MORE Cook Islanders call New Zealand home and that means holding on to their  culture and traditions can be a challenge at the best of times. Senior lecturer in Māori Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau,…

“EVERY child matters, early diagnosis saves lives.”

AS demonstrated in the previous article in this two-part series, Pacific publishers have seen sharp, unexplained falls in their Facebook reach, at a time when much of the region depends on the platform for news,…

FACEBOOK is strangling Pacific journalism, with some news organisations losing up to 70 per cent of their audience almost overnight.

TUVALU has put partnership at the centre of its next phase of policing. Prime Minister Feleti  Teo launched the Tuvalu Police Service Strategic Plan 2026–2030 and unveiled the Service’s new logo. The five-year plan was…

THE Republic of the Marshall Islands and New Taipei City have formalised a sister museum partnership to strengthen cultural cooperation and preserve Austronesian heritage. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Alele Museum…

SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to an independent foreign policy, saying the  priority is to advance national interests rather than become entangled in global geopolitical competition. Speaking at a…

THE shape of Fiji’s HIV epidemic is now being described in alarming terms — a graph rising sharply, almost like a cobra lifting its head before a strike. For years, Fiji recorded very low HIV…