Non-government organisations are frustrated with the Cook Islands government seabed mineral consultations that are being held in New Zealand, calling for a 10-year moratorium to allow for independent research and capacity building within the Cook Islands.
The University of the South Pacific Students’ Association (USPSA) from 14 campuses spanning 12 member countries convened in Rarotonga yesterday representing the voice of 14,000 students.
China seems set to change the way it relates to Pacific nations.
Halt the vaccines call; anaesthetic investigation after deaths; and Apia market plan ditched
A mass vaccination event has dished out nearly 6000 vaccines to Pasifika in Auckland within almost a week.
An aircrew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Orion have located two people who were reported overdue from a trip to Maiana Island in Kiribati.
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
Jail over political roadblock; vaccination target in Solomon Islands; and Samoan Parliament staffer suspended over online comments
China has dramatically scaled back its aid to the Pacific in the past two years.
On 20 September 2021 Tokelau, one of the world's most remote territories, took a significant step to becoming less isolated, via the Southern Cross NEXT submarine fiber-optic cable network cable.
A New Zealand Supreme Court ruling against seabed mining has been described as important for the Pacific region.
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
Some church leaders in Fiji want the Government to allow non-vaccinated people to enter their houses of worship.
The lockdown in New Caledonia has been extended by two weeks due to the worsening Covid-19 crisis in the French territory.
The man sacked for publishing Fiji's household and income survey says the report is an 'honest snapshot' of the country's poverty situation.
Samoa Airlines explains delay; Samoan sailors head for work abroad; Tongan brothers killed in US city; Tongan brothers killed in US city
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.
A group of church ministers in Fiji have resigned because they do not want to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
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
More Pasifika teenagers in Aotearoa New Zealand are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 than teenagers in other ethnic groups.
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
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.