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China hosts Pacific Island nations in bid to bolster diplomatic, trade ties

Foreign minister Wang Yi is meeting top diplomats from 11 Pacific nations in the Chinese city of Xiamen.

Al Jazeera · May 28, 2025

It’s not just Greenland: Inside the fight the U.S. faces to keep a tiny Pacific island out of China’s grasp

Palau has close ties with the U.S. but China is reportedly looking to change that with campaign of influence, James Liddell reports

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

New Zealand simplifies visa rules for Pacific

New Zealand is waiving visa requirements for Pacific Island travellers who already have Australian visas, the government has announced.

AAP · Apr 10, 2025

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‘Playing gods with the cradle of life’: French Polynesia’s president issues warning over deep-sea mining

Exclusive: Moetai Brotherson fears environmental risks of controversial practice and says independence from France must not be ‘rushed’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2025

Australian visa scheme a 'breeding ground' for slavery

Exploitation and working conditions likened to modern slavery have been alleged within a Pacific islander working visa scheme run by Australia.

AAP · Nov 25, 2024

Pacific finance needs top $2b as storms hit, seas rise

Pacific Island nations need climate finance to top $2 billion every year in addition to existing official aid, experts warn the international climate summit.

AAP · Nov 14, 2024

PM: 'Security of any one of us, matters to all of us'

The prime minister has celebrated a collaboration between Australian and Pacific Islands police, emphasising the initiative is led by and for Pacific nations.

AAP · Oct 25, 2024

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Pacific Island Nations Urge Australia To Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Pacific island nations urge Australia to phase out fossil fuel exports to combat global emissions impact and protect vulnerable communities.

Commonwealth heads ‘could agree plans to discuss slavery reparations’

Sir Keir Starmer touched down in the Pacific Island nation overnight ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm).

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

Commonwealth heads ‘set to agree plans to discuss slavery reparations’

Sir Keir Starmer touched down in the Pacific Island nation overnight ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

King Charles Sips Kava Narcotic, To Become Samoan 'High Chief'

King Charles III took part in a traditional kava-drinking ceremony before a line of bare-chested and heavily tattooed Samoans Thursday, as he readied to be made a "high chief" of this Pacific island paradise.

International Business Times · Oct 23, 2024

King Charles Winds Up Australia Trip, Flies To Samoa Summit

King Charles III wrapped up a six-day Australia tour Wednesday, jetting off to the Pacific island of Samoa for a summit of the 56-nation Commonwealth, where more questions about Britain's colonial legacy await.

International Business Times · Oct 23, 2024

Pacific Island Nations Swamped By Global Drug Trade

A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific, as cartels and triads use far-flung island nations to channel narcotics across the globe, top police and UN officials have told AFP. Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to…

International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024

New Zealand’s army chief: Pacific nations need tailored military training

New Zealand’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Rose King, has highlighted the challenges Pacific Island nations face with foreign military training in an interview with The Associated Press

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024

Pacific leaders' summit erases mention of Taiwan after Chinese anger, fracturing a shaky accord

Turmoil over China’s influence in the affairs of South Pacific island nations has flared as it emerged that a Pacific leader at the region’s most important diplomatic summit apparently pledged to erase an affirmation of Taiwan’s involvement in the meeting from its closing statement

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2024

Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan

Anthony Albanese tells journalists to ‘chill out’ over comments filmed in the wings of Pacific Islands Forum

Radio France Internationale · Aug 28, 2024

Pacific Island leaders endorse joint policing plan

Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 27, 2024

Pacific islands face grave danger as sea levels surge, UN warns

Warning that sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, particularly around vulnerable Pacific island nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a fresh climate SOS to the world. His alert coincides with a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which warns that climate change threatens the very existence…

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Al Jazeera · Aug 27, 2024

UN chief issues climate SOS, warns of ‘unimaginable’ catastrophe

Speaking at a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tonga, Antonio Guterres warned the region was ‘uniquely exposed’.

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2024

Pacific Islands Forum: How a summit for tiny nations became a global powerhouse

Torrential rain and an earthquake greeted leaders welcomed to the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, underscoring climate change the region faces

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2024

Pacific nations aren’t asking for favours. They just want Australia to meet the moment on climate justice

Australia must urgently halt new fossil fuel projects and scale up investment in renewable energies such as solar and wind

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

New Zealand official says Western neglect of Pacific Islands let other nations boost their influence

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says Western nations, including the United States and New Zealand, failed to understand swiftly enough the geopolitical importance of island nations in the South Pacific, leaving a power vacuum that allowed other countries to increase their diplomatic influence

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Kiribati's pro-China government bars foreign officials from visiting until 2025, citing elections

The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the Pacific Island nation until next year, citing its current election process, according to an official in the Foreign Ministry

AAP · Jul 23, 2024

Pacific Islands Forum 'troika' heads to New Caledonia

The prime ministers of three Pacific nations will lead a mediation effort in crisis-hit New Caledonia next month.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

Japan hosts Pacific Island leaders summit to firm cooperation amid growing China influence in region

Japan is hosting a summit with leaders from more than a dozen Pacific island nations, seeking to deepen cooperation and increased support for a rules-based free and open Indo-Pacific

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