The Oceania Rugby U20s Challenge – Auckland Igniting a new era of Pacific Rugby talent
Oceania Rugby and Moana Pasifika are delighted to announce a strategic partnership aimed at launching a new age-grade competition designed to reinvigorate U20s pathway...
PM Albanese extends warm welcome and solidarity to PNG PM Marape in Australian Parliament
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Thursday extended a warm welcome to Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape at the Australian Parliament in Canberra...
Winston Peters: Polynesia trip is not about AUKUS
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says his visit to Polynesia is not part of efforts to ease reservations about New Zealand joining...
Vanuatu Electoral Commission to use simple majority rule for referendum vote count: Kaltamat
The Vanuatu Electoral Commission will adopt the “simple majority” rule for counting referendum votes.
This decision was revealed by the Chairman of the Electoral Commission,...
NZ Government to give $20m to help Pacific better respond to extreme weather events
New Zealand will provide $20 million (US$12.2 million) towards an initiative aimed at strengthening severe weather and early warning capabilities in the Pacific region.
Foreign...
NZ – Tongan-leg of trip reaffirms ‘brotherly’ relationship
The government's 2024 Pacific Mission, led by New Zealand deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr...
PNG rules out China pact as PM arrives in Australia
Papua New Guinea has flatly ruled out signing a security deal with China as Prime Minister James Marape touches down in Australia.
Marape attended an...
Fiji Home Affairs Minister calls for probe into border agency drug links
Border security agencies must carry out their own internal investigations to flush out their own who are involved in the drug business, says Fiji...
Kiribati president hails China-Kiribati friendship
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau says that Kiribati and China have continued to forge a friendship rooted in mutual respect, cooperation, and commitment
Maamau made the...
The Cook Islands, on the cusp of making conservation history for the Pacific Islands region
Dedicated towards conserving Cook Islands biodiversity, the island nation is applying for the Takitumu Conservation Area to be recognised as an ‘Other Effective area-based...
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UN Chief warns El Niño is intensifying climate crisis as extreme heat escalates
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that El Niño is intensifying the global climate crisis, with new forecasts showing hotter-than-normal conditions across nearly...
Strong El Niño ahead, UN weather agency warns
As much of the world faces grapples with above normal temperatures and major rainfall changes, the UN Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned on Friday that...
Vanuatu Government maintains firm position on Matthew and Hunter
The Prime Minister Jotham Napat has reaffirmed Vanuatu’s position on the disputed Matthew and Hunter Islands, saying the country’s sovereignty remains non-negotiable.
He said Vanuatu...