13 charged over drugs haul; investigations reveal Fiji used as transit point
Thirteen people charged in relation to the seizure of more than four tons of methamphetamine in Nadi worth more than $2billion (US$1 billion) will...
No timeframe – Fiji PM | Reinstatement of ousted Minister for Education
The reinstatement of Fiji's ousted minister for education Aseri Radrodro may take six months, a year or the end of the four-year Coalition Government...
David Pocock condemns Australia’s fossil fuel projects as an ‘existential threat’ to Pacific neighbours
The independent senator David Pocock says the Australian government is failing to listen to its “Pacific family” and must stop approving new fossil fuel...
New Zealand backs away from deep-sea trawling restrictions
NZ fisheries Minister Shane Jones' close links to the fishing industry are under scrutiny once again, after New Zealand diplomats made an abrupt about-turn...
Governing body for Pacific research centre
Te Poutoko is one of seven new research centres at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. Co-directors Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Professor Judith McCool, and...
Argentina on the double as Australia beaten to gold again
Argentina won the third event of the HSBC SVNS 2024, beating Australia in Perth (Boorloo) in front of the biggest rugby audience in Western...
Tuvalu goes to the polls
Tuvalu is gearing up for its national election today.
Tuvaluans will cast their votes to fill the 16-member parliament when polls open from 8am till...
Tuvalu ties report is false: ambassador
Reports questioning Taiwan-Tuvalu ties are nothing but rumors, Ambassador to Tuvalu Andrew Lin said Thursday, adding that the Pacific Island nation would continue to...
Pope Francis to visit Papua New Guinea in August
Papua New Guinea will be hosting Pope Francis in late August.
Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands general secretary Father Victor...
The Australia-Tuvalu deal shows why we need a global framework for climate relocations
By Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
The recent climate migration deal signed by Australia and Tuvalu in...
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Climate finance, Just Transition top agenda as World faces 1.5 overhoot
Climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels will dominate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye, as developing countries demand greater access to...
Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion on Monday
Vanuatu Parliament will debate the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat on Monday next week, after Speaker Felix Stephen confirmed that...
Put the ocean at the centre of COP31
By Peter Thomson
For over 30 years, Pacific island countries have issued the same warning at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference: the warming...