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PM Rabuka to skip Pacific Foreign Ministers meet today
The Fiji Times
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August 13, 2025
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka will not attend todays Pacific Foreign Ministers meeting in Suva. The Pacific Islands Forum has confirmed Fiji will be represented by Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Special Envoy of the...
Aust-PNG relations at 50: Pride,politics and price of partnership
The National
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Papua New Guinea kicked off a festival of 50th anniversary independence celebrations last month with breathless fanfare that will run well into the rest of the year. The national milestone will fall on Sept 16. Billboards have sprung up around...
Worries mount for businesses as Bangladesh nears LDC graduation
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Bangladesh is poised to graduate from the United Nations’ Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026, marking a significant milestone in its development journey. As per media reports, the interim government has also reaffirmed that the country’s...
Charting a Zone of Peace in a militarised Pacific
Te Ao Maori News
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Decades after World War II and forty years since the Treaty of Rarotonga, the Pacific is again at a crossroads: peace on its own terms, or the ambitions of powerful nations? Next week in Honiara, in the Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands Forum...
PNA Summit Focuses on Climate, Conservation and Control of Tuna Resources
Island Times
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September 5, 2025
FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu — “Our shared path to sustainable development and full control of our tuna fisheries is not just a vision; it is our collective responsibility to future generations,” Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Penitala Teo said Wednesday at the...
The Government of New Zealand announce additional NZD 5 million commitment to the Pacific Community Ocean Science Centre (PCCOS)
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Racing and Minister for Rail - New Zealand The Government of New Zealand and the Pacific Community (SPC) have deepened their partnership with the announcement of NZD 5million to...
It was the greatest gamble in military history... but it backfired disastrously on Japan
Daily Express
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August 13, 2025
The USS Shaw explodes after being hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor (Image: History/Universal Images Group via Getty) Once the shock of the surprise attacks by Japan in December 1941 on the sleepy British, Dutch and British imperial...
States without land, but without status?
The Statesman (India)
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September 4, 2025
Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged infrastructure all threaten their ability to support...
Leave no-one behind: Social protection reducing poverty in Kiribati
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 10, 2025
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” Nelson Mandela’s powerful words resonate deeply and underscore the significance...
Dan Carter’s ‘life-changing’ visit to remote Kiribati with Unicef
The New Zealand Herald
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August 9, 2025
“One of the challenges with supporting a country like Kiribati is just how remote it is. It’s right on the equator, it’s almost as wide as America but just filled with a whole lot of islands. “It was really important for me to get to Kiribati and...
New cold chain equipment powers safe, accessible vaccines in Palau
Island Times
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September 5, 2025
Koror, Palau, 4 September 2025 – All communities living across the different areas in Palau, will have equal access to high-quality lifesaving vaccines and immunization outreach services through the support of new cold chain equipment. Handed over...
Fiji School of Medicine key developments: 1986 – 2012
The Fiji Times
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September 5, 2025
Between 1986 and 2012, the Fiji School of Medicine (FSMed) now College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences underwent a period of profound transformation, evolving from institutional crisis to regional leadership in health professional...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 29 – September 4, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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September 5, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Who represents you?
Our Auckland
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Auckland local elections candidates are confirmed, and voting opens on Tuesday 9 September – but what do we know about these candidates? More is more The best news about these elections so far is that Aucklanders have more to choose from, with a...
Girl given visa to live with suspected people-traffickers
Otago Daily Times
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September 3, 2025
By Gill Bonnett of RNZ Immigration New Zealand helped clear the way for an adopted girl to live with a family investigated by police for people-trafficking. The case was detailed in a no-surprises briefing to Immigration Minister Erica Stanford,...
UN top slavery expert concerned with treatment of PALM scheme workers in Australia
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 3, 2025
The United Nations top slavery expert is calling on the Australian Government to do more to protect the rights of Pacific seasonal workers in the country. Special Rapporteur on slavery Professor Tomoya Obokata travelled to Australia last November...
Adopted teen girl issued visa to live with suspected people-traffickers
RNZ
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September 3, 2025
Photo: Unsplash / RNZ composite Immigration New Zealand helped clear the way for an adopted girl to live with a family investigated by police for people-trafficking. The case was detailed in a no-surprises briefing to Immigration Minister Erica...
A test of unity: Can the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting keep the family together
The Interpreter
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September 3, 2025
Chinese military activity in the Pacific has reached new levels in the past year. A PLA Navy task group circumnavigated Australia in February, staging a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. Beijing registered 26...
Australia’s August aid update
The National
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THE 2025 Australian aid attitudes survey commissioned by the Development Policy Centre shows a large drop (-11 per cent) in the proportion of people who think the government gives too much foreign aid compared with last year. The survey results...
6PAC+ prepares IMO submissions, demands just transition
Pacific News Service
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“We want to ensure the International Maritime Organisation is in alignment with principles of international environmental law and advances a just and equitable transition in the decarbonisation of international shipping.” That’s the message from...