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Tuvalu calls for stronger UN support to tackle Pacific security threats
Tuvalu has called for stronger United Nations support to address growing securit...
Andrew Mathieson 21 Jul 2026
Asylum-seekers on Nauru face food, water shortages
Asylum-seekers being detained within the community in Nauru are struggling to bu...
Duncan Murray (AAP) 20 Jul 2026
Grassroots communities share storytelling to preserve environmental treasures
A cross-cultural storytelling project facilitated by the University of Newcastle...
Phoebe Blogg 18 Jul 2026
PNG to shut Taiwan office, winning praise from China
Papua New Guinea's government has decided to close Taiwan's representative offic...
Colleen Howe (AAP) 17 Jul 2026
Fiji Government funds evacuation centre for Tamavua Village
The Fiji Government has begun work on a $1. 78 million evacuation centre for Tam...
Rebekah Rasmussen 16 Jul 2026
Seed donation supports household food security in Fiji

UN Women has donated FJ$10,000 worth of seeds to support home gardening and improve food security among vulnerable households across Fiji. The seeds were handed to the Ministry of Agriculture, Waterwa...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Tonga brings traditional knowledge to television weather forecasts

Tonga's weather service has begun incorporating traditional environmental indicators into daily television forecasts as part of efforts to combine generations of community knowledge with climate scien...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Fijian mine workers receive compensation after 33-year dispute

Former Vatukoula gold mine workers and their families have received compensation more than three decades after a strike over poor pay and working conditions began Fiji's longest-running industrial dis...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Samoan Opposition accused of treason, defamation ahead of parliamentary inquiry

The Samoan ruling party has appointed a parliamentary committee to scrutinise the conduct of three leading Opposition figures for treason and defamation.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 15, 2026
Vanuatu to pursue legal action over sovereignty of additional islands

Vanuatu says it plans to pursue legal options under international law after failing to reach an agreement with France over the Pacific sovereignty of two uninhabited volcanic islands which remain in d...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 14, 2026
Australia backs Aotearoa getting aboard Pacific peace train

The foreign minister has welcomed plans by Aotearoa / New Zealand to join a defence alliance between Australia and Fiji. The Ocean of Peace Alliance was signed on Monday by Australian Prime Minister A...

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Andrew Brown (AAP) Jul 10, 2026
Marshall Islands talks tough to Chinese government over Pacific missile testing

The Marshall Islands has condemned China's recent submarine-launched missile test nearby in the Pacific Ocean, adding that its Micronesian region cannot be treated as a site for military signalling.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 10, 2026
PNG Pepes' brave quest for World Cup netball berth

Barely out of her teens, Waisame Andrew will spearhead Papua New Guinea's quest for a spot at next year's Netball World Cup in Sydney. Just 21, the PNG mid-courter is the mainstay of the Pepes after f...

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