NZ government commits to Pacific broadcasting in the region
New Zealand's Budget will commit NZ$4.4 million (US$2.8 million) for a new transmitter for RNZ Pacific ensuring the future of the service.
RNZ Pacific broadcasts...
SPREP Director General Sefanaia Nawadra statement for International Day for Biodiversity 2022
Pacific Islanders who live as our forefathers lived celebrate biodiversity every day. Every day is biodiversity day.
Our native and endemic species and the habitats...
Fiji and New Zealand the winners after a brilliant HSBC France Sevens
Fiji’s men and New Zealand’s women turned on the style to win the HSBC France Sevens in Toulouse on Sunday.
Ireland, led by the excellent...
Australian election 2022: Anthony Albanese ‘humbled’ to be next PM as voters abandon Coalition
Anthony Albanese will be Australia’s next prime minister, leaving the Coalition in disarray after it lost more than a dozen seats to Labor and...
Australian voters deliver strong message on climate, ending conservative government’s 9-year rule, Anthony Albanese is new PM
Australian voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to the centrer-right government, ending nine years of conservative rule, in favor of the centre-left opposition that...
National Security Committee rejected Payne’s proposal to double funding in the Pacific to reduce China influence
A proposal to double funding in the Pacific to reduce the Chinese infiltration in the region was knocked back by the Cabinet's National Security...
Former Fiji Opposition MP Nawaikula sentenced to two years in jail
Former Fiji Opposition MP Niko Nawaikula will spend two years behind bars.
The matter was called for sentencing in the Anti-Corruption Division of the High...
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child congratulate Kiribati for raising the age of marriage to 18
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Kiribati, with Committee...
PNG Opposition leader’s application to stop Parliament’s decision of adding seven new electorates dismissed
Papua New Guinea Judge Derek Hartshorn says a one-man Supreme Court bench does not have the power to stop an act of Parliament that...
U.S to boost Pacific spending to counter China, but no ‘real number’ yet
The U.S has announced it will boost military spending in the Pacific to counter China.
The White House’s Indo-Pacific Strategy announcement didn’t include any money...
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Fiji PM defends democracy and economic reforms
Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to democracy, economic reform and national unity in his response to the Presidential address...
French ships visit Hobart amid regional tensions
As France announced it would increase its nuclear arsenal in a major development of its defence policy, its navy docked in Australia, sending a...
Commonwealth Secretary General warns global order is failing people
Commonwealth Secretary General Shirley Botchwey used her remarks at the 26th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) in London to highlight global challenges and...