuclear blast site is leaking — expert warns risk from lethal...
Experts are having a nuclear meltdown.
Cracks in a dome over a contaminated nuclear blast site have sparked fears that the containment area has sprung...