Tag: PIF

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Milne Isolation has been a challenge for the people of the atoll of Tongareva, 1300km north of the Cook Islands capital on...

By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau The Solomon Islands is asking its fellow Pacific Island Forum (PIF) members to reconsider the presence...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Melanesian countries are pushing Indonesia to facilitate a long-requested visit to West Papua by the UN High Commissioner for...

By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau The United States is set to announce a fuel security deal worth US$60 million for the...

By L.N. Reklai in Koror, Palau Pacific Islands Forum leaders are being urged to strengthen regional unity and ensure the Forum remains firmly Pacific-led as...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has blasted Solomon Islands cabinet ministers who moved against their leader on the...

Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader living in Australia is calling on Oceania leaders at the Pacific Island Forum meeting in Palau this...

RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale's Government for Reform, Empowerment, Accountability and Transformation (GREAT) coalition appears headed for a major test after...

By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau With the final list of leaders attending the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in...

By Ezra Toara in Port Vila The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) should revisit a proposal for an independent regional delegation to visit West Papua and...

RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale made an emergency trip back to Honiara on Sunday morning from Palau after a motion of...

By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting officially kicks off tonight in Koror, Palau. The runway leading...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific New Zealand says its connections to its Realm countries remain strong and stable, after the first of a series...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister says he expects the issue of West Papua will be discussed at the upcoming...

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific Disagreement from some China-aligned Pacific Islands countries has prevented regional countries within the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) issuing a...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Cash set aside to host the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in New Zealand next year may fall short of...

RNZ Pacific The head of the United Nations body mandated to develop regulations for seabed mining in international waters says Pacific countries are playing a...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist Last week, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said Aotearoa's immigration settings were "no way to...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin When the Pacific Islands Forum concluded in Honiara last month, leaders pledged regional unity under the motto "Iumi Tugeda" — "We...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr says it is "a missed opportunity" not to include partners at next mont's Pacific...

By Leah Lowonbu, Stefan Armbruster and Harlyne Joku of BenarNews The Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signalled they are ready to engage with Papua New...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over...