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Pacific nation was one of the last on Earth without a single confirmed Covid-19 infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the last coronavirus-free sanctuaries in the world has been breached, with the US military impor…
Read MoreAustralia’s un-nuanced support for French dominion is unhelpful in a region where decolonisation is unfinished businessKicking the can down the road is a time-honoured solution to deadlocks over statehood and identity: hoping time, consultation and mon…
Read MoreWith a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force in 90 daysNuclear weapons will soon be illegal. Just over 75 years since their devastation was first unleashed on the world, the global communi…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Tio Massing writes songs from a sprawling banyan tree, and says ‘I have to do something for this earth, and the next generation’Vanuatu singer-songwriter Tio Bang Massing writes from a place that few still remember.He tries to live th…
Read MoreWith little of the homemade Pacific brew available in Australia, prices have skyrocketed, and there’s been a spike in seizures at the borderThe questions are asked quietly, but urgently: “Kava, do you have any? Do you know where to get any? Have you he…
Read MoreDisplacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be established nowAustralia should establish a new “Pacific Access” visa category that could be used by Pacific islanders forced from their homes …
Read MoreNew fibre-optic cables to Pacific islands have been cautiously welcomed amid warnings over harassment and violence linked to online platformsFrom the narrow bay of Sydney’s Tamarama Beach, a cable twice as thick as garden hose, carrying optic fibre th…
Read MorePanguna mine is often cast as the economic key to Bougainville’s potential independence, but young MP Theonila Matbob says her people, and their land, must come firstFor all of Theonila Roka Matbob’s three decades, the scar on her land that was once th…
Read MoreGovernment has struggled to control outbreaks in the capital while charter flights carrying foreign workers run risk of spreading virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePapua New Guinea will fit everybody coming into the count…
Read MoreMore than 12,000 pages of US government documents show military operations contaminating the Pacific with radioactive waste, nerve agents, and chemical weapons like Agent OrangeIn 1968, Leroy Foster was a master sergeant in the US Air Force, assigned t…
Read MoreMark Brown’s multiple ministries prompt opposition to suggest PM lacks confidence in his cabinetThe Cook Islands’ new prime minister has allocated himself 17 portfolios in the country’s government.Aside from the premiership, Mark Brown is the minister …
Read MoreSecessionists say they will take their campaign to third referendum in 2022Voters in the French territory of New Caledonia in the south Pacific have narrowly rejected – for a second time – a proposal to break away from Paris, choosing to remain loyal t…
Read MoreSunday’s vote could lay the foundations for the birth of a new nation in the Pacific after surprising support emerged in 2018 referendumIt’s the final week of campaigning and two flags fly above the competing rallies, concerts, and campaign meetings: t…
Read MorePolice fire shots as crowds of demonstrators demand a vote on secession from IndonesiaUnrest has flared in the restive Indonesian region of Papua with police firing shots during a protest by hundreds of university students in the provincial capital, Ja…
Read MorePolice fire shots as crowds of demonstrators demand a vote on secession from IndonesiaUnrest has flared in the restive Indonesian region of Papua with police firing shots during a protest by hundreds of university students in the provincial capital, Ja…
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