カテゴリー: Pacific islands
A plan to resettle third-country nationals from the US to the Pacific nation faces an uncertain future amid unease over the dealA controversial Trump administration deal to relocate deportees from the US to the small Pacific nation of Palau faces an un…
Alolita Tekapu and her family among the first arrivals under a world-first agreement that allows people from Tuvalu to move to Australia On a suburban street in eastern Melbourne on a cool summer’s day, Alolita Tekapu sits on the couch feeding her one-…
Beijing and Canberra have adopted different strategies to support policing in the Pacific nation and observers are split on which is proving more effectiveAt a church hall on the outskirts of Honiara, dozens of community leaders gathered for a training…
In mid-December PNG said the company did not have a licence to operate in the country and ordered it to halt operationsFrustration is growing in Papua New Guinea weeks after the government ordered Starlink to shut down operations in the country as busi…
Tourism operators in PNG’s highlands offer access to lush scenery, adventure and culture – in contrast with the region’s dangerous imageIn the lush hills of Papua New Guinea’s highlands, Ambua Lodge sits in picturesque but troubled surrounds. From this…
Community leaders raise alarm over study links and Polynesian ties, with Tonga to face restrictions from January as US says too many overstayThe small Pacific nation of Tonga is one of more than a dozen countries to be hit with visa and entry restricti…
Move to bring back customary marine rights is celebrated, but concerns remain about potential effect on tourism and lack of clarity about how it might workIn Fiji, babies know a connection to the sea from birth; their umbilical cords, or vicovico, are …
Quarterly payments of $200 to be offered via stablecoin or traditional currency in a scheme designed to ease cost of living pressures in the Pacific nationThe Marshall Islands has introduced a national universal basic income (UBI) scheme that offers pa…
Papua New Guinea has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the Asia-Pacific region, with many unaware they have the virusAfter battling illness for years, Nancy Karipa tested positive for HIV in 1999. She had just given birth to her first child. …
Legal team of man who was part of cohort of non-citizens freed after high court decision argues Nauru’s medical facilities are ‘insufficient’ to treat his severe asthmaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for an Iranian re…
Prohibited from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensiveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australia say they are going hungr…
Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation dealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news pod…
In newly translated excerpts of a February interview, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has begun deporting to his country are not refugeesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or dai…
Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passportA pro-independence leader from the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has accused the French governmen…
Dozens of traditional boats made as part of a project to reconnect with culture and ‘start of conversation’ on ocean rightsIn October in Lifou island, a double-hulled canoe was pushed into the lagoon – a small act that marked a deeply symbolic moment.I…