Tag: Micronesia

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ journalist A new report has found practical solutions to address climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), including raising...

COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...

OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...

By Wanshika Kumar in Suva Pacific leaders really need to look seriously at the concerns raised by the President Taneti Maamau of Kiribati, resulting in...

RNZ Pacific Seats were glaringly empty at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva this morning as Pacific leaders sat down to the first formal...

RNZ Pacific The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva, Fiji, has dropped further, with both the president of the Marshall...

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...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist In a watershed moment, Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed on...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal were on the agenda today when...

By Bernadette Carreon of Pacific Island Times Four Micronesian leaders skipped the Pacific Islands Forum's 51st virtual session yesterday, in a continuing protest over the...

By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews in Suva Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama used his inaugural speech as the new chair of the Pacific Islands Forum...

RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders have received an apology from their colleagues in the Pacific Islands Forum. In what has been described as a frank and open...

By RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands...

By RNZ Pacific Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...

By Michael Andrew Traditional chiefs are trying to expel a US journalist from the Federated States of Micronesia island of Yap. Last week the Pacific Island...

RNZ Pacific The US Defense Department is to report to the US Congress by December 1 on a range of security concerns in the northern...

By Erwin Encinares in Saipan Palau President Tommy Remengesau says Pacific people of Micronesian descent are “dying slowly” because of dietary imbalances on the islands...

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...