Tag: Pacific Islands Forum
Micronesia’s president Panuelo claims spying and bribery by China
By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has made a series of disturbing claims against China, including alleging...
Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...
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...
Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is now "a family...
Wenda hopes to get plight of West Papuan people to PIF...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Recognising Indonesia’s sovereignty is one thing.
However, failing to allow West Papuans a seat at regional discussion tables like the Pacific...
Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu's prime minister has stressed any future employment within the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat...
Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's newly-installed government.
Wenda said...
Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Lee Duffield
The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless”...
Pacific churches call for boycott of Indonesian products over Papua
By Shayal Devi in Suva
In solidarity with West Papua, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called for a boycott of all Indonesian products...
French Polynesia moves towards ban on ‘craziness’ of seabed mining
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia has voted a draft opinion for a temporary ban on seabed mining projects.
Of the territory's Council for the Economy, Social, Environment...
Fiji’s dilemma – how its military has become so deeply mired...
ANALYSIS: By Sadhana Sen and Stephen Howes
The last time the Australian Labor Party came to power (in 2007), Australia was imposing sanctions against Fiji...
‘Stay vigilant’, Guam governor warns over China’s Pacific intrusion
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Tumon, Guam
Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero has expressed support for the Federated States of Micronesia’s move to oppose China’s proposed...
‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on...
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on declining...
USP forced to cut costs as Fiji still refuses to pay...
On Pacific Beat with Evan Wasuka
The University of South Pacific’s vice-chancellor says Fiji’s failure to pay its grant contribution for the third year in...
Advocacy group condemns failure to address West Papua at Pacific Forum
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...
Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...
Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua
By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva
A Fiji women's advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua...
Bastille Day message: Paris must ‘re-arm in Pacific’, says commander
RNZ Pacific
A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years...
Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new longterm strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples.
The "2050 Strategy for...
Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva
Former Kiribati President Anote Tong suspects a major agreement is "cooking" between Beijing...
Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity
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...
How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom
ANALYSIS: The restrictions on Pacific news media during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent Pacific trip are only the most recent example of a...