Tag: Henry Puna
New Caledonia violence ‘unfortunate’ but ‘not surprising’, says Pacific Forum chief
RNZ Pacific
Outgoing Secretary-General Henry Puna of the Pacific Islands Forum is "not surprised" with the violent unrest in New Caledonia which has shut down...
Puna calls for Pacific ‘journalistic vigilance’ in face of climate crisis
By Kamna Kumar in Suva
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna stressed the importance of media freedom and its link to the climate and environmental...
‘This is a big step’ – Japan releases nuclear wastewater into...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Japan's release of more than one million tonnes of treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is officially underway.
Tokyo...
Rabuka, PIF ‘undermine credibility’ of Pacific experts over Japan’s nuclear waste...
By Aralai Vosayaco in Suva
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is disappointed with the Fiji government and Pacific Islands Forum’s endorsement of the Japanese...
Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear
By Henry Puna, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum
On World Press Freedom Day the world remembers the importance of a free and independent media...
‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Regional leaders will meet this week at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Retreat in Fiji.
"We have come...
Pacific Islands Forum ‘on course’ as China issue casts shadow
By Wata Shaw in Suva
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama opened the 51st Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting yesterday by saying it was setting the...
Kiribati withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum a major blow
By the RNZ Pacific editorial team in Suva
The 51st Pacific Forum Leaders (PIF) Meeting starting today has been dealt a major blow after the...
Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum...
RNZ Pacific
The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to...
Samoa incumbent leader needs to ‘get a grip’, says PM-elect Fiame
RNZ News
Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says she does not think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway and suggested he his having...
Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation
By RNZ Pacific
The Speaker of Fiji's Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South...