Solomon Airlines struggles amid prolonged…
The need to survive and keep a national asset afloat is taking a heavy toll on Solomon Airlines. In an open…
Foreign Ministers prepare for Forum leaders…
COVID, climate and oceans were high on the agenda, as foreign ministers and officials from around the region…
Cook Islands ratifies PACER Plus
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) is to come into force with the Cook…
Rio ready to discuss Bougainville clean-up after…
Global miner Rio Tinto says it is ready to discuss cleaning up the site of the gold and copper Panguna mine…
Australia boosts Pacific aid allocation
The Australian Federal Budget delivered last night has increased aid to the Pacific. An extra A$211 million…
Narrow victory in New Caledonia referendum
Voters stay with France but support for independence increases For the second time in as many years, voters…
New Caledonia: “Our accession to sovereignty is…
On Sunday, long-term residents in New Caledonia will go to the polls, to vote in a referendum on the…
Pioneering PNG Woman politician Nahau Rooney…
Trailblazing, hardworking, audacious, always vivacious and sometimes controversial were among tributes and…
Pacific awakening in New Caledonia
“We haven’t created a movement to fight for independence or to fight for France - we’ve created a movement to…
USP saga drags on
Controversial pro chancellor of the University of the South Pacific Winston Thompson of Fiji has been…
Female-led businesses suffer more under COVID-19
“From capital to develop and export goods like coffee, to training and support with digital platforms,…
Traditional values underpin Kanaloa Rugby
A new rugby franchise to the US national competition may provide a life-line for some Pacific islands rugby…
October 01, 2020
Marching into Fiji’s ‘Frank’ new political order
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In 1965, buoyed by the outcomes of the constitutional conference in London, the Leader of Government Business in Fiji’s colonial government, Ratu Sir…
October 01, 2020
Fiji @ 50: Sugar's bittersweet future
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Growers like Gyan Deo may be the reason why Fiji’s sugar industry will still have a future in the next half a century. Like the bulk of the country’s…
October 01, 2020
Fiji making amends in Pacific regionalism
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From the zenith of Pacific regionalism (the Forum) from the early 1970s, Fiji’s standing in the group and amongst its regional neighbours stooped to…
October 01, 2020
Fiji @ 50: ATH flexes its regional muscle
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Fiji’s Amalgamated Telecom Holdings’ (ATH) recent US$25 million investment from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance a greenfield 4G mobile…
October 01, 2020
Fiji @ 50: A view from the future
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In my family, October 10 marks the day that my grandparents started their life together. Some 61 years ago, on a little island seemingly in the…
October 01, 2020
Fiji @ 50: Death of a regional giant
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Slowly but surely the once mighty Fiji Television Limited has started to crumble, taken apart from within by a combination of government pressure,…
October 01, 2020
Fiji @ 50: Losing the arts is to lose our soul
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The arts have clearly shaped Fiji’s trajectory these last 50 years but have the arts and our creative industries been afforded agency to flourish and…
October 01, 2020
One year to go: A game of hope for people in the Blue Pacific
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Four years ago, the tiny Pacific island country of Fiji won its very first Olympic medal, a gold, when it stormed its way through rugby’s debut year…
October 01, 2020
“I am hopeful that we will increase our score”: New Caledonia's referendum
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On 4 October, New Caledonians will vote in a referendum on self-determination, to determine the political status of the French Pacific dependency.…
October 01, 2020
Who will welcome Bougainville?
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The results of the historic Bougainville elections are now known. In electoral processes setting benchmarks for emulation in the Pacific, former…
October 01, 2020
Food Revolutionaries
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The founder of the Pacific Island Food Revolution says the campaign’s work on changing food choices in the Pacific region is “super relevant” in the…
October 01, 2020
Palau to choose leader to inherit COVID-19 woes
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The outcome of this November’s election will be crucial to Palau’s response to the economic crisis, as whoever will win the polls will be confronted…
October 01, 2020
Palau's heralded marine sanctuary faces reassessment from next leaders
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Palau's National Marine Sanctuary— which is hailed as the tiny nation's much celebrated signature policy—may face review from President Tommy…
October 01, 2020
Movers and Shakers
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In memorium Former Cook Islands Prime Minister, Joseph Williams, has died of coronavirus in Auckland. At 82 years of age, Williams was a well-known…
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August 26, 2020
A rebel and a traditionalist: Apisai…
Apisai Tora, a scion of the old guard of Fiji’s politicians, who dominated Fiji’s political stage for almost five…
July 21, 2020
Back to farming Fiji goes
Fresh from a 10-day tour of Viti Levu - Fiji’s main island - our July cover story shares what we saw as Fijians adjust…
July 21, 2020
Coach Coffa looks to Japan 2021
When it comes the sport of weightlifting in the Pacific, outside of the star competitors, the other name that…
July 17, 2020
Fiji resilience: Chef Shain
Seeing Shain hold and play with her daughter, and you can tell that 4-year-old Sarah is her world. Her job was another…
July 17, 2020
Fiji Resilience: Losana
Sitting in the hot sun, Losana does not seem to mind the humidity and the busy carpark beside her as she stacks heaps…
July 17, 2020
Fiji resilience: Shree Ram the…
Volunteers like Shree Ram are ensuring 2,000 school children in Nadi are eating well in schools. He is one of about 20…
