カテゴリー: Pacific islands
Authorities ordered evacuations on Pacific islands of Ecuador and Chile; warnings downgraded elsewhere after 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia coastMajor tsunami no longer expected to hit Hawaii but coasts remain hazardousWhat are the strongest earth…
Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsulaTsunami warning – live updatesOne of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuations acro…
In a packed court thousands of kilometres from home, Cynthia Houniuhi saw years of work come to fruition with the landmark ICJ opinion on climate harm“I’m so nervous about today … it’s going to be OK. Let’s pray.”Those were the quiet but powerful words…
Crucial for coastal communities, mangroves are threatened by land clearing, development and rising seasAs the morning light hits Oibola village in Solomon Islands, the receding tide drains water through a maze of tangled mangrove roots.Dressed in muddy…
After the Pacific nation struck deals with Beijing, New Zealand abruptly cut off millions of dollars in critical aid and fundingOn a remote stretch of land in the Cook Islands lies a second world war airstrip. Once used as a wartime supply route by Ame…
Emmanuel Macron hails ‘new chapter’ for New Caledonia as politicians agree on statehood after 10 days of talksFrance has announced a “historic” accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory, rocked by deadly separatist violence last year, w…
A time of opportunity seemed to lie ahead in 1975, but has PNG and its leaders lived up to that promise?In the early 1970s, Dame Meg Taylor remembers a sense of immense optimism as Papua New Guinea stood on the brink of independence. At that time she j…
Wellington says it has paused payment of some funding until Pacific island nation takes steps to ‘repair the relationship and restore trust’New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agre…
Some reporters in the region face jail for alleged defamation in countries where news outlets often lack resources to defend lawsuitsThe Pacific is facing a “critical moment” for press freedom, the region’s media watchdog has warned, as a number of sen…
Christian Tein, who denies accusations of instigating violence in the French territory in 2024, will remain under judicial supervisionA French court freed an independence leader from the overseas territory of New Caledonia who had been detained for a y…
Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host summitVanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of t…
Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledgedFrance’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consiste…
In an interview with the Guardian, Winston Peters says the world faces the ‘most uncertain time’ in 80 years ahead of talks with Australia’s foreign ministerThe Pacific must be protected from becoming a military zone amid China’s growing push for influ…
Kanbar Hossein-Bor, who says his mother once feared he ‘might not be British enough’, lands Fiji post“In her mind this was a bastion of the establishment, she was a little worried of rejection,” Kanbar Hossein-Bor said of his mother’s reaction, two dec…
Exclusive: In the wake of unrest that rattled the French overseas territory, Alcide Ponga discusses how to rebuild and his plan for the futureOne year after the deadly riots that ravaged Nouméa and shattered New Caledonia’s economy and social fabric, n…