New Zealand to send dozens of peacekeepers to Solomon Islands
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she is ‘deeply concerned by the recent civil unrest and rioting in Honiara’
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda...
Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’
Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, the head...
Positive travellers from African states in quarantine
Fiji currently have COVID-positive travellers in quarantine who arrived in the country from African states before we knew about Omicron.
Permanent Secretary for Health and...
Samoa Electoral Commissioner resigns immediately
Samoa Electoral Commissioner, Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio, tendered his resignation on Wednesday with immediate effect to become the new Land and Titles Court Deputy President,...
NZ rugby open to sending teams to Australia for start of Super Rugby Pacific amid COVID travel uncertainty
Amid the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID pandemic, New Zealand Rugby has revealed to Newshub definitively that the inaugural season of Super Rugby Pacific...
Fiji Rugby welcomes change in World Rugby eligibility rule
Fiji Rugby has pledged to continue to invest in its local players and development pathway players.
Following the announcement by World Rugby to approve the...
Fiji welcomes first Australian tourists in 20 months amid Omicron concerns
Fiji has thrown open its doors today to tourists for the first time in 20 months, despite fears over the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
The...
Marshall Islands moves to reduce world’s strictest Covid-quarantine
The Marshall Islands is one of only a handful of nations never to have experienced a single case of community transmission of Covid-19.
Its border...
Australia’s commercial kava importation pilot officially launched
Pacific kava farmers and producers will now have direct access to the Australian market under Phase Two of the Morrison Government's Kava Pilot, recognising...
Wanting to be watchdogs: Pacific journalists and their views
By Shailendra B. Singh, Folker Hanusch
While global scholarship on the professional views of journalists has expanded tremendously in recent decades, the Pacific remains a...
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War-driven energy price spikes highlight value of renewables: UN climate chief
The disruption of global energy supplies is being felt worldwide, the UN’s top climate change official warned on Monday, as conflict in the Middle...
Cook Islands-New Zealand standoff ‘concerning but not beyond repair: Former PM Helen Clark
The current diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and Aotearoa is "concerning" but “not beyond repair”, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says.
Clark...
Scientists warn chemicals in plastic food packaging pose risks to human health
Scientists are warning that chemicals used in plastic food packaging may pose significant risks to human health, with thousands of substances linked to plastics...