NZ Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta puts Pacific in the spotlight, raises concerns over Taiwan Strait tension
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has stayed out of the ugly foreign policy questions hanging over the Indo-Pacific in her first significant foreign...
New Coronation poll finds lead for republic in Solomon Islands- PNG and Tuvalu would vote to stay with the crown
More voters in the Solomon Islands would choose a republic in a referendum tomorrow than would stay with the Crown, according to new research...
Fiji Government, media enjoy a ‘honeymoon’
Government is enjoying a “honeymoon” period with the media, says Dialogue Fiji executive director Nilesh Lal.
As one of the panelists during an event marking...
New temperature records, food security threats likely as El Niño looms
The development of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean this year is more and more likely, with dangerously high temperatures and...
World Press Freedom Day: Media under threat and MIDA
By Sera Tikotikovatu-Sefeti
The move by some countries across the region to introduce laws and policies to limit media freedom is a direct breach of...
Fijian Media Association calls for journalists to be bold
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) is calling on journalists to fearlessly pursue the truth and demand transparency from those in positions of authority.
Emphasising the...
Cop28 head backs fossil phase-out with carbon capture caveat
The head of the Cop28 climate talks has called for “phasing out fossil fuel emissions”, teeing up a debate between governments over the role...
‘Drug smugglers to be shot’: PNG MP
North Fly MP James Donald has issued orders for Papua New Guinea police to shoot to kill people using his district for drug and...
The case for opening the ADF to citizens of Pacific Islands nations
The potential benefits in a contested region extend far beyond a military need.
By David Van
Other than times of extreme crisis, (e.g., the Second World...
Solomon Islands plagued by bombs from the Second World War
Eighty years after intense battles were fought over the archipelago, Solomon Islanders are still regularly maimed and killed by ordnance
By Nicola Smith, Asia...
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The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) has questioned the constitutional authority behind Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s announcement that Fiji’s national referendum will be...