Pacific News Search
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Indonesia's Papua rebels ready to free New Zealand pilot held for over a year
The rebels say they will release Phillip Mehrtens, who has been held in captivity since February 2023, "for the sake of humanity".
Updated at 9:58 am on 4 August 2024
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New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality
The ISA's new head, Brazil's Leticia Carvalho promises a return to "transparency, accountability" at an organization perceived as aligned with mining interests.
Updated at 3:41 pm on 3 August 2024
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French Pacific news in brief
A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a New York Times article labelling the Olympic surfing venue "poisoned" upsetting French Polynesia's leaders.
Updated at 5:45 pm on 2 August 2024
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Pacific news in brief for August 2
A round-up of news from around the region, including a Solomon Islands politician accused of violating the One-China principle and attempting to harm the government's relations with Beijing.
Updated at 5:13 pm on 2 August 2024
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Australia must 'avoid human catastrophe on PNG soil' - refugee support org
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says refugees in Papua New Guinea and their families will continue to suffer unless Canberra restores aid and evacuates them.
Updated at 4:32 pm on 2 August 2024
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The wall of shame - do Pacific islanders even notice gender-based violence deaths?
At least 300 Pacific women were killed in 2021, many at the hands of intimate partners or male relatives, Netani Rika writes.
Updated at 1:03 pm on 2 August 2024
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Pacific Islands runners to tackle Paris 100m prelims
Pacific Islands runners, swimmers and sailors are in action this weekend.
Updated at 12:27 pm on 2 August 2024
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PNG government told to protect people after “barbaric killings” in Angoram
The massacre of 26 people in the Angoram District two weeks ago is "utterly unacceptable and a gross violation of human rights", the Commonwealth Lawyers Association says.
Updated at 12:05 pm on 2 August 2024
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Fiji to roll out red carpet for Indian President Droupadi Murmu's visit
Droupadi Murmu will be the first head of state to visit Fiji and is set to address the Fijian Parliament and hold meetings with the President and Prime Minister next week.
Updated at 11:30 am on 2 August 2024
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A brief history of Sāmoan flags: 'Uniting under what colonisers brought to us', says academic
A Sāmoan academic says many younger people may not be fully aware of the background of the flags they raise during events and in support of their national sports teams, like the Toa Sāmoa.
Updated at 9:57 am on 2 August 2024
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A lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville - some say it’s nothing but a cash grab
The Panguna mine made a fortune but left war and pollution in its wake. A new lawsuit backed by anonymous investors is now seeking billions in compensation.
Updated at 9:48 am on 2 August 2024
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Pacific economic ministers urged to take advantage of opportunities
Tonga's Finance Minister has told the Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in Suva the global economic outlook remains uncertain.
Updated at 5:19 pm on 1 August 2024
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RNZ goes live with new Pacific shortwave transmitter
Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, who officiated at the commissioning in Wellington on Thursday, says it is "seriously important now" than when it began in 1990.
Updated at 5:02 pm on 1 August 2024
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Fijian youth leader Broderick Mervyn is youngest recipient of Vanuatu independence medal
Broderick Mervyn, 28, is the youngest recipient of the Vanuatu Independence Commemorative Medal. He says the country's leadership in recognising emerging leaders.
Updated at 4:21 pm on 1 August 2024
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'Government is really working' to fix poverty, the main driver of Fiji's drug crisis - minister
Home Affairs Minister Pio TIkoduadua denies claims the country is a drug haven and is optimistic the government can turn things around.
Updated at 1:49 pm on 1 August 2024
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Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia's Customary Senate
Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu once presided over the 16-member traditional Senate of chiefs, which was set up as part of the implementation of the Nouméa Accord.
Updated at 10:14 am on 1 August 2024
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114 candidates to contest Kiribati election, including 18 women
Over 100 candidates are to contest the Kiribati election in a fortnight hoping to get elected into atoll island nations the 44-seat parliament.
Updated at 5:24 pm on 31 July 2024
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Pacific news in brief for July 31
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a gun amnesty in Samoa.
Updated at 3:57 pm on 31 July 2024
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'We cannot be subtly coerced into meekly accepting aid' - Bougainaville leader
The autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville wants more say over the international aid it gets.
Updated at 3:57 pm on 31 July 2024
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Tuvalu calls for deep sea mining precautionary pause at ISA conference in Jamaica
Tuvalu and other nations have joined the call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the International Seabed Authority Assembly meeting in Kingston, Jamaica.
Updated at 3:41 pm on 31 July 2024
