Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
ABIF board appointments
The Fiji Times
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July 7, 2025
WESTPAC Fiji chief executive officer Shane Smith has been appointed chairman of the Association of Banks in Fiji (ABIF). Mr Smith started his 40-year long career with the bank since joining as an 18-year-old customer service officer at the Suva...
BEHIND THE NEWS | The real fertility crisis
The Fiji Times
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July 6, 2025
As nations across the world react to falling birth rates and ageing populations with growing anxiety, a recent report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) urges a radical shift in how we understand and respond to population change. Rather...
Aotearoa's i-Kiribati community honours language and culture
Pacific Media Network
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Thousands of i-Kiribati people across Aotearoa New Zealand are celebrating their rich language and culture during Kiribati Language Week, which is now in its fifth year. The celebrations kicked off on Sunday in Wellington at Pataka Art and Museum,...
NZ PM Ardern sidesteps easier travel for Samoans
Pacific News Service
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern avoided a direct response to the question of any steps to make travel easier for Samoans to New Zealand in the future. She was asked during a joint press conference Tuesday with her Samoan counterpart,...
Obituaries for Saturday, July 5, 2025
The Garden Island - Hawaii
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July 5, 2025
Carol Ann Furtado It is with deep sorrow that the family of Carol Ann Furtado announces her passing on May 31, 2025, at the age of 76. Born on July 8, 1948, Carol dedicated her professional life to Human Resources, spending nearly five decades...
How Love for Earth and Each Other Fuel Photographers Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen
PetaPixel - California
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June 27, 2025
Conservation and nature photography power couple Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen are the focus of the first episode of National Geographic‘s 2024 nature documentary series, Photographer. The episode won an Emmy this week for Outstanding...
Marine Plan
The Portugal News
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The plan has also introduced nine new marine protected areas that cover 30 percent of the Samoa’s ocean, an area of 35,936 square kilometres, and prohibits fishing within a migration route for humpback whales. Credits: Unsplash; Author: Milos...
A drop in the ocean? Pacific nations tap local know-how for marine conservation
South China Morning Post
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June 27, 2025
Pacific island nations are racing to enhance marine conservation, establishing sweeping “no-take” zones and pledging to sustainably manage vast swathes of their territorial waters despite facing limited resources and geopolitical pressure. Among...
PM HAILS PNG’S HISTORIC LIVE FISH EXPORT TO ASIA
PNG Haus Bung
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July 5, 2025
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has welcomed Papua New Guinea’s historic direct export of live fish to Hong Kong as a major breakthrough in the country’s push to expand agricultural and fisheries exports into Asia-Pacific markets. The milestone...
Palau’s Jerrica Davis selected for FIBA Oceania Women in Media Program
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — Jerrica Yumiko Davis, Communications Officer for the Protected Areas Network under the Bureau of Environment at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment (MAFE), has been selected for the 2025 FIBA...
Land Rover launches new 1980s classic style 4x4 but there's a major catch
The Mirror
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June 27, 2025
Land Rover has launched a beast of a car that retro fans will love - but the brand-spanking new model comes with one significant drawback. Paying tribute to a legendary design from the 1980s, celebrated for its extraordinary off-road performance...
Taulasea, or traditional healers, play a significant role in Samoan society, new study finds
RNZ
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June 26, 2025
Photo: RNZ A new study has found traditional healers, or Taulasea, have a key role in Samoan society. The study was published in Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. Researchers interviewed 14 Taulasea - three were from...
Slipper – the great Wallabies survivor – lines up shot at triple redemption
WAtoday
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July 5, 2025
But in a fresher redemptive context, perhaps, Slipper is also one of nine survivors from the Wallabies team that was downed by Fiji at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. It effectively ended the Wallabies’ World Cup campaign. Fiji coach Mick Byrne was...
New homes bring hope to families
Samoa Observer
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A life-changing housing initiative is transforming living conditions for 26 of Samoa's most vulnerable families, providing safe shelter and proper sanitation. This was through a partnership between the Ministry of Women, Community and Social...
World Bank slashes Pacific growth forecast
FBC News
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The World Bank is projecting regional growth to fall to 2.6 percent this year, down from 5.5 percent in 2023. In a report of an economic update, it says that economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth,...
What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?
Climate Home News
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June 17, 2025
The 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change famously does not name the controversial root cause of the very problem it is intended to solve: fossil fuels. In the year of its 10th anniversary, Gillian Cooper, political director of the Fossil...
Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
Odisha Diary
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA, June 17, 2025 — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released today in Honiara, projects...
Slowing growth faces Pacific, need for more inclusive workforce highlighted
Solomon Star
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released on Tuesday in Honiara, projects regional growth...
SPTE 2025: How the World Reached the Pacific
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 4, 2025
The South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE) 2025 was a celebration of connection, culture, and collaboration. Held in Fiji, this year’s event welcomed media, buyers, and seller’s from across the globe — and many of them arrived thanks to the...
Cook Islands Pocket Guide Launches Major Update Following Latest Research Trip
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 4, 2025
Cook Islands Pocket Guide, the leading online travel guide for the Cook Islands, has released a major update to its content following an in-depth research trip across Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu. The trip, carried out in March 2025, was made...