Solomon Islands Stadium funding is a grant, not loan from china: Dr Rodgers
Chair of the National Hosting Authority (NHA) of the Sol2023 Pacific Games, Dr Jimmie Rodgers has clarified that the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
PNG NRL bid can wait, Build pathways first: Melbourne Storm centre Olam
Papua New Guinea should focus on developing young talent instead of bidding to be the 18th National Rugby League (NRL) franchise, says Melbourne Storm...
UN nuclear watchdog boss defends position on Japan’s wastewater dump
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has told RNZ Pacific its standards are not outdated.
It comes as nuclear activists raise concerns about the...
Solomon Islands signs controversial policing pact with China
China and Solomon Islands have signed a deal on police cooperation as part of an upgrade of their relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership”,...
PNG officials unaware of U.S team retrieval of meteor fragments in Manus waters
An American research team, from Harvard University, took meteorite fragments from the Manus seabed without permission, a Papua New Guinea government official says.
Manus deputy...
PNG Media Council AGM reappoints executives to lead
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) has re-elected its current core Executive Management team to another term in office, and to represent...
Spot the hypocrisy: Europe and the West throws Pacific high ambition under the bus at IMO
Opinion by Dr Peter Nuttall
Getting serious push-back to the Pacific's high ambition from China, Brazil and their buddies was fully expected this week...
Critical negotiations on deep sea mining kick off in Jamaica
Critical negotiations concerning the future of deep sea mining and mineral extraction kicked off Monday in Jamaica, as conservationists aim to rein in a...
NZ Acting PM Sepuloni ‘unaware’ dawn raids would continue after 2021 apology
New Zealand Acting Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni says she was “unaware” dawn raids would continue after the 2021 Government apology.
“I thought they'd already ended,”...
‘Use science to analyse nuclear waste plan’
The head of Samoa's premier environmental organisation has called for “science-based judgement” of Japan's plans to discharge treated wastewater from a nuclear plant into...
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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...