Politics
Australia's climate minister has launched a spirited defence of the Pacific pre-COP meeting after hosts Fiji revealed just eight leaders or senior ministers from outside the region planned to attend.
Of all the testimonies about the impact of global warming heard at the Pacific Islands Forum summit, Maina Talia's may be the most heart-wrenching.
Narco-subs and drug-trafficking vessels smuggling cocaine to Australia are in the sights of a new $600 million investment in the Pacific. At the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Palau, Anthony...
Fiji has revealed the first batch of attendees for the Pacific pre-COP climate talks in October, including leaders from four continents. Tuvalu and Fiji are hosting the event next month as part of an...
A local Aotearoa / New Zealand council has bucked the trend and reversed a decision to exclude Māori wards. Upper Hutt City, located just north of Wellington, recently voted to establish a new M&...
The US and New Zealand will jointly fund a port development in the Cook Islands that's expected to pave the way for deep sea mining. The $US60 million ($A84 million) project is both a rebuke to China'...
China has promised "consequences" for Taiwan's presence at the Pacific Islands Forum opening ceremony, which put the two rivals in the same room.
Solomon Islands is in a political crisis after three senior government ministers resigned from cabinet on the eve of new Prime Minister Matthew Wale's arrival at the Pacific Island Forum Leaders' Meet...