投稿者: Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson
Prime minister has accused the Samoa Observer of inaccurate reporting during his eight-week medical stay in New ZealandSamoa’s only daily newspaper has been banned from attending press conferences with the Samoan prime minister, in a move that critics …
Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New ZealandClimate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate…
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warmsThe climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say, a…
Pacific country this week declared state of emergency over power cuts that have caused huge disruption to businesses and daily lifeSamoa is in the grip of an “energy crisis” prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa said this week, as she declared a state of…
Analyst says while USAid supports hundreds of jobs, the most significant damage from Donald Trump’s cuts will be to US relations with the PacificThe dismantling of USAid by president Donald Trump is having a ripple effect across the Pacific as people w…
Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater riskLeaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decisio…
In an exclusive interview, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa tells the Guardian she is surprised at Trump’s pick for health secretary and criticised anti-vaxxers for their part in 2019 measles crisisSamoa’s prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa, has criticised Rober…
1,500 civil society groups from 130 countries back Vanuatu’s move to seek protection from the international court of justiceVanuatu’s push for the international court of justice to protect vulnerable nations from climate change has received the backing…
The inquiry comes after Vanuatu seasonal workers made allegations of bullying and exploitative working conditions in the Australian schemeThe Vanuatu government has launched an inquiry into the country’s labour mobility programs, including the seasonal…
Tesla billionaire says he could send Starlink terminals via SpaceX to Pacific island nation where communication is downElon Musk has offered to send Starlink internet terminals to Tonga, after the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami left the Pacific i…
Lisala Folau climbed a tree on his home island before being washed away and eventually managing to reach the capitalThe story of a Tongan man washed away by the tsunami and who drifted and swam between islands for more than 24 hours has become one of t…
Everyone in the Pacific has stories of times the climate crisis hit our lives. For me, it is the birth of my daughter between cyclonesMy daughter was born between cyclones.It was January 2013, and as we drove to the hospital, we passed the wreckage lef…
Tokelau, one of the most inaccessible atolls in the world, can only be reached by small boat, but received boxes of vaccine this weekThe elders of Nukunonu atoll in Tokelau at the wharf on Monday morning, dressed in white and singing songs, held a bann…
The second-longest serving prime minister in the world is being challenged by his former deputySamoa’s ruling party will face its strongest challenge in 40 years as the small South Pacific country goes to the polls on Friday.After 22 years in the top j…
The New Zealand foreign minister’s moko has become international news, but beyond an identifier, our tatau are a link to ancestors, a vessel for our cultures’ stories, and a tribute to those who have gone beforeShortly before my interview with six Euro…