Oceania Boxing Confederation elects new President
French Polynesia’s Tauhiti Nena has been elected as the new President of the Oceania Boxing Confederation (OCBC) after polling 80 percent of the vote...
Cook Islands welcome Micronesia’s pause on exiting the Pacific Islands Forum
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown welcomes the decision by the Micronesian Leaders to “pause” their withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum to enable...
PNG Justice Minister faces alleged misconduct charges
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister and Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been referred to the Public Prosecutor by the Ombudsman Commission for 14 counts...
Vaccines vital as COVID overloads health system in Solomon Islands
Ramping up vaccinations is critical in the Solomon Islands as COVID-19 crashes across the country overloading the country's fragile health system from the capital...
World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report
The world has failed to meet a single target to stem the destruction of wildlife and life-sustaining ecosystems in the last decade, according to...
Working together to support Tonga
Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel are working side-by-side on Atata Island in Tonga to clear tsunami debris, remediate eroded...
The Pacific Islands become collateral damage on drug superhighway
By Jose Sousa-Santos
The illicit drugs trade in the Pacific Islands continues to evolve despite Covid-19 border closures. The seizure of more than 500...
Fiji calls for worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining
At the first-ever One Ocean Summit, Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum called on all ocean countries to adopt Fiji’s moratorium on deep seabed mining through 2030.
The...
Who should pay? Experts ask how small island states can secure compensation for climate damages
A landmark Commonwealth Foundation event assesses the way forward for island nations experiencing the worst effects of the climate crisis
Tuesday, 15 February – experts,...
Fijian Drua team named
Fijian Drua coach Mick Byrne has named his side to face the NSW Waratahs in the opening Super Rugby Pacific competition on Friday night.
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US$239 million Pacific health push targets NCD crisis
The Fiji Government, together with Pacific neighbours, on Thursday launched the Pacific Healthy Islands Transformation (PHIT) Project to tackle the region’s most pressing health...
‘Industrial colonial takeover’: Cook Islands environment groups slam U.S deep-sea mining firm merger
Cook Islands environmental groups have slammed the recent merger of an American minerals investment company with Odyssey, calling it “an industrial colonial takeover of...
Kanaky New Caledonia’s ongoing path to self-determination
By Jennis Naidu
The question of Kanaky New Caledonia (KNC) remains one of the most complex and unresolved decolonisation processes in the contemporary Pacific. Although...