Tuvalu builds a virtual future as rising seas threaten its existence

Facing the reality of sea level rise, Tuvalu is creating a digital replica of its islands, preserving its land, culture and statehood in the metaverse as climate change threatens to make the nation uninhabitable. Sophie Yeo reports for the BBC. In...

Tuvalu: The disappearing island nation recreating itself in the metaverse

By Sophie Yeo Facing erasure due to climate change, the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu is digitally backing up everything from its houses to its trees as it endeavors to save whatever it can. Tuvalu, a small country in the Pacific Ocean made up...

Pasifika Festival 2025: Culture, kai and community

The Pasifika Festival concluded its second and final day today at Western Springs Park in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, attracting large crowds to celebrate the vibrant culture of the Pacific Islands. The annual event features a mix of cultural...

5th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival raises awareness of human rights

20 October 2025 Suva, Fiji – Over 3,000 people across the Pacific are seeing human rights in a new light thanks to the 5th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival’s powerful regional screenings. This year’s festival, on the themes of ‘Loss, Damage,...

Tuvalu on 1.5 to stay alive – “there is no time…

Addressing the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) for the first time as Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Te’o did not mince words when referring to the urgent need for course-correction...

US aid freeze derails LGBTQ+ rights work in Pacific Islands

Crucial work furthering LGBTQ+ rights and preventing HIV in the Pacific Islands has been disrupted by US President Donald Trump’s freeze of foreign aid and may not recover, advocates in the region have said. Despite being the world’s most...

U.S. aid freeze derails LGBTQ+ rights work in Pacific Islands

What’s the context? LGBTQ+ communities in the Pacific Islands rely on U.S. funding to decriminalise same-sex relations, collate data and fight HIV. Crucial decriminalisation work and research on hold Region at risk after Fiji declares HIV epidemic...

Tuvalu Islands FA certifies more coaches in a push to grow football

OFC Associate member Tuvalu Islands Football Association (TIFA) has delivered a successful MA Senior Coaching course with support from OFC, Fijian Football Association, and the Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC)....

Minister Douglas proposes partnership platform between Solovalu and Tuvalu

BY SAMIE WAIKORI Minister for Culture and Tourism, Choylin Yim Douglas proposes a partnership platform between Tuvaluan descents living in Solomon Islands and Tuvaluan citizens back home. Ms Douglas, who is a Tuvaluan descent called for this...

FEATURE: Tuvaluans facing forced relocation as rising seas threaten future

The Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu faces the likely prospect of becoming the first country in the world to be uninhabitable due to climate change, as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the archipelago in a matter of decades. Given this stark...

OPINION: Anthropology, humanities at UOG recover the voices of Micronesia

(This is the third of a series of essays on the unique contributions of the humanities program at the University of Guam to the island and the wider Pacific region.) Every semester, when we begin a new course on the peoples of the Pacific, we ask...

Can ‘Digital Tuvalu’ Survive a Cyberattack?

As the Pacific Islands embrace digital transformation, cybersecurity must become a critical priority. Recent cyberattacks targeting the government of Palau and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat, carried out by criminal organizations with...

New Tuvalu ambassador to Taiwan presents credentials

Ambassador Faavae has extensive experience in public service in Tuvalu, having served in the Tuvalu Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. (Photo: CNA) New Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae...

Australian government uses Nauru as a neo-colonial prison for immigration detainees

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government announced last Sunday that it had struck a deal with the tiny remote Pacific country of Nauru, initially to take three immigration detainees. Accommodation in the Nauru offshore processing...

AI-climate movie reveals a disturbing and haunted future

Set to the iconic music of Gary Jules and Michael Andrews ‘Mad World’, Australian AI film production company AiCandy said the AI clips showed what was at stake if the world failed to meet the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals on...

Inclusive Access To Quality Education - A Priority For The Pacific

Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:27 pm Press Release: PacREF Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, 10 February 2025 – Inclusive education is top of the agenda this week as representatives from 15 Pacific Island countries’ education systems join a...

Pacific doctor urges dialogue as 100,000 workers prepare for major strike action

A senior Pacific doctor is urging the government to sit down with workers, as more than 100,000 public sector staff prepare for Thursday’s nationwide megastrike. Dr Anae Neru Leavasa, a clinical director and general practitioner based in South...

Pacific leaders push back against Trump’s immigration crackdown

WELLINGTON: Pacific leaders fear that President Donald Trump’s (pictured) plans to expel hundreds of undocumented Pasifika migrants from the United States may lead to an increase in the number of deportees with criminal records arriving in the...

Pacific leaders push back against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

Pacific leaders fear that President Donald Trump's plans to expel hundreds of undocumented Pasifika migrants from the United States may lead to an increase in the number of deportees with criminal records arriving in the islands. Trump has made it...

Suva to host Miss Fiji Pageant from 10th to 13th December

Fiji is set to shine on the regional stage as it prepares to host both the Miss Fiji Pageant and the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant, celebrating culture, beauty, and empowerment across the Pacific. Speaking at the launch of the events, Minister for...