Embrace the challenge”: Australia A skipper Foley primed for Tongan onslaught
Veteran playmaker Bernard Foley is encouraging his teammates to “embrace the challenge” ahead of today’s sell-out clash against Tonga in Nuku’alofa.
With more than 10,000...
“Made us look hopeless”: Classics reflect on brutal 1973 Tonga Test
Australia A’s upcoming clash with the Ikale Tahi brings back memories of a game like no other for Classic Wallabies Geoff Richardson and John...
Pacific are sovereign nations not backyard of any country: Solomon Islands PM
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has leaped to the defence of China saying its strategic interests are misunderstood.
Sogavare has been visiting China this...
Solomon Islands may lead way as China eyes greater South Pacific role
The South Pacific could provide a “new focus” for China's Belt and Road Initiative after this week's visit by the Solomon Islands' Prime Minister...
Tiny metal balls found in the ocean near PNG could be first evidence of civilisation beyond our solar system
Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.
Avi...
“We can’t be passive”: New Zealand’s changing tone about a more worrying world
By David Capie
A new foreign policy assessment sees the Pacific as no longer “strategically benign” – but the concern extends well beyond the...
Papua New Guinea wants its own ‘Gurkhas’ as U.S-China tensions rise
Papua New Guinea wants to create the equivalent of Britain’s Gurkha regiment as it struggles to strengthen its armed forces at a time of...
China rejects IAEA report on Japan’s Fukushima ocean discharge policy
Chinese diplomats in the Pacific are critical of a decision by the Japanese government to dispose of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant...
Enhancing Pacific Labour Mobility: Pacific-Australia-New Zealand visa pathways study
The PACER Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) has recently concluded a comprehensive study to identify alternative visa pathways that can facilitate the movement of semi-skilled...
New China-Solomon Islands Police deal trigger concerns
Solomon Islands prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare kicked off his trip to China this week with a clear goal — to deepen bilateral ties with...
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Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...
From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...