Tag: Pacific Islands Forum

By Alexander Rheeney in Apia Vanuatu has asked Pacific Islands Forum member states to support its resolution to the United Nations General Assembly next year...

The ABC has a reputation for vigorous reporting of Pacific issues, including human rights violations at the Australian-established Nauru detention centre for asylum seekers....

By Mong Palatino Protests have been gathering force over the Nauru government ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover...

COMMENT: By Miranda Ward on Red Ink The Nauru government’s refusal to allow the ABC from entering the country to cover the upcoming Pacific Islands...

OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer On Friday, the 48th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting -- and all other related meetings...

OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa in Apia There is no doubt about it. The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum in Apia this week have...

By Elizabeth Ah-Hi in Apia The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, has promised protesters that their voice on West Papua...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk As Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to meet with his island counterparts this week in Apia, Samoa, Pacific civil society...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Leaders from across the Pacific are meeting in Apia, Samoa, this week to discuss the future of the region’s oceans. Under the...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News Tongan interim Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva says he suspected his rejection of a proposal by the Deputy Prime...

Alistar Kata's video report on the campaign for a fact-finding mission to West Papua produced before the 2015 Pacific Islands Forum. Video: Pacific Media...

The European Union and China step up climate collaboration. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Centre News Desk The Pacific Islands Forum remains committed to the Paris...

By Michelle Curran in Auckland Ten years ago, Tonga’s Kisione Manu was studying a Bachelor of Science at Palmerston North-based Massey University on a New...

French Polynesia and New Caledonia have become the newest members to join the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). The decision is historic as the PIF was...

Oxfam New Zealand says the Government's finance towards Pacific climate change is business focused and does not benefit families in need. Rachael Le Mesurier, Oxfam...

The government of the Federated States of Micronesia has thanked Papua New Guinea for connecting both countries through air services that are being operated...

Increasing the economic returns of regional fisheries, and responding to the effects of climate change and disaster risk management are two priority issues that...

OPINION: By Herman Wainggai In 2002, West Papuan leaders and I traveled to Fiji to urge leaders of the PIF to support West Papua. I also...

The New Zealand government backs the French Pacific territories becoming full members of the Pacific Islands Forum, reports Radio New Zealand International. The director of...

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has been given observer status in the board of the UN Green Climate Fund (GCF), Secretary-General Dame Meg...

Report by Vuniwaqa Bola-Bari Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dame Meg Taylor has called on world leaders meeting in Paris to protect the Pacific region and the...