Fiji President calls for clean, lawful general elections
Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has called for clean, credible and lawful general elections, urging political leaders, candidates and supporters to uphold integrity and...
Governments must use new UN resolution to turn ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on climate change into robust action
Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change into robust...
Public service media help anchor reliable information
By Prashanth Pillay, Jo Elsom
Across the Indo-Pacific, people are spending more time online but finding it harder to know what to trust. The 2025...
UN climate chief says ‘new world disorder’ hits cooperation
The UN’s climate chief last week urged countries to unite against an “unprecedented threat” to international cooperation from pro-fossil fuel forces — issuing the...
Lawsuit seeks emergency halt to plan to accept U.S deportees in Palau
The Palau Senate and two private citizens have asked the Supreme Court to immediately halt a government plan to accept up to 75 deportees...
New Zealand-United States minerals talk spark concerns over Pacific seabed mining
News that the New Zealand Government is in discussions with the United States over critical minerals cooperation has drawn criticism from environmental groups, who...
Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press the Pacific island country of Vanuatu to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong...
Tuvalu and Solomon Islands ratify the Pacific Resilience Facility Treaty
Tuvalu and Solomon Islands have formally deposited their instruments of ratification of the Agreement to Establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF Treaty), moving the...
Beyond health: Pacific islands cast a wider net to strengthen health security
Given that more than half of the infectious diseases affecting people originate in animals, the next public health emergency may not begin in a...
Fiji to restore permanent presence in Auckland – diplomat
The Fijian government plans to reopen its consulate in Auckland to assist the Fijian diaspora and harness trade development opportunities in Aotearoa.
Fiji's High Commissioner...
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World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate...
Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate...
New Zealand asks U.S to send fuel tankers to Pacific to alleviate pressure caused...
New Zealand has called on the U.S to send fuel tankers to the Pacific to help alleviate some of the significant economic and fuel...
Winston Peters tells US secretary of state Marco Rubio of Iran war impact on...
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's time for "cool heads" as the US President escalates his rhetoric on attacking Iran.
Peters met U.S...