ADB, Tonga sign US$10 million grant to help in disaster response from natural hazards, health emergencies
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tonga today signed a USD$10 million grant agreement to help the country expedite its recovery...
Australian PM to hold bilateral talks with Fiji PM
Australian Prime Minister Albanese will visit Fiji today to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Nadi.
Australia and Fiji are...
Pacific Island nations meet on Pathways for the global just transition away from fossil fuels
Days after two cyclones made landfall on Vanuatu within the span of 48 hours, ministers from Pacific Island nations are gathering in the nation's...
NZ Government’s new climate funding plan for Pacific
-With Pacific nations facing some of the worst effects of climate change in the world, New Zealand is preparing to change the way it...
Governments vet crucial UN climate science report
Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distil nearly a decade of published...
Foreign Affairs Minister Mahuta to reaffirm NZ close relationship with Fiji
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will hold bilateral meetings with Fiji this week.
The visit will be her first to the country since...
Disaster Management Minister Ditoka farewells Fiji team to Vanuatu
The Fiji Government’s second joint Humanitarian Response team deployed to assist in recovery efforts in Vanuatu following the aftermath of Tropical Cyclones Kevin and...
Cyclone Gabrielle assistance sign of bond between Aotearoa and Fiji – NZ foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta
The immediate help Fiji sent to assist the regions hardest-hit by the cyclone shows the strong links both countries have with each other, New...
Navigating climate change: Kiribati’s efforts to address sea-level rise
Interview with Tion Uriam, national coordinator for hydrography and charting, Kiribati
By Wim van Wegen
The impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on daily...
Will ex Nauru’s President Baron Waqa’s appointment as next Pacific Islands Forum boss do more harm than good?
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The question being asked around the Pacific is to how the region's leaders could agree to Nauru's Baron Waqa becoming the new secretary...
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MCC touts Pacific, Fiji partnerships as strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has highlighted its work in Fiji and the wider Pacific as part of a broader U.S strategy to strengthen...
Vanuatu Opposition demands Gov’t apology over failed Matthew and Hunter negotiations
Vanuatu Opposition Leader Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has called on Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo to apologise to the people...
Indigenous leaders tell governments ‘no more tokenism’ before COP31
As Pacific communities lose homes, coastlines and even the resting places of their ancestors to rising seas, Indigenous have delivered a blunt message to...