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The Batlow bushfire and Pacific seasonal workers

Author Rochelle Bailey
In January at the height of the Australian bushfires, I received a message from James Walau, a ni-Vanuatu…

Pacific predictions: 2020

Pacific Islands Forum SG Dame Meg Taylor and the then-Tuvaluan PM Enele Sopoaga
As we enter not only a new year but a new decade, there is much to anticipate in the Pacific islands region.…

Tropical depression moves toward Fiji

Rotuma can expect damaging winds and heavy rain from tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon as a Tropical Depression…

Vanuatu on watch for floods

Fiji Met Service image Jan 14
Vanuatu’s northern and central regions have been warned to expect heavy rain and flash flooding as a severe…

All eyes on weather system

An image showing the location of the weather system north-west of Vanuatu.
A significant weather system has developed north-west of Vanuatu and is moving south-east towards New…

Over 360 people in Fiji evacuation centres

In Fiji, 361 evacuees are now taking shelter at evacuation centers around the country as Tropical Cyclone…

Long walk to freedom

Flag of Bougainville
By Netani Rika THERE was always only going to be one outcome when the people of Bougainville were given their…

Bougainvilleans vote for independence

Members of the Bougainville Electoral Commission today
Bougainvilleans have voted overwhelmingly for independence in referendum results released this evening. The…

Pacific stumbles on tuna targets

John Mafiti of the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association
By NETANI RIKA in Port Moresby AS Pacific fishing nations end their first week of discussions on tuna, the…

CSOs want limits to tuna fishing

CSO reps talk to media
By NETANI RIKA, Port Moresby CIVIL society groups have called for limits to tuna caught in the Pacific and…

Pacific Trade Invest: 40 years in the Pacific

Caleb Jarvis
By Caleb Jarvis As a young boy growing up in Papua New Guinea (PNG), every Saturday Dad would drive up a…

Small states push for climate change resolution…

Tuna tagging
By NETANI RIKA in Port Moresby THE world has gathered in Madrid, Spain to discuss the existential threat…

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August 30, 2019
Vanuatu’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ralph Regenvanu, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Tuvalu PM Enele Sopoaga meet the media at the end of the Forum.

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A Marshalles fisheries officer boarding a Philippines fishing vessel.

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