NZDF To Lead Multi-National Engineering Team In Cook Islands

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force The exercise is funded each year in the Southwest Pacific by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is delivered by the NZDF. The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will lead a multi-national effort...

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Vanuatu’s outer islands

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck Vanuatu near the outer island of Isangel as reported by the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres on Tuesday morning at around 9.47, local time. Residents in...

Australian Prime Minister Press conference – Port Vila, Vanuatu

Prime Minister Prime Minister Albanese, I’m honoured welcome you on your first official visit which signifies the importance your Government places on our bilateral relations. This will be the second official visit ever by an Australian Prime...

The Pacific’s united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat. But this united front is now under strain as some...

Dr Strangecurve

By Michael Every of Rabobank As Christian Lawrence notes in ‘Under Pressure’, we expect a 25bps rate cut today. However, as the Wall Street Journal puts it, this is “the strangest Fed meeting in years” as “Consequential and contentious debates...

Vanuatu Trade Commission champions digital future with AI focus for education at GNAPS conference

By: Gloria Anderson The Vanuatu Trade Commission Ghana has thrown its weight behind Africa’s digital future, spotlighting Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for educational and economic transformation. Delivering the keynote address at the...

‘Trade is better than aid’: Australian investors make sweet returns in the Pacific

Private Australian finance is creating jobs for more than 1000 Solomon Islands workers through a major social enterprise that produces coconut and cocoa-based products that are sold locally and back in Australia. Kokonut Pacific SI turns 21 this...

Albanese was chasing a big announcement. He got a reality check instead

The Morrison government was criticised for a lack of energy and commitment to the Pacific, allowing China to swoop in and strike a security pact with the Solomon Islands in 2022. That’s not the problem here. If anything, the Albanese government...

Aho Baa Kɛse Festival: Vanuatu Trade Commissioner champions culture and development in Gomoa Assin

By Gloria Anderson Rich tradition, unity, and cultural pride were on full display in Gomoa Assin as the Chiefs and people marked the grand Aho Baa Kɛse Festival, chaired by Vanuatu’s Trade Commissioner to Ghana, H.E. Amb. Prof. Hugh Keku Aryee....

SHIPPING TIMES | Uto ni Yalo sails to Honiara for Pacific Islands Forum meet

The Uto ni Yalo voyaging canoe, with a regional crew from Oceania, has left Suva for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Upon reaching Temotu, the crew will accompany the Taumako TePuke canoe to Honiara,...

The Pacific’s united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining

In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat. But this united front is now under strain as some Pacific nations pursue a...

African Debt & Climate Change: How the ICJ’s Vanuatu Ruling Could be Used for Broader Justice

Africa, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, International Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion A view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Peace...

Pacific Island Nations are Divided Over Deep Sea Mining

[By Kolaia Raisele and Aidan Craney] In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat. But this united front is now under strain as...

Afghanistan: the Taliban cut off internet access

Today's headlines: Australia and Papua New Guinea issue joint statement, do not sign real defence agreement; In the Philippines,influencers form group against government corruption; In Vietnam, foreign investment continues following administrative...

Lisa Reihana's exhibition, Voyager, recasts history through an Indigenous lens

When Lisa Reihana walks through Voyager, her newly opened exhibition at Ngununggula, she doesn't see her works even as they literally unfurl and move across the walls. To the highly acclaimed Aotearoa artist, these time-intensive, technically...

Coast Guard awards $69M contract for new hangars

1/2 Swipe or click to see more STAR-ADVERTISER / 2022 The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hosted an “End of an Era” event for the transition from the HC-130H aircraft to the HC-130J, which will eventually be housed in new hangars....

Thousands of Australians contesting wills as property prices soar

A will can offer peace of mind for families before the death of a loved one, but the process can also go horribly wrong. It's been a rough few years for the Brigden family in Sydney. Tim Brigden's mother and father died within six months of each...

SHIPPING TIMES | The Pacific Maritime Decarbonisation Program

A regional program to help Pacific countries such as Fiji step towards a greener and more resilient region was launched last week. The Pacific Maritime Decarbonisation Program, launched by the Transport Minister Ro Filipe Tuisawau, has a whopping...

Vanuatu and Tonga advance maritime safety with oil spill drills, training

The Governments of Vanuatu and Tonga have completed a series of intensive maritime safety workshops and oil spill response drills, marking important steps toward safer shipping and stronger marine environmental protection. In Vanuatu, the...

Palm worker deaths inquiry

Migrants brought to Australia to work in agriculture have died of dehydration, after being poorly prepared for the climate and labour conditions, an inquiry has been told. There have been 36 deaths among Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM)...