Pacific News Search
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Tonga hosts Commonwealth secretary-general
Commonwealth secretary-general Baroness Patricia Scotland makes her first official visit to Tonga.
Updated at 9:12 am on 2 April 2024
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Severe drought in parts of Micronesia region
Drought conditions in parts of the Micronesia region have been upgraded from severe to extreme.
Updated at 9:12 am on 2 April 2024
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French Parliament debates polarise tensions in New Caledonia
Analysis - Debates in the French Parliament in Paris this week have once again polarised tensions back in New Caledonia.
Updated at 9:12 am on 2 April 2024
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French Pacific news in brief
A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a delay in the signing of a "nickel pact" in New Caledonia worth hundreds of millions of Euro.
Updated at 6:49 pm on 29 March 2024
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'Are these the first steps towards abolishing the ministry?' - Carmel Sepuloni
Opposition MPs and unions are criticising a proposal by New Zealand's Ministry of Pacific Peoples to cut staff by 40 percent.
Updated at 11:49 am on 29 March 2024
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Oceania sides test themselves against higher-ranked opposition
An encouraging draw, a heartbreaking defeat, and two chastening losses but, more importantly, two top Pacific sides gained invaluable game time against strong Asian and African sides.
Updated at 5:26 pm on 28 March 2024
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Pacific news in brief for March 28
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including call for minimum wage to increase in the Cook Islands.
Updated at 5:18 pm on 28 March 2024
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Helping PNG's women farmers sell their crops to NZ
A Samoan doctor, who has lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for more than 40 years, wants to help out the women farmers there.
Updated at 5:18 pm on 28 March 2024
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In pictures: ex-Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama 'on top of the world' after sentencing
Former Fiji PM Bainimarama was granted an absolute discharge in a packed court room in Suva on Thursday.
Updated at 4:35 pm on 28 March 2024
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State appeals Frank Banimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho sentences
Fiji's acting public prosecutor has filed an appeal in the High Court against the sentences of former prime minister Frank Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho.
Updated at 4:34 pm on 28 March 2024
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Former Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama, suspended police chief avoid jail in corruption case
The former Fijian prime minister was spared jail in a case from 2020 where he ordered the suspended police chief to stop an investigation into a complaint filed by the University of the South Pacific.
Updated at 4:06 pm on 28 March 2024
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UN shipping body has possible draft on how to reach net zero
Last week, the International Maritime Organisation member states met in London to figure out the mechanisms of doing so.
Updated at 12:46 pm on 28 March 2024
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Former Fiji prime minister facing up to five years in jail after being found guilty of corruption
Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew is calling for Fijians to maintain order ahead of the sentencing at 11.00am local time.
Updated at 12:45 pm on 28 March 2024
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Hopes logging giant will finally be held accountable in Papua New Guinea
A retired Catholic archbishop, who led a campaign against a Malaysian developer in PNG more than a decade ago, hopes the Supreme Court will direct it to renegotiate land agreements with landowners.
Updated at 11:20 am on 28 March 2024
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Government cuts will hit Pasifika communities hard - union
The "brutal" spending cuts that will see the size of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples slashed by 40 percent will hit Pasifika communities hard, the Public Service Association says.
Updated at 10:40 am on 28 March 2024
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Fiji braces for another round of severe weather
Continous heavy rain has also damaged the main water pipes caused by a landslip at the Tamavua water treatment plant which has caused major disruptions to water supply.
Updated at 10:14 am on 28 March 2024
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PNG earthquake death toll stands at three
RNZ Pacific reported on Tuesday that five people had died as a result of the earthquake. However, two people were killed by landslips due to heavy rain, unrelated to the quake.
Updated at 5:34 pm on 27 March 2024
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'Mālō e lelei is a made-up greeting' - Tongan scholar
Vasalua Jenner-Helu, a researcher at 'Atenisi Institute says "mālō e lelei" - now a standard greeting in contemporary Tongan - is a phrase that wasn't in common use in the past.
Updated at 4:57 pm on 27 March 2024
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Pasifika Rugby Awards: In honour of former stars
Two current rugby stars of Samoan origin will be awarded as the first-ever Pasifika Rugby Hall of Fame's Most Influential Players in the World.
Updated at 3:54 pm on 27 March 2024
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FIFA to promote 'non-partisan, non-political' relations between Fiji and Indonesia
The Fijian president says the two countries "share mutual links in ethnicity, language, culture" and the Fiji-Indonesia Friendship Association will strengthen their relations.
Updated at 2:18 pm on 27 March 2024
