Cook Islands welcomes Marshall Islands’ accession to the Treaty of Rarotonga
The Cook Islands has welcomed the Marshall Islands by signing the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga.
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Samoa Speaker rejects Cabinet motion to remove him
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Former USAID official says agency shutdown could cede Pacific islands to China
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Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General to visit Japan for high-level meetings
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Super Rugby investigates Fijian Drua’s road trip from hell … including lift in a luggage truck
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Fiji-born legend Tuqiri slams Super Rugby’s Drua fiasco
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Fiji Military to focus on security, not political intervention
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces must never again be seen as an institution that dictates political outcomes, but as a pillar of national...
Scammers behind Marshall Islands bribery scheme stuck in Philippines Airport after entry bans
A pair of Chinese scammers who served short sentences in the United States for conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials have been stranded for...
Samoa PM Fiame stays on, La’auli’s no-confidence motion defeated
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa remains the leader of the government after surviving a second vote of no-confidence vote in two weeks.
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
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