Vanuatu Minister Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua
By Len Garae in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed West Papua, says a Vanuatu government champion of West Papuan self-determination.
Minister for...
Pacific Trade Invest releases comprehensive review of the impact of COVID-19 across key Pacific industries
Pacific Trade Invest (PTI), the region’s leading trade and investment promotion agency, have released a series of insightful reports, the Pacific Business Monitor COVID...
Migration, evidence and climate change in the Pacific
By Colette Mortreux, University of Melbourne
There has been much discussion about the impacts of climate change on migration, with calls that the world is...
Tuisova, Ravai recovering well: Flying Fijian coach
Flying Fijians winger Josua Tuisova and prop Peni Ravai are recovering well.
The two missed the historic 30-22 win against England on Saturday after sustaining...
‘We can win this’: How Fiji shocked England and the rugby world
By Peter FitzSimons
Simon Raiwalui is a Fijian raised in Australia, who played in the Australian Schoolboys team in the early 1990s with the likes...
Young Tongans dream of the rugby meal ticket
On the rocky foreshore of Popua, in the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa, a group of girls and boys are tossing around a rugby ball.
Siua, 13,...
UN appeals for nuclear test ban amid ‘alarming rise in global mistrust’
The United Nations on Tuesday called for more global action to end nuclear testing, warning against the danger of “collective suicide”.
In his message marking...
Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership
In spite of again being denied full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the...
Fiji’s Nuclear Veteran sheds light on the nuclear testing operations
Between 1957 and 1958, Fijian soldiers were deployed from the then-British colony of Fiji to Kiritimati (Christmas Islands), now part of the Republic of...
The long-lasting consequences of nuclear testing in the Pacific region
Amid Pacific Island countries dealing with the impacts of nuclear testing and Japan's wastewater discharge, leaders came together to commemorate the International Day Against...
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Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion against PM Napat Friday
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition and President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau, welcomed Wednesday's decision of the Court of Appeal...
Australian diplomacy must be principled, agile and proactive: DFAT Secretary Adams
Australia’s top diplomat says Australian diplomacy is being reshaped to meet a more dangerous and complex world, with a sharper focus on the Indo-Pacific,...
Global health is out of balance: WHO’s Dr Piukala
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has warned that global health systems are fundamentally out of balance, despite major...