Pacific Islands
Pacific Forum welcomes NZ climate aid boost, urges collective action
Monday 18 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
The head of the Pacific Islands Forum says New Zealand's climate aid boost augurs well heading into COP26, and is pushing all developed countries to meet climate funding commitments made in Paris in 2015.
Aftershocks of Covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific says report
Monday 18 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Experts are warning that development gains across the Pacific region over the past 10 years could be undone due to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Monday 18 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Death toll rises in Hawaii; MP shocked at hunger on Bougainville island; and Marshalls' census nearly finished
UN resolution on Climate Change rapporteur a boost for Pacific
Saturday 16 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed the latest UN Human Rights Council vote for a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Saturday 16 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Samoa's opposition leader says members have not been paid; CNMI welcomes visitors again; Vaccination campaign targetting young Pasifika in Porirua underway
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Thursday 14 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Nearly 300 Ni-Vanautu workers arrive in New Zealand; A dozen cyclones forecast for Pacific; 391 new cases of Covid-19 in the past seven days in Fiji.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Wednesday 13 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Samoa by-elections set for November 12; Former CNMI cop jailed for possessing child pornography; Gender and ethnic pay gaps in New Zealand wide; Thousands of year 12 and 13 students in Fiji will return to classroom next month
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Tuesday 12 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Covid-19 claims another three lives in French Polynesia; Two men killed in separate crocodile attacks in Solomon Islands; Pandora Papers: Samoa to investigate Australian accountant link
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Monday 11 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Tonga police noticing an increase in drug cases; Legal action filed against Vanuatu's President; Widodo visit to Papua criticised; Samoa govt look to repatriate Samoa students in Fiji; CNMI acquires 2 new COVID testing machines
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Friday 8 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
The Northern Mariana Islands has now reported its third Covid related death.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Thursday 7 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Halt the vaccines call; anaesthetic investigation after deaths; and Apia market plan ditched
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Wednesday 6 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Vaccination continues in Fiji for targeted youth population; Concerns over forcible dispersal of Papua protest in Jakarta; Police reports six dead from tribal fight in Papua
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Tuesday 5 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Jail over political roadblock; vaccination target in Solomon Islands; and Samoan Parliament staffer suspended over online comments
China slashes its aid to the Pacific
Tuesday 5 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
China has dramatically scaled back its aid to the Pacific in the past two years.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Monday 4 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Two men missing at sea in Solomon Islands have landed in PNG; Cook Islands govt wants to vaccinate target youth population before opening borders to NZ; Vanuatu health director flags mandatory vaccination; Forum keen to host Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in the Pacific
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Samoa Airlines explains delay; Samoan sailors head for work abroad; Tongan brothers killed in US city; Tongan brothers killed in US city
New multimedia segment for Pasifika on mental health
Thursday 30 September 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
A new mental health segment led by Pacific organisations has launched online and on air this week to address mental health concerns in the Pasifika community.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Thursday 30 September 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Prospective RSE workers scammed in Samoa; Vaccination for workers not yet mandatory, says Vanuatu union; Tonga's PSA calls for the Secretary to Government to be sacked
In Brief: News from around the Pacific
Wednesday 29 September 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
Another eight Covid-10 deaths in New Caledonia; 75 candidates register for Tonga election; Kanak broadcaster Joseph Caihe mourned; Samoa reissues travel advisory for incoming travellers
In Brief: News from around the Pacific
Tuesday 28 September 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional
One hundred and nine medical personnel have arrived in Noumea from France to help combat the spread of Covid-19; Samoa's Parliament resumes today to discuss and pass amendments to the Electoral Act 2019.
