Pacific leaders say ocean protection must put Indigenous authority first
PACIFIC conservation efforts will fail to endure unless Indigenous communities help decide how ocean projects are designed, governed and...
A chance to turn the tide
The world has spent more than 40 years learning what works in the AIDS response. For the Pacific, with its long tradition of collective...
Public memory, voice and visibility
PEOPLE have been silenced and made invisible for centuries.In Milan Kundera’s novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), the...
Three women to watch in PNG election
PAPUA New Guinea has elected only ten women to its Parliament since it became independent in 1975. Of those, only three have served more...
Pacific nations seek stronger sea-level protection
PACIFIC nations have called for stronger legal protections, more climate finance, and urgent emissions cuts after adopting a United...
ADB approves $40.1m for Pacific
THE Asian Development Bank has approved USD$40.1 million to help Kiribati, Tonga and Tuvalu manage rising fuel costs linked to the...
Fijian twins separated after life-changing surgery
SUCCESSFUL separation surgery was performed in Saudi Arabia on 13-month-old Fijian conjoined twins Dicecea and Jesepeli Kikau.
Remote Kiribati atoll hosts shipping AGM
BUTARITARI, Kiribati’s northern most island, hosted the 12th annual general meeting of the Central Pacific Shipping Commission (CPSC) for...
