Additional staff for 2023 Pacific Games arrive in Honiara
More staff from overseas have arrived in Honiara to support construction work on the 2023 Games facilities.
The additional staff, presumably from China arrived via...
Tonga out of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 OFC preliminary competition following disaster
The devastating impacts of this month's natural disaster in Tonga has resulted in Tonga withdrawing from taking part in the FIFA World Cup Qatar...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests negative for Covid-19
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested negative for Covid-19 after being deemed a close contact of a positive case on a flight.
Governor-General...
Princess Anne to visit PNG
Princess Anne will visit Papua New Guinea in April to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Governor-General Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae said in a...
Vanuatu regains UN voting right
Vanuatu has had its voting rights reinstated at the United Nations after recently being denied the right over unpaid fees.
Director of the Department of...
Vanuatu Government taking serious steps to restore normalcy in relations with EU
The Vanuatu Government has acknowledged the demands by the European Union (EU) for amendments to the Governance of the Vanuatu Citizenship Program.
The Prime Minister...
Support of Taiwan independence could spark US military conflict with China, says Chinese ambassador
China and the United States could end up in a military conflict if the U.S encourages Taiwan's independence, Beijing's ambassador to Washington, Qin Gang,...
How Pacific climate diplomacy is changing
Negotiating from a position of strength
Pacific Island nations facing the reality of climate change-induced land loss are using their diplomatic strength to ensure...
Illegal fishing in Pacific much lower than 2016 level, says report
By Giff Johnson
Effective Pacific fisheries monitoring and surveillance coupled with improved data reporting are among reasons cited by a recently released fisheries study that...
Cook Islands earns direct entry to FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Cook Islands has earned a direct entry into the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament in Qatar in March after Tonga pulled out following...
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New report warns of Solomon Islands health system under strain
Australia is being accused of draining skilled health workers from Pacific Island countries to fix its own shortage of care workers, pushing fragile health...
Fiji secures agreement on Ocean and climate action Resolution at UNEA-7
Pacific delegations at the seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) are celebrating a breakthrough in Nairobi with Fiji securing an agreement on...
The Late Akilisi Pōhiva: A Tongan Voice for Justice and Liberation of West Papua
By Mele Tuuakitau, USP Journalism Student
Tonga’s Support for decolonisation in the Pacific: Can we do more?
As a small island state in the Pacific,...