Tag: Pacific Islands Forum
Pōhiva blames T$60,000 ceremony bill rejection for cabinet shakeup
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...
‘Take action’ over West Papua plea to Pacific Forum leaders
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...
Paris climate agreement ‘still best avenue’ for solutions, says Forum
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...
PISAN Fono big winner with Pacific and Timor-Leste scholars
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...
Newest PIF members historic – but not without concerns, say reports
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 slams NZ’s Pacific climate funds – too ‘business focused’
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...
Air Niugini operates special ‘hub’ flight services to FSM
The government of the Federated States of Micronesia has thanked Papua New Guinea for connecting both countries through air services that are being operated...
Regional fisheries, climate change, disaster risk management top Forum agenda
Increasing the economic returns of regional fisheries, and responding to the effects of climate change and disaster risk management are two priority issues that...
Herman Wainggai: 14 years on, nothing has changed for West Papua
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...
NZ backs Pacific Forum membership for French territories
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...
Forum wins improved recognition for Pacific climate concerns
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...
COP21: Forum’s Meg Taylor makes Pacific video plea to world leaders
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...