New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy shifts and market...
Vanuatu PM confident of defeating no confidence motion
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau has expressed his confidence in defeating the motion of no confidence against him, scheduled for Friday, 19 May 2023.
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Cook Islands PM join calls to accelerate climate action in Asia and the Pacific
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown addressed global and regional leaders on Monday during the high-level opening of the 79th session of the United...
The Pacific Ocean must not be a radioactive waste dump
Medical call to Japan to abandon the planned release of over 1.3 million tons of radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Climate change must be a priority for FIPIC
Papua New Guinea must improve the resilience of climate change issues that might affect the region into the future when meeting with world leaders...
South Korea to pledge cooperation on Climate in Summit with Pacific Islands
The South Korean government will express its commitment to cooperate with Pacific Island nations affected by climate change during the upcoming Korea-Pacific Islands summit...
Pacific Islands Forum won’t ‘intrude’ in New Caledonia’s decolonisation process
There is no support from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) for New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement seeking to annul the outcome of the 2021...
Pasifika were raided in the lead up to the historic Dawn Raids apology
RNZ Pacific can reveal Immigration New Zealand (INZ) was conducting out of hours compliance visits to private residents otherwise known as 'dawn raids' while...
Fiji’s Acting DPP dismisses claims of political interference
Fiji's Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, David Toganivalu has refuted allegations suggesting the acceleration of investigations against former government officials, asserting that he deals...
Fiji State Owned Enterprises perform well, but more to be done – ADB report
The 2019 passage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) legislation in Fiji has improved the country's SOE governance and commercial framework but room exists for further...
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At least 10 feared dead in Gold Ridge Pit collapse in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Police are now at the Gold Ridge mine site as reports emerge that at least 10 bodies have been recovered after a...
More Pacific defence partnerships likely after PNG and NZ sign agreement, expert says
The new defence agreement between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and New Zealand could lead to more joint training, maritime patrols and regional cooperation as...
Signing the U.S shiprider agreement is selling our sovereignty: Sogavare
Solomon Islands leader of the Opposition, Manasseh Sogavare, has warned that the ruling government’s plan to sign a shiprider agreement with the United States...