Talanoa: Opetaia Foa’i Honoured with Lifetime Achievement

Marama T-Pole | Presenter This week, the 21st Pacific Music Awards were held in Manukau. The Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Lifetime Achievement Award went to legendary Tokelau–Tuvaluan music maestro Opetaia Foa’i, who also received the PMN Best...

WATCH: Tagata Pasifika 2025 Episode 23

Tagata Pasifika | Television Series Join host Marama T-Pole as she takes you through news and stories from our Pacific Community! This week we talanoa with legendary Tokelau–Tuvaluan musical maestro Opetaia Foa’i — fresh from receiving the Pacific...

PM Terrance Drew co chairs High-Level Breakfast of Climate Mobility Champions

Last Updated on September 26, 2025, 1:49 AM AST by Anthony Morris The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Terrance Drew has co chaired the High-Level Breakfast of Climate Mobility Champions, hosted by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility...

Regional Workshop Speeds Up Tariff Commitments under PACER Plus

Customs officials from eight Pacific Island countries at the three-day Regional Workshop on Transposition of Tariff Commitments and Product-Specific Rules under PACER Plus in Apia, Samoa. APIA, Samoa – Customs officials from eight Pacific Island...

More Life-Saving Heart Surgeries Planned For Pacific Children In October

Press Release – Pasifika Medical Association Group “Were very grateful for this partnership and hope that we can continue working together so that children in the Pacific will have hope. After the surgery is conducted, many children tell us that...

Marshall Islands president says UN is 'gaslighting' Taiwan

Photo: LEONARDO MUNOZ Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine has accused the United Nations of 'gaslighting' by excluding Taiwan from high-level engagements under the One-China Policy. In 1971, the UN officially recognized the People's Republic of...

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway

Tuvalu is preparing to carry out the first planned migration of an entire country in response to the effects of climate change. Recent studies project that much of its territory could be submerged in the next 25 years due to rising sea levels,...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – September 19 – 25, 2025

Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...

'History will not judge us by our words' - Pacific leaders' climate call at UNGA

Photo: LEONARDO MUNOZ The president of Nauru has told world leaders small island developing states still face unacceptable barriers to climate finance. Speaking at the United Nations General Debate in New York, David Adeang said climate change is...

Jaishankar strengthens global partnerships at UNGA

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Mexico, Cyprus, and several Pacific Island nations on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, reaffirming...

The Tehran-Washington Crypto Connection

perspective There is a saying that the best way to make money during a gold rush is to sell picks and shovels. The worst way, presumably, would be to run a government taskforce drafting regulations for the retailers of picks and shovels. Perhaps...

BACK IN HISTORY | Pili relives tough times

Corporal Fakatene Pili, from Tuvalu, served as the cheerful and welcoming barman at the Royal Fiji Police Gazetted Officers’ Mess in Suva for two decades starting in 1979. However, according to an article published by The Fiji Times on November 9...

State President’s working trip to US achieves all set goals: Deputy FM

Hanoi (VNA) – State President Luong Cuong’s working trip to the US for the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) and bilateral engagements has been a success, achieving all set goals and...

As China and EU disappoint, prospects of meeting 1.5C climate target fade

This week’s pledges by the EU, China and other large countries for emissions cuts by 2035 are not ambitious enough to get global climate targets back on track, climate experts say. With the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and President...

Anguilla becomes unlikely winner in AI boom

Prof C. Justin Robin­son, Flavien More­au In the sleepy cap­i­tal of this amaz­ing­ly beau­ti­ful Caribbean is­land, where the pace of life moves to the rhythm of trade winds, gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials are grap­pling with an ex­tra­or­di­nary...

Jaishankar holds bilateral talks with Mexico, Cyprus and Pacific Island nations at UNGA

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Mexico, Cyprus, and several Pacific Island nations on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, reaffirming...

The many South-east Asias we must recognise — Phar Kim Beng

SEPTEMBER 25 — When people think of South-east Asia, they often imagine a single geographic or cultural unit: ten, soon eleven, countries strung between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Some reduce it to a simple binary of “maritime South-east Asia”...

Why Climate Visa Lottery Schemes Are Not the Answer

In July 2025, an astonishing 8,750 people of Tuvalu’s approximately 9,470 residents registered for a visa to Australia through the Falepili Mobility Pathway, a “climate visa” born out of the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union. The treaty grants 280...

Naivalurua calls on MSG to drive Pacific peace and stability

SOLOMON Islands went into Day 3 of the Futsal tournament with two wins under their belt in an encounter against a winless Vanuatu. As expected, the ‘Kurukuru’ boys were hot on attack led by Alvin Hou, Elis Mana and Calvin Do’oro. Vanuatu struggled...

Anthony Albanese quizzed on Woodside’s North West Shelf project during New York climate event

The Prime Minister has defended his Government’s recent decision to extend Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project while facing extensive questioning during a climate event in New York. Appearing at the New York Times’ Climate Forward conference...