This Entire Country Has To Be Evacuated Because of Climate Change

If estimates are correct, by 2050, the gorgeous Pacific island nation of Tuvalu will be the first country on Earth to be consumed by rising sea levels caused by climate change. Its mass evacuation has already begun. As reported by Wired, this tiny...

Brink of a Climate Exodus?

“Internal displacement is the great tragedy of our time. The internally displaced people are among the most vulnerable of the human family.” - Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary General Sakina* and her family were displaced after the 2022 floods in...

What to watch: 6 shows that celebrate Asian American and Pacific islander stories

In an effort to save her island, a Polynesian chieftain’s daughter embarks on an ocean voyage with the help of ancient wayfinding traditions and a reluctant demigod. The film's Oceanic Trust, composed of Pacific Islander experts, ensured that...

Pacific community pay their respects at Koroneihana celebrations

Hundreds of Pacific leaders gathered at Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia to pay tribute to the Māori monarch, Te Arikinui Kuini Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō. Photo: Facebook / Kiingitanga Hundreds of Pacific leaders gathered at Tūrangawaewae Marae in...

Our planet is dying, yet we keep polluting

My Facebook memories from 2015 talk about the hottest summer on record. That was then. 2025 was hotter. Our summers are hot and humid. My friend Tom recalls warm weather this past Halloween. “Years ago, we had snow on Halloween. Not anymore.” A...

Who represents you?

Auckland local elections candidates are confirmed, and voting opens on Tuesday 9 September – but what do we know about these candidates? More is more The best news about these elections so far is that Aucklanders have more to choose from, with a...

‘Peace must be lived, Not declared’: Youth Challenge Forum Leaders

By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Pacific youth leader Josie-Anne Ashley has told Forum Leaders that the newly endorsed Ocean of Peace Declaration must translate into real action, warning that young people will not sit in the shadows...

Charting a Zone of Peace in a militarised Pacific

Decades after World War II and forty years since the Treaty of Rarotonga, the Pacific is again at a crossroads: peace on its own terms, or the ambitions of powerful nations? Next week in Honiara, in the Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands Forum...

BACK IN HISTORY | Recruits ready for duty

One hundred and twenty-seven young men and women passed out of training school as full-fledged members of the Fiji Police Force, according to an article published by The Fiji Times on June 4, 1976. There was a 20-week basic training period at the...

Christopher Luxon surrounded by Chinese influence at closed-door Pacific Islands Forum

Battling a muggy 29C this morning, journalists piled into the Chinese-built Friendship Hall to witness the leaders arrive one by one before the plenary meeting. The meeting, which journalists are unable to attend aside from certain sessions,...

Why A Sinking Tiny South Pacific Nation Wants An Australian Climate Change Visa

Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 22:00 IST Under the Falepili Union Treaty, 280 Tuvaluans will be chosen every year through a secret ballot to move to Australia. Tuvalu, one of the world’s smallest countries, consists of nine tiny coral islands...

Trump 2.0: 100 days of Orwellian Newspeak

Every presidential administration uses messaging to manipulate facts and explain inconvenient truths. But Trump 2.0 rivals the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s 1984 in its assaults on language, logic and memory. Winston Smith and the other...

Live: Nampijinpa Price says she won't be silenced on 'mass migration'

10m agoWed 10 Sep 2025 at 6:48am Gallagher says banks need to answer why they've cut roles Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has been asked about recent job losses at ANZ and NAB banks in recent days. NAB announced it was cutting 400 jobs, just a...

How the Cook Islands’ Proximity to China Stunned New Zealand

By Mridul Jha Since 1997, China has funded various public infrastructure projects on the Cook Islands, which include the Court House, the Ministry of Education, Apii Nikao primary school, and the Rarotonga ring main water system, in addition to...

A victory from the Pacific to The Hague: What the ICJ’s...

By Dr Transform Aqorau On 24 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a historic ruling – one that began not in the grand chambers of global power, but in the determined hearts of Pacific youth, activists, and governments who...

'Better bond': Aotearoa welcomes Vanuatu Bislama Lanwis Wik

The first-ever Bislama Language Week has kicked off in bright colours, as Ni-Vanuatu communities proudly showcase their culture across Aotearoa New Zealand. Bislama (pronounced bish-lama) is a pidgin language native to Vanuatu that has been widely...

'A breath of legal oxygen:' ICJ's historic opinion empowers Pacific island states

Climate activists outside the Peace Palace during the oral hearing at the International Court of Justice in December 2024. Photo courtesy of PISFCC By Pacific Island Times News Staff Suva – The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion,...

As censure increases over war in Gaza, Israel finds support among Pacific Islands

After almost two years of war in Gaza, tens of thousands of deaths and now the reality of famine, Israel has found itself increasingly isolated on the world stage, with alliances that date back to the country’s founding at breaking point. Through...

APCC celebrates grand opening of its newly built home

On Sept. 8, 2023, a grand groundbreaking ceremony was held to kick off construction for the Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s long-awaited new facility. Now, it is time to cut the ribbon on Friday, Aug. 29, and the public is invited to take part....

Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal

Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 The Australian government has agreed to pay the small Pacific island nation of Nauru some $1.6bn to resettle former detainees who have “no legal right to remain in Australia”, in the latest iteration of...