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...
Leave RFMF alone: Fiji Home Affairs Minister Tikoduadua
Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua, has called on politicians not to stick their noses into the affairs of the Republic of Fiji...
Latest article
High Seas Treaty faces biodiversity knowledge gap as most deep-sea species remain unnamed
A landmark treaty to protect biodiversity on the high seas has entered into force, but scientists warn that much of the deep-sea life it...
Coalition condemns $20m bill for Fiji climate conference which Labor says is ‘critical to...
The federal government has defended spending $20 million (US$14.12 million) of taxpayers’ money on a global climate conference being held in Fiji, arguing Australia’s...
Samoa pushes stronger fish stock monitoring and EEZ security at WCPFC meeting
Samoa is pushing for stronger monitoring of fish stocks and greater protection of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as the Western and Central Pacific...