Penny Wong visit to Kiribati, Fiji and attend Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders’ retreat
-Australian foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to Kiribati this week on her first visit as Foreign Minister, and Fiji, where she will represent...
EU commends PM Rabuka for his leadership – support for Fiji reaffirmed
The European Union (EU) has commended our Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka for his exemplary leadership towards Fiji's national development...
PNG Government seeks solutions to PNG’s fuel crisis
-Papua New Guinea acting Prime Minister John Rosso has assured Papua New Guineans, residents and businesses that a short term arrangement has been reached...
PIF SG statement on the resumed fifth session Intergovernmental Conference on the BBNJ process
By Henry Puna, Forum Secretary General & Pacific Ocean Commissioner
As our Pacific Forum Leaders gather this week for their Special Retreat in Nadi,...
Why has a Canadian company partnered with the tiny island of Nauru to fast-track deep-sea mining?
By Joanna Chiu
Brown-black discharge gushed out of a pipe from a hulking ship, dispersing murky clouds of sediment into the international waters of...
Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans
By Jack Graham
Delegates from up to 193 UN member states resume talks in New York on Monday in an effort to wrap up...
Fijian Drua confirm signing of ‘sledgehammer’ Eroni Sau
The Fijian Drua have confirmed the signing of cult hero and damaging winger Eroni Sau.
'The Sledgehammer' returns to the Drua after playing a key...
Pacific leaders arrive in Fiji, PNG PM PM travels to Suva for bilateral meet
Pacific Islands Forum Heads of States have started to arrive in Fiji Monday.
The leaders will be in the country for the Pacific Islands Forum...
China names special envoy to Pacific Islands amid growing rivalry with U.S
China has named a special envoy to fill a new role in its Pacific Islands diplomacy as it competes with the United States for...
Palau wants to be host country for Pacific Ocean Commissioner
Palau will be the site of a proposed Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner if the Micronesian group’s demand from the Pacific Islands Forum...
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Military buildup in Palau faces growing dissatisfaction, report says
The guardrails built into agreements between the United States and Palau to protect the Pacific nation's environment and preserve its sovereignty are rendered ineffective...
Palauan leader Whipps makes historic first state visit to New Zealand
Surangel Whipps Jr is set to become the first Palauan President to make an official visit to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Whipps is in New Zealand...
French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions
The Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia has for the first time shown a new configuration during its first administrative sitting on Friday, following a...