South Pacific
-
Migration firm investigated over ads promising Vanuatu passports
Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although adv…
- Asia Pacific, China, Fishing, Marine life, New Caledonia, Pacific islands, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Chinese vessels detained by Vanuatu, accused of fishing illegally
Crew on two vessels face further investigation in Pacific nation, a month after similar incident in PalauTwo C…
-
Fiji’s attorney general won’t face charges over 1987 bombings
Prosecutor says there is ‘insufficient evidence’ to charge Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, one of Fiji’s most powerful po…
- Asia Pacific, Marshall Islands, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Plastics, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
‘A memory bobbing around the ocean’: message in a bottle found after two years
Conservationist on a remote Papua New Guinean island finds message from American girl thrown overboard more th…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, Climate change, Coronavirus, Environment, Fiji, Greenhouse gas emissions, Kiribati, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Papua New Guinea, Scott Morrison, South Pacific, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, World news
Pacific leaders condemn Australia’s ‘weak’ climate target in open letter to Scott Morrison
Fourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050Pacific leaders have condemn…
- Aid, Asia Pacific, Global development, Humanitarian response, Pacific islands, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Vanuatu pioneers digital cash as disaster relief
Vulnerable to cyclones, volcanoes and the impacts of climate change, the Pacific archipelago is using blockcha…
- Asia Pacific, Environment, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nuclear waste, Nuclear weapons, Pacific islands, South Pacific, World news
Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing | Dimity Hawkins
With a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force i…
-
‘This song is the struggle’: Vanuatu’s treehouse troubadour on love, loss and language
Singer-songwriter Tio Massing writes songs from a sprawling banyan tree, and says ‘I have to do something for …
-
Calls for a Covid ‘kava bubble’ as supply from Pacific to Australia dries up
With little of the homemade Pacific brew available in Australia, prices have skyrocketed, and there’s been a s…
- Asia Pacific, Environment, Guam, Nuclear waste, Nuclear weapons, Pacific islands, South Pacific, Waste, World news
‘Poisoning the Pacific’: New book details US military contamination of islands and ocean
More than 12,000 pages of US government documents show military operations contaminating the Pacific with radi…
-
Oui ou non: New Caledonia set for fresh vote on independence from France
Sunday’s vote could lay the foundations for the birth of a new nation in the Pacific after surprising support …
-
Solomon Islands province announces independence vote amid China tensions
Malaita’s promised poll pits pro-Taiwan province against a pro-Beijing national governmentThe largest province…
-
Investigations into police and prison violence blocked by Fiji authorities, whistleblowers say
Exclusive: Allegations of brutality in Fiji’s prisons have been effectively ignored by the government’s human …
- Asia Pacific, Coronavirus outbreak, Environment, Infectious diseases, Kiribati, Nauru, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Poverty, South Pacific, Water, World news
Pacific’s fight against Covid-19 hamstrung by lack of clean water
Access to clean, safe drinking water across the Pacific is the lowest of any region in the world, raising fear…
-
‘Cultural rights are human rights too’: Kiribati gesture of welcome must be understood from the island’s perspective | Katerina Teaiwa and Marita Davies
i-Kiribati writers say the media frenzy over the image of Tang Songgen walking on men’s backs diminishes local…