Exercise enhances Tuvalu’s disaster response

Department of Defence ADF personnel and Tuvalu authorities have completed a disaster response exercise to improve interoperability. Exercise Longreach involved a series of activities planned and coordinated by the 1st (Australian) Division to...

Marape successfully concludes round of meetings with visiting dignitaries

Prime Minister James Marape successfully concluded a long round of back-to-back meetings with heads of governments who arrived in the country to participate in the celebrations marking PNG’s 50th Independence anniversary. The hectic schedule of...

U.S moves to reinvigorate Pacific partnership with big pledges in Port…

The United States has rolled out a sweeping package of economic, security, and health commitments to Pacific Island nations, signalling what it calls a “reinvigorated” partnership with the region. At a U.S-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) roundtable in...

Tuvalu convenes high-level donor roundtable to accelerate Climate adaptation amid rising sea threats

The Tuvalu Government convened a high-level donor roundtable meeting together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UN Development Programme (UNDP), calling for urgent action to safeguard its future and fight against climate change. The...

‘Agriculture sector provides job opportunities’

By RODRICK DESURI AUKI The agricultural sector can create employment opportunities, provide food, and serve as a source of income for grassroots-level youth in the country. Member of Parliament for Kiritimati and Kanton in Kiribati, Teriba Tabe,...

How Tuvaluans Can Relocate With Dignity Under the Falepili Union

In July 2025, the International Court of Justice recognized the “existential threat” that climate change-induced issues like rising sea levels pose to countries worldwide. Among the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change are...

Imanuela Akatemia hosts historic education conference and student convention

Apii Imanuela Akatemia for the first time hosted two significant events – the Cook Islands Regional Educators Conference and a student convention – that brought “inspiration, training, and fellowship to both educators and students”. Both events...

Fiji Airways adds extra flight to Tuvalu

Fiji Airways has announced it will begin a second weekly service between Nadi and Funafuti, Tuvalu from this Friday. The new Friday flight adds to the current Monday schedule, giving passengers more flexibility for business, leisure and...

Plastic Pollution: Geneva Meeting Failure

The Green Update is a bi-monthly/ monthly column focusing on recent info related to climate change and the environment. Innovations, policy decisions, green models to follow, anything that can shape our future environment can be discussed here In...

Commonwealth shared scholarships now accepting applications for Master's programs in UK

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the United Kingdom has launched its application process for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships programme, providing financial support for Master's degree candidates from developing Commonwealth...

Netweaving the Soul of Pasifika Development

Introduction: Reconnecting with Our Pacific Soul Bula vinaka, talofa lava, malo e lelei, halo olgeta – warm Pacific greetings to you all. Esteemed leaders, respected elders, fellow academics, youth representatives, and civil society champions –...

Pacific news in brief for 15 September

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Fiji - bureau Four officers from Fiji's Counter Narcotic Bureau have been arrested for possession of illegal narcotics. As a result, the Fijian government is closing the bureau down entirely and returning all officers...

States without land, but without status?

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...

LIRR fare evaders and more: Letters to the Editor — Sept. 14, 2025

Evaders in the loo I have a great way for the MTA to stop some fare evaders (“$1 Billion,” Sept 11). Have the conductors on the LIRR go after the people who get on the train and go directly into the restroom. These people lock themselves in there...

CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants 2025 Winners: Four Cash Grants Awarded To Support Local Writers

Press Release – NZSA The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. The 2025 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa...

Do We Need a Pacific Peace Index?

Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Climate Change, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Global Geopolitics, Headlines, Indigenous Rights, Peace, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations...

MoS Margherita To Attend Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Day Celebrations

Port Moresby/New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita will be visiting Papua New Guinea (PNG) on September 16 to represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the commemorative events marking the country’s 50th anniversary...

The Albanese government has just stood firm against Vanuatu’s climate lecture

Ralph Regenvanu this week sat in his air-conditioned office in Port Vila, hanging the threat of international legal action over Australia. The Vanuatu climate minister warned that approving Woodside's North West Shelf gas extension violates a...

Right to Life in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

The ICJ Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 on states’ obligations in respect of climate change is, for many reasons, pathbreaking. Some of such features pertain to international human rights law. Ramindo Perera discussed one aspect, the ICJ’s...

Will ‘sinking’ islands like Maldives exist once the seas take over their land?

Avidan Kent, University of East Anglia and Zana Syla, University of East Anglia Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms,...