Climate talks address Pacific’s growing security risks
Funding for fighting climate change across the Pacific is not keeping up pace with the urgency of the crisis amid complex systems, slow approvals...
Pacific must defeat corruption to prosper
A regional academic has warned that the Pacific cannot achieve peace or prosperity unless it confronts corruption head-on, calling it a “tapeworm” quietly draining...
World Bank warns of rising costs as Middle East conflict hits global markets
The World Bank Group says the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is already driving up global costs and disrupting supply chains, with developing...
Foreign crew charged after Australian police say ‘smuggling hides’ used in cocaine plot
Australian Police have charged six crew members of the high-profile MV Raider vessel with drug smuggling, saying they attempted to bring one tonne of...
Bougainville Constituent Assembly set to debate final chapters of draft Constitution
Bougainville's draft independence Constitution is now in its final stages, with debate set to resume when the Bougainville Constituent Assembly reconvenes.
Vice President Ezekiel Masatt...
Marshall Islands declared a state of economic emergency amid global criss
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine has declared a 90-day state of economic emergency in response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which...
Niue heads to the polls as leadership changes and challenges loom
Niueans will head to the polls on 02 May after the country’s parliament was formally dissolved.
A notice in the Niue Gazette confirmed the dissolution...
Samoa deputy PM Toelupe Onesemo resigns
Samoa deputy Prime Minister Toelupe Maoiautele Poumulinuku Onesemo has resigned following the Election Court’s decision last a week that voided his seat for the...
A Healthier Pacific Starts with What We Put on Our Children’s Plates
By Karla Hershey, Mamadou Kane and Dirk Wagener, United Nations Resident Coordinators in the Pacific
In the Pacific, food tells a story. It is taro...
Storm shock as forward suffers suspected stroke
The Melbourne Storm have been rocked with prop Tui Kamikamica in hospital following a suspected stroke.
The Fiji-born 31-year-old had a medical episode on Monday...
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“Those blocking climate science are not our friends”: Pacific issues strong warning at Bonn...
Pacific Island nations have delivered a sharp rebuke to countries seeking to weaken climate ambition at the UN climate negotiations in Bonn, warning that...
“When you deny us the science, you deny our future”: Pacific advocate at Bonn...
Pacific civil society organisations have warned that attempts to weaken the role of science in international climate negotiations risk undermining climate justice and the...
Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
Speaking...