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Pacific women leaders meet in Suva to shape regional agenda
Pacific women leaders, ministers and government representatives have gathered in...
Rebekah Rasmussen 5 Jun 2026
International Seabed Authority says Pasifika nations have the power to shape future of seabed mining laws
The influence of Pacific nations shaping seabed mining regulations should not be...
Andrew Mathieson 1 Jun 2026
Pacific workshop targets risk of losing global banking access
Pacific nations are working to protect access to global banking services amid co...
Rebekah Rasmussen 26 May 2026
Australia and Fiji formally ratify landmark agreement on Pacific resilience financing
Australia and Fiji have jointly announced the formal ratification of the Pacific...
Giovanni Torre 6 May 2026
Climate talks address Pacific's growing security risks
Funding for fighting climate change across the Pacific is not keeping up pace wi...
Andrew Mathieson 31 Mar 2026
Winston Peters wants to be Pacific's Trump whisperer

New Zealand is courting the United States to return as a major donor and diplomatic powerhouse in the Pacific after years of disinterest in the region from American administrations.

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Ben McKay Mar 2, 2026
New report finds United Kingdom complicit in 'ecocide' throughout West Papua

A new report about British involvement in occupied West Papua was tabled on Tuesday in the UK parliament. West Papua activists say the report, 'Bringing it All Back Home: the role of British companies...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 11, 2025
Pacific's top issues on agenda at leaders-only retreat

With a climate resilience fund and a high-level agreement on regional peace in the bag, Pacific leaders will finish up multi-day talks at a private retreat.

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Poppy Johnston Sep 11, 2025
Australia affirms Vanuatu support after treaty delayed

Top Australian ministers are confident a security treaty can be signed with Vanuatu after the deal was scuppered days before it was set to be signed.

Pacific unity stressed at keystone regional summit

Regional unity at a time of rising competition between major powers has been stressed to a full house of Pacific leaders at key annual talks.

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Poppy Johnston Sep 10, 2025
PM confident of Vanuatu pact despite treaty delay

Australia's ties with Vanuatu will go to "the next level", despite the two countries failing to sign off on a long-awaited security and economic agreement, the prime minister says.

Climate finance crunch time at Pacific leader talks

Pacific leaders are set for a more intimate gathering than usual at key annual talks, but excluding some heavyweight nations may prove counterproductive to goals of luring crucial funding for the regi...

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Poppy Johnston Sep 8, 2025
Australia-China jockeying heightens Pacific forum mess

A Sino-Australian tit-for-tat in Honiara as the two nations try to diplomatically out-muscle one another in the lead-up to this year's Pacific Islands Forum has been described as almost comical.

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Dominic Giannini Sep 6, 2025
Australian blitz targets illegal fishing in the Pacific

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is insidious across the Pacific, robbing small nations of hundreds of millions of dollars and risking the sustainability of legitimate operations throughout...

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Dominic Giannini Aug 23, 2025
Pacific funds pledged by China, US before key meeting

A Chinese corporation has pledged $A1 billion to Nauru, the Pacific Islands nation with a population of 12,000 says, as major powers including the United States push for influence in the region.

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Kirsty Needham Aug 12, 2025
Australia boosts PNG defence as treaty looms

Australia has handed over a dozen armoured troop carriers to Papua New Guinea as the nations finalise a bilateral defence treaty. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles was in Port Moresby for the hando...

Solomons PM blocks US, China from Pacific Islands Forum

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, will not be invited to the Pacific's top political meeting, a move that follows pressure...

Pacific, Australia police forces to discuss regional deployments

Pacific police chiefs are scoping areas where additional assistance can be deployed as Australia helps scale up regional security responses by training local officers.

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Dominic Giannini Aug 1, 2025
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