WHO: Nations step closer to global guidelines on pandemics, disease outbreaks
Governments agreed on a way forward to update disease outbreak regulations ahead of meetings to draft new global guidelines for tackling pandemics, the World...
The Pacific: An ocean of opportunity
By Sarah Stubbings, ANZ Regional Executive, Pacific
ANZ has been in the Pacific for more than 142 years. The region is an important part of...
Seremaia Bai and Seruvakula to assist Flying Fijians coach Raiwalui
Three former Flying Fijians players will assist new Head Coach Simon Raiwalui for the Rugby World Cup in France this year.
Raiwalui announced his assistant...
Filipo Tarakinikini to be Fiji’s next PRUN in New York
By Pita Ligaiula
Former military spokesman retired Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini will be Fiji's next Permanent Representative to the United Nations (PRUN) in New York.
He will...
Pacific Islands Forum special leaders retreat – Forum Communiqué
The Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders Retreat was held in Nadi, Fiji, on 24 February 2023, and was attended by Heads of State, Government,...
Pacific solidarity restored, declares Fiji PM
By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau Nadi
Fiji's Prime Minister and outgoing Pacific Islands Forum Chair Sitiveni Rabuka says the Pacific solidarity has been restored after...
Fiji says sorry to Pacific Islands Forum
By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau, Nadi
A special meeting of leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum got off to a good start with the...
Kiribati glad to be back in PIF
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau says they are overjoyed to be back in the Pacific Island Forum.
Speaking after his bilateral meeting in Nadi, in the...
Pacific island leaders meet to show unity amid super power competition
Pacific island leaders arrived in Fiji on Thursday for a two-day meeting to formalise the return of Kiribati to the 18-member regional bloc, amid...
Pacific Island Forum meeting politically, personally important to NZ deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is in Fiji to represent New Zealand at a “politically important for New Zealand, but personally quite important” event.
It...
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Cocaine trafficking surge in Pacific region fuels China policing fears, Australia a ‘cash cow’...
A surge in drug trafficking through the Pacific by transnational criminal syndicates has triggered fears China may exploit the crisis to expand its regional...
CROP and UN Leaders strengthen Pacific coordination
Heads of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) and the United Nations Pacific Country Team (UNCT) met in Suva for their...
Papua New Guinea to host Tuna Economy Dialogue
Papua New Guinea Minister for Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko has announced that PNG will host the Pacific-led Tuna Economy Dialogue from 13-16 October 2026...