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...
Macron puts EU deal with Africa, Caribbean, Pacific on death watch
By Vince Chadwick
It took one sentence in the wee hours of Friday morning for Emmanuel Macron to put more than seven years of...
Fiji PM meets with Cook Islands counterpart
Fiji's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka met with his Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, at the margins of the Pacific...
Pacific family to reunite in Fiji after Forum drama
Pacific reunification should be sealed in Fiji when Kiribati is welcomed back into the fold after a Micronesian splinter.
In recent years, the blue continent...
King Charles III to attend CHOGM in Samoa in 2024
As head of the Commonwealth, His Majesty King Charles III has been confirmed to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to...
Pacific leaders meet as Australia nets new agreement
-Foreign Minister Penny Wong has declared Australia shares the vision held by Fiji for a stronger relationship between the two nations.
Speaking in Fiji, Senator...
Pacific ‘Family’ free to form any ties but need to work together, says New Zealand deputy PM
Pacific island nations are free to form relationships with whichever countries they chose, New Zealand's new deputy prime minister said, but those decisions impact...
Australia’s major Pacific move amid China ‘security concerns’
Australia has taken a significant step in countering China's growing influence in the Pacific by signing an important agreement with Kiribati.
Australia will scale up...
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Fiji PM Rabuka to open 8th Pacific Media Summit in Savusavu after 14-year gap
Fiji will host the Pacific’s largest media gathering for the first time in 14 years, with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to officially open the...
U.S raises concerns over China’s “malign activities” in Pacific
The United States says it shares concerns with Pacific Island countries over China’s activities in the region, including illegal fishing, economic coercion and the...
Pacific officials step up COP31 coordination
Pacific Islands Forum senior officials have stepped up regional coordination for COP31, focusing on key Pacific priorities and negotiating positions ahead of the UN...