Tonga to prepare as El Niño approaches
TONGANS have been warned to collect and store water as the country braces for significant changes in temperatures, rainfall patterns, drought, and tropical cyclone activity in the next three to six months.
WWII Warbird section returns to Wisconsin after 80 Years in PNG
A RECOVERED section of World War II fighter aircraft has been flown back to the United States from Papua New Guinea, where it remained in the rainforest since 1944.
Fiji receives Cook Islands’ new high commissioner
COOK Islands High Commissioner Michael Henry presented his credentials to Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu - a posting both governments say aims to deepen a growing Pacific partnership.
PNG government takes $16.3 million stake in lime project
PAPUA New Guinea’s government has exercised equity participation rights to take a 13 per cent stake in Pacific Lime and Cement’s Central Lime Project for $US16.3 million.
Fiji’s exports to US unaffected by new tariffs
FIJI'S exports to the United States were not affected by Washington's latest tariff measures.
Mixed messages over Solomons-US security deal
THE United States Coast Guard has sent a ship to the Solomon Islands ahead of a maritime security agreement between the two countries.
81 PNG public bodies miss reports, exposing deep compliance failure
EIGHTY-one of Papua New Guinea’s 145 government agencies and provincial administrations failed to submit mandatory 2025 annual performance reports.
Drawing a line in the ocean
FOR decades, the finalisation of a maritime boundary between Vanuatu and New Caledonia has been blocked by a dispute with France over two uninhabited islands in the South Pacific.