Pacific News Search
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French Pacific news in brief
A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a new finance minister for French Polynesia, and 'riots' risk no longer covered by New Caledonia insurance companies.
Updated at 2:51 pm on 28 August 2024
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Pacific news in brief for 28 August
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including more than 200 unexploded ordnances removed from a school site in Solomon Islands.
Updated at 12:05 pm on 28 August 2024
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Ex-Cook Islands football boss banned from all involvement in the sport
Lee Harmon had an initial five-year ban, handed out by the OFC Appeal Committee, which started from 23 August 2021.
Updated at 11:15 am on 28 August 2024
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Morobe Province: Crucial bridge in Lae collapses due to flooding
An old bridge has been brought back to use in Lae in Papua New Guinea after the Yalu River Bridge was destroyed by flooding late last week.
Updated at 10:52 am on 28 August 2024
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Six takeaways from Pacific Nations Cup round one
World Rugby pick out six talking points from the first weekend of the cross-border competition as Fiji and Japan both kick off the tournament with big wins.
Updated at 10:15 am on 28 August 2024
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Melanesian leaders want meeting with Indonesian president on West Papua 'as soon as practicable'
"The welfare of the interests of our Melanesians in West Papua and the other Papuan Provinces in Indonesia is an ongoing concern," the Melanesian Spearhead Group said on Tuesday.
Updated at 9:38 am on 28 August 2024
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US deputy secretary to visit Tonga, Vanuatu and New Zealand
Kurt Campbell will begin his trip in Tonga on Thursday to lead the US delegation to the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.
Updated at 5:34 pm on 27 August 2024
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'Surging seas are coming for all of us', warns UN chief
Antonio Guterres, who is in Nuku'alofa for the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit, provided an update on the present-day impacts and future projections of sea-level rise.
Updated at 5:25 pm on 27 August 2024
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A record 13 Pacific island athletes to compete at 2024 Paralympics
The seven women and six men Paralympians will represent Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Kiribati at the Games.
Updated at 1:42 pm on 27 August 2024
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Labour mobility: Push for more to be done for RSE workers
Bay of Plenty church pastor and Fijian community leader Patrick Rounds says it's critical in ensuring smooth transition by workers into the local environment.
Updated at 12:36 pm on 27 August 2024
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Falepili Union: Tuvalu is ‘on verge of ratifying the treaty’ - Feleti Teo
The Prime Minister says the agreement commits Australia to help Tuvalu with climate adaptation, and he's also had conversation with Fiji PM to develop a similar bilateral agreement.
Updated at 10:45 am on 27 August 2024
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Samoan seasonal workers killed in fatal crash in Auckland
Two victims of the fatal crash on Auckland's State Highway 1 were young men in New Zealand as seasonal workers, Samoan media report.
Updated at 9:43 am on 27 August 2024
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Information wars raging in New Caledonia
Analysis - There's been a flurry of statements, counter-statements, denials, affirmations from left, right and centre in New Caledonia with no resolution in sight for the ongoing crisis.
Updated at 5:38 pm on 26 August 2024
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Whipps v Remengesau: Brothers-in-law to run against each other in 2024 Palau elections
Palau's incumbent President Surangel Whipps Jr will go up against his brother-in-law and former president, Tommy Remengesau, in the 2024 Palau elections.
Updated at 5:00 pm on 26 August 2024
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'Where is the Christian solidarity': Benny Wenda on PNG leader's West Papua comments
Papua New Guineans need to ask, "where is the Christian solidarity", ULMWP leader says, after the PNG leader said it's Indonesia's responsibility to address independence demands.
Updated at 5:00 pm on 26 August 2024
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Tonga Prime Minister wants 'more action' as Pacific leaders' summit kicks off
The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting is off to a start with pouring rain and an earthquake as the backdrop, with the New Caledonia and the climate crisis as hot button issues.
Updated at 2:28 pm on 26 August 2024
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Bay of Plenty honours RSE workers with sports festival
Over 300 workers converged at the Blake Park in Mount Maunganui to participate in the first-ever sports festival, jointly organised by the Bay of Plenty Rugby and the NZ Kiwifruit Growers Inc.
Updated at 2:23 pm on 26 August 2024
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Kiribati ‘feel sorry’ for barring diplomats but it ‘makes sense’, minister says
Kiribati's head of delegation at Tonga leaders' summit says "our constitutional task" is to prioritise the elections process and diplomatic visits will resume once new government is formed.
Updated at 11:53 am on 26 August 2024
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Pacific leaders have 'incredibly crowded' agenda at Tonga summit, as locals welcome much-needed economic boost
But for locals, Tonga hosting the summit means it offers a much-needed cash injection to the nation, which is still recovering from the Hunga-Tonga Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami.
Updated at 10:17 am on 26 August 2024
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Taiwanese official going to Pacific Islands Forum
A Taiwanese deputy foreign minister will be at this week's Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga, as China and the United States jostle for influence in the region.
Updated at 2:57 pm on 25 August 2024
