Pacific leaders welcome Australia’s ‘renewed commitment’ to climate change
Pacific leaders have welcomed Australia’s “renewed commitment” on climate change and interest in co-hosting a United Nations climate summit with Pacific nations, as Anthony...
Fijiana win Oceania rugby championship in a thriller
Fiji captured the 2022 Oceania Rugby Womens Championship title with a hard-fought win against Samoa, scoring on the final play to claim victory.
Raijieli Laqeretabua's...
Samoa win Pacific Nations Cup 2022
The final match of the Pacific Nations Cup had all the drama needed for the crowd who watched on from the hill of Churchill...
‘We have to’: Aust PM throws support behind PNG earning 18th NRL team as Pasifika plan revealed
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown his support behind an NRL team in Papua New Guinea, and floated expansion into the Pacific region...
51st Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Communique 2022
The Fifty-First (51st) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Suva, Fiji from 11 – 14 July 2022, and was attended by the Heads of...
Chair of the Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation wins Nanumaga by-election
Chairman of the Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation ( TVBC) Board of Directors is the successful candidate for the other Nanumaga seat in the House of...
Forum Leaders endorse the Suva Agreement
By Pita Ligaiula
The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting has ended in Fiji with the endorsement of the Suva Agreement.
This was confirmed by the...
Cook Islands: “Uphold the decision making process of our Forum leaders”
By Nic Maclellan
The Cook Islands representative to the Pacific Islands Forum, Tepaeru Herrmann says they respect Kiribati’s decision to withdraw from the Forum,...
PNG hands over Chairmanship of Melanesian Spearhead Group to Vanuatu
The Special Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit successfully concluded Wednesday with the handing over of the MSG Chairmanship from Papua New Guinea to...
Telstra completes $2.4b Digicel deal
Telstra has completed its acquisition of Digicel Pacific on behalf of the federal government, which funded the majority of the US$1.6 billion (AUD$2.4 billion)...
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Building Artificial Intelligence that knows its limits: Pasifika AI
By Pita Ligaiula
Pasifika AI creator and Kanaky Tech founder Kevyn Wahuzue speaks to PACNEWS journalist Pita Ligaiula about the challenges of developing artificial intelligence...
National Geographic studies Tokelau’s lagoons, reefs, and open ocean in support of marine conservation
Team of local and international experts will conduct the first comprehensive baseline analysis of Tokelau's nearshore reefs, offshore and deep sea environments.
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Pacific-aligned AI means designing for refusal, says Pasifika AI creator
By Pita Ligaiula
Building artificial intelligence that is genuinely aligned with Pacific values means accepting that the system may sometimes be less impressive, less fluent...