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Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:23 +1300Bougainvilleans consulted on location for new capital
Bougainvilleans are being asked where the capital should be located.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:37:28 +1300
Call for Tuvaluans to vaccinate against Covid-19 amid celebrations
A Tuvaluan leader in Aotearoa New Zealand is urging his community to take their eligible family members to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:08:32 +1300
Facebook misinfo is hurting PNG, Marape tells UN
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has called for more international effort to counter misinformation about Covid-19 vaccination.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:05:06 +1300
Niuean taro exporter broadening portfolio
A Niuean businessman who began exporting taro to New Zealand last year is now broadening the goods he's sending into the Auckland market.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:41:57 +1300
In Brief: News from around the Pacific
Fiji PM calls for better global co-operation on pandemic, Samoa's PM reflects on political standoff, and more.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:31:03 +1300
Focus now on another remote Fiji island as pair test positive to Covid-19
The remote island of Ovalau in Fiji is the new area of interest after two people in quarantine tested positive for Covid-19, health authorities said.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:40:11 +1300
Phone chats with Xi for Tonga and Solomons leaders
China's President Xi Jinping has held phone talks with the King of Tonga and the prime minster of Solomon Islands in recent days.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:54:29 +1300
Samoa's PM highlights climate threat to oceans at UN
Samoa's prime minister has put climate change and ocean protection to the fore in a speech to the United Nations.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:25:55 +1300
Vanuatu laments lack of action on West Papua at UN
Vanuatu's Prime Minister has told the United Nations about a lack of progress on human rights in West Papua.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:42:11 +1300
CNMI not giving up on Olympic dream
The Northern Marianas remains hopeful it will one day joining the Olympic family.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:15:03 +1300
Call for G20 to follow Pacific's net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Fiji is calling on the global community to embrace the Pacific's vision of a better, greener, bluer and safer future for humanity.
Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:30:47 +1300
Covid vaccination rollout continues on French Polynesia's Tuamotus
Covid vaccination campaign continues on French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago.
Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:19:00 +1300
Tuvalu Language Week moves online
Tuvalu Language Week moves online due to the uncertainty around Covid-19 according to the Minister for Pacific Peoples.
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:02:06 +1200
Samoa Covid vaccination figures below official expectations
Over 19,000 Covid shots were administered during Samoa's two day vaccination campaign but its below what officials hoped to achieve.
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:03:49 +1200
Vanuatu launches campaign to take climate change to the International Court for Justice
The Vanuatu government has launched a global campaign to seek a climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice.
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:54:57 +1200
Fiji upgrades target population for vaccine roll-out
Fiji's Covid-19 vaccine roll-out target population is now people aged 18 and over, a Health Ministry review has revealed.
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:36:55 +1200
Micronesian countries urge Taiwan involvement at UN
Leaders of several Pacific Islands nations have told the UN General Assembly that Taiwan should be able to participate fully in the UN and World Health system.
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:06:26 +1200
Fijian Drua appoint former All Blacks and Wallabies skills coach
Former All Blacks and Wallabies skills coach Mick Byrne has been appointed as the new head coach of the Fijian Drua, to compete in the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific competition in 2022 and 2023.