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Pacific Islands Forum head: Island region ‘must remain a beacon of…

The Pacific Islands Forum’s secretary general has reaffirmed the region’s commitment to a united, resilient and inclusive Blue Pacific Continent. “In a world increasingly marked by turbulence, the Pacific must remain a beacon of hope and unity,”...

Pacific Mini Games: Tahiti's gold rush continues with two days to go

Pacific Mini Games: Tahiti's gold rush continues with two days to go

Deotille Videau, 16, during a medal presentation after winning her seventh gold medal for Tahiti. Photo: ONOC / The Reporters Academy Tahiti's Salome De Barthez de Marmorieres claimed the first gold of day seven of the Pacific Mini Games on Monday...

Immigration New Zealand Extends Longer Visits for Pacific Island Nations Granted Visited Visa

Immigration New Zealand Extends Longer Visits for Pacific Island Nations Granted Visited Visa

Photo: NZ Immigration New Zealand is welcoming Pacific visitors by making it easier to travel here with changes to immigration settings that will come into effect later this year. From 6 July 2025, people from Pacific Islands forum countries...

Pacific-Australia ‘commonality’ important in uncertain times

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed the importance of personal relationships with Pacific nations at a time when other powers are seeking to increase their influence. The prime minister, who hosted Fijian counterpart Sitiveni...

Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation: The Agricultural Sector under the UN Climate Change Regime

Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation: The Agricultural Sector under the UN Climate Change Regime

The climate change regime has been one focal point of international law over the past year, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has undertaken the task of addressing the questions presented as part of the advisory proceedings on climate...

League versus union: Australia’s rugby diplomacy needs a game plan

League versus union: Australia’s rugby diplomacy needs a game plan

As sure as night follows day, Australia finds itself drawn into strategic competition with China in the Pacific – this time in a domain entirely of its own design. News broke last week that the governments of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa are preparing to...

World’s Poorest Hit By Double Whammy - Trade War Plus A War On Aid

World’s Poorest Hit By Double Whammy - Trade War Plus A War On Aid

President Trump has announced his latest tariffs after a 90 day pause, confirming an increase for 14 countries, including some of the poorest. Today’s announcement includes 40% tariff on goods from Myanmar and Laos, and a 36% tariff on goods from...

Guam's baseball team advances to gold medal game at Pacific Mini Games

Guam's baseball team advances to gold medal game at Pacific Mini Games

Guam’s men’s baseball team is back in the gold medal game at the Pacific Mini Games after handling the Federated States of Micronesia, 10-6, Saturday afternoon in Palau. Guam's medal tally as of Sunday noon was nine, including two gold, three...

Stat of the week: 452,860 km² is the land area of Papua New Guinea, making it by far the largest country in the Pacific Islands region

Stat of the week: 452,860 km² is the land area of Papua New Guinea, making it by far the largest country in the Pacific Islands region

Did you know? 452,860 km² is the land area of Papua New Guinea, making it by far the largest country in the Pacific Islands region. In contrast, some of the smallest territories include Tokelau (10 km², roughly the size of 1,400 football fields),...

Nauru signs two landmark agreements in Majuro

Nauru signs two landmark agreements in Majuro

Pictured at the signing, from left: Air Marshall Islands chief financial officer Roneel Sharma, Marshall Islands Transportation Minister Hilton Kendall, AMI chairman Bobby Muller, Nauru Airlines chairman Charleston Deiye, Nauru Airlines commercial...

Commentary: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Commentary: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...

Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal

Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal

The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...

Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement

Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement

South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...

Air Marshall Islands And Nauru Airlines Collaborate To Support Regional Connectivity And Long-term Aviation Sustainability

Air Marshall Islands And Nauru Airlines Collaborate To Support Regional Connectivity And Long-term Aviation Sustainability

Air Marshall Islands Inc (AMI) and Nauru Airlines (NAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding strengthening ties between the carriers, to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service quality, and strengthen technical...

Michelle Grattan: Free speech fight reignites as sparks fly in Australian politics

Michelle Grattan: Free speech fight reignites as sparks fly in Australian politics

Political and news cycles often work in a certain and predictable way. Issues flare like bushfires, then rage for weeks or even months, until they are finally extinguished by action or fade by being overtaken by the next big thing. On two very...

Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Credit: FOX Sunday Morning Futures screenshot A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By...

'Southern Frontier': Australia’s cold pursuit of empire and identity

'Southern Frontier': Australia’s cold pursuit of empire and identity

A new book uncovers the overlooked history of Australia’s deep entanglement with Antarctica, a story of ambition, exploration and national self-definition. Jim Kable reviews The Southern Frontier: Australia, Antarctica and Empire in the Southern...

Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...

Super Power Rivalry In The Pacific! China Says No Plans To Build Military Base; Blames Media For “False Narratives”

Super Power Rivalry In The Pacific! China Says No Plans To Build Military Base; Blames Media For “False Narratives”

China’s embassy in Fiji has insisted that Beijing is not seeking a military base in the South Pacific, stating that aid pledged to developing island nations comes with “no political strings attached.” Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka warned...

China says no ambition to build South Pacific military base

China says no ambition to build South Pacific military base

China’s embassy in Fiji has insisted Beijing is not seeking a military base in the South Pacific, saying aid pledged to developing island nations came with “no political strings attached”. Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka warned this week...

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