South Pacific
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Tonga: tsunami floods streets and cuts communication after undersea volcano erupts
Warnings issued for Australia, Alaska, Hawaii and US west coast as waves observed in Tonga, American Samoa and…
- Asia Pacific, Fiji, Media, Micronesia, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Press freedom, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
I had death threats and my tires slashed for my reporting. Many journalists in the Pacific face huge dangers | Joyce McClure
Freedom of the press might be included in some constitutions of Pacific countries, but it often only works in …
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Even as New Zealand battles Covid, trust in government bucks global trend
With a nationwide lockdown and some of the world’s strictest restrictions, Jacinda Ardern is counting on her p…
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The house that can withstand a cyclone: how traditional dwellings are making a comeback in Vanuatu
Since Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu, locals are returning to the saeklon haos, made from vines, palm fronds a…
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Want a new life in Vanuatu? Take the lift to the 23rd floor of a skyscraper in Hong Kong
The Pacific Resource Group in Hong Kong facilitated the applications of more than 650 people for passports thr…
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Ex-bikie and missing property magnate among Australian names granted Vanuatu citizenship
Marco Coffen and Zhou Xiang Huang on list of those who bought passports from the Pacific nation in 2020Citizen…
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Who’s buying Vanuatu’s passports? Crypto moguls, wanted men and even a prime minister
The revelations from a Guardian investigation cast new light on the world of ‘golden passports’Citizenship for…
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Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passports
Revealed: more than 2,000 people, including individuals sought by police, have purchased passports, and with t…
- Asia Pacific, China, Environment, Fiji, Fishing, Food, Marine life, Oceans, Pacific islands, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Why the world’s most fertile fishing ground is facing a ‘unique and dire’ threat
China’s Pacific fishing fleet has grown by 500% since 2012 and is taking huge quantities of tunaRead more of o…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Business, China, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Logging and land-clearing, Marine life, Mining, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Pacific, Trees and forests, World news
The $3bn bargain: how China dominates Pacific mining, logging and fishing
China received more than half of all seafood, wood, and minerals exported from the region in 2019. Experts war…
- Asia Pacific, Monarchy, Pacific islands, Prince Philip, Religion, South Pacific, UK news, Vanuatu, World news
‘His spirit lives on’: Vanuatu’s Tanna island mourns Prince Philip as its own
Villagers believe Duke of Edinburgh was born on Tanna and left it to woo and wed the Queen Queen returns to ro…
- Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Marshall Islands, Pacific islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, South Pacific, Vaccines and immunisation, Vanuatu
Vanuatu coronavirus vaccine rollout to take until end of 2023
The majority of the Pacific nation’s population won’t be immunised for another two years, government planning …
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Chinese fishing captains face jail, big fines for alleged illegal fishing in Vanuatu
Boats’ owner says holds of vessels were empty and allegations of illegal fishing are baselessThe captains of t…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Earthquakes, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oceans, Pacific islands, South Pacific
Tsunami warning cancelled for New Zealand and Lord Howe Island after South Pacific earthquake
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake near New Caledonia prompted New Zealand authorities to warn people to get off bea…
- Asia Pacific, Cook Islands, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Palau, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Future of Pacific Islands Forum in doubt as north-south rift emerges
Exclusive: Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and Nauru question whether to remain members amid bullyin…