NZ-China row ahead of Forum
NEW Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says China has been “too clever by half” in response to a statement from Beijing denying any involvement in this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting
Uto carries Pacific hopes
WHILE the Pacific’s powerful convene in air-conditioned rooms at their annual forum, a different kind of delegation prepares to make its voice
Australia targets local workers
THE use of local labour and material will be one of Australia’s priorities in its approach to infrastructure development in the Pacific.
Forum dialogue partners out
DIALOGUE partners and donor governments will not take part in the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Honiara next
Pacific voice stronger than ever: Waqa
THE Pacific’s collective voice has never been stronger, says Forum Secretary General Baron
FLNKS formally rejects Bougival Accord for New Caledonia
NEW CALEDONIA'S main independence coalition, the Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS), has formally rejected the Bougival Accord, a draft agreement signed last month in France proposing a new
$60 million for regional fisheries
THE US will release USD 60 million to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency as part of a 10-year economic assistance agreement associated with the South Pacific Tuna
Digital trade challenges
PACIFIC island countries have gathered in Suva, Fiji, to strengthen their capacity to measure and respond to the opportunities and challenges of digital
Samoa hints at Forum snub
SAMOA has signalled its reluctance to attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Honiara if Taiwan is excluded from the
US prepares island for war
DURING August 1945, in the last days of World War II, US bombers flew from the Micronesian island of Tinian to drop atomic weapons on Hiroshima and
Cooks, Tonga, strengthen ties
THE Cook Islands and Tonga have strengthened bilateral ties and discussed after high-level talks last
