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Small but mighty, Pacific states have led the charge for banning nuclear weapons | Emily Defina
A global treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons becomes international law today. But the fight to rid the world of…
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New Zealand and Cook Islands to launch quarantine-free travel bubble
Residents will be able to travel between the two countries without isolating from early next yearNew Zealand a…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Cook Islands, Coronavirus, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand, Pacific islands
Australia-New Zealand bubble by Christmas all but dead, Jacinda Ardern warns
New Zealand PM says Australia’s higher tolerance of Covid community transmission ‘problematic’As South Austral…
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New Zealand to send team to investigate Cook Islands travel bubble
Experts to travel to Cook Islands this weekend to assess travel to Covid-free country that’s heavily dependent…
- Asia Pacific, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Joe Biden, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, US elections 2020, US politics, World news
Pacific nations herald Biden presidency amid hope for action on climate emergency
Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-electJoe Biden’s presid…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian immigration and asylum, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Migration, New Zealand, Pacific islands, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, World news
Australia should create ‘Pacific visa’ to reduce impact of climate change and disaster on islanders
Displacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be e…
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Cook Islands’ prime minister gives himself 17 portfolios
Mark Brown’s multiple ministries prompt opposition to suggest PM lacks confidence in his cabinetThe Cook Islan…
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Cook Islands former PM dies of coronavirus in New Zealand
Joseph Williams, who practised as a GP in Auckland, is praised as a ‘pioneer’ who will be greatly missed in bo…
- Asia Pacific, Cook Islands, Coronavirus outbreak, Fiji, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, South Pacific, Tonga, Vanuatu, World news
Pacific states face instability, hunger and slow road to Covid recovery: Dame Meg Taylor
While the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has so far spared the Pacific, its economies are in free-fall, the re…
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New Zealand and Cook Islands work on ‘travel bridge’ to beat tourism slump
Cook Islands’ deputy prime minister says archipelago ready to accept tourists next week but Ardern says no dat…
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Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific …
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Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific bri…
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Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsHere is the latest news about the Covid-19 outbrea…
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Cook Islands: manager of world’s biggest marine park says she lost job for backing sea mining moratorium
Environmentalist Jacqueline Evans says she was dismissed from the Marae Moana for urging caution on deep-sea m…