Kiribati calls for UN reform and collective action to face global crises

Kiribati’s Permanent representative to the United Nations, Teburoro Tito, used the platform of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly to call for urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council and emphasise the need for collective...

Seabed mining equity dilemmas in the Pacific

Seabed mining can affect fisheries and the flow-on social equity issues need to be addressed. By Aline Jaeckel, Quentin Hanich, Harriet Harden-Davies, Judith van Leeuwen, Holly Niner, Katherine L. Seto and Michelle Voyer What is currently hundreds...

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On

ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries. ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a...

Coast Guard, partners conclude Operation Ika Moana in Samoa 

Boats crews comprising Samoan Police Maritime Wing officers, U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team members, and Operation Ika Moana participants conduct training offshore Apia, Samoa, Aug. 12, 2025. During Operation Ika Moana, patrol boat crews...

Ex-Pacific leaders want UN action on cleaning up shipping industry

A group of former Pacific leaders want the UN agency mandated to regulate international shipping “to take meaningful strides” to end the industry’s reliance on dirty fossil fuels. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is meeting for a...

Claim the Kiribati Government ignores manifesto commitments

Ieremia Tabai MP from Nonouti. Tabai was the first Beretitenti President of Kiribati. Photo: Supplied/UNDP An opposition MP in Kiribati, Sir Ieremia Tabai, said the Budget, presented late last year, did not include any funding for the commitments...

Swapping football for fishing, why some in Spain are heading out to sea

A footballer turned fisher in the Pacific and a stubborn daughter with a small boat in Barcelona – they have little in common but a love for fishing, a sector on the brink of a demographic crisis. “Good morning, good afternoon, or whatever it is...

Joseph Kirite from Kiribati moves to Fiji to expand his music career after releasing 10 albums

Joseph Kirite from Kiribati moves to Fiji to expand his music career after releasing 10 albums 18-year-old Joseph Taake Kirite from Kiribati who put his name on the music stage back at home after being part of the music production named Ocean...

Kiribati enhancing climate resilience through the upgrading of its National Building Codes

The Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Hub has supported Kiribati in the development of minimum technical standards and requirements that are necessary for ensuring the integration of energy efficiency and green building...

TMC shares surge as support for deep sea mining grows ahead of Trump presidency

Meanwhile, Elise Stefanik, Marco Rubio, Howard Lutnick and William McGinley — all nominees for positions in the president-elect’s administration — have previously voiced support for ocean mining. “If the US is to get involved in deep sea mining,...

Badass US bomber drops 2,000-pound ship-sinking bomb, splitting vessel in two

The US Air Force collaborated with Norwegian allies to test next-generation precision maritime strike capabilities on September 3 in the Norwegian Sea. The joint exercise brought together the Air Force’s 53rd Wing, a US B-2 Spirit stealth bomber,...

Deep-Sea Mining 101: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Key Facts What Is ‘Deep-Sea Mining’? Deep-sea mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the ocean floor using destructive methods such as dredging, drilling and hydraulic pumps. These methods disrupt and harm marine life and...

Adam Pearse: Why New Zealand must learn from the Solomon Islands as Pacific forum host

Seeing how a warming climate and natural disasters eat away at the land reinforces the need for aid and demands real accountability for emissions-heavy practices. Hearing of thousands of unexploded bombs buried just centimetres under the earth,...

The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments

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EU unveils multimillion-dollar Pacific aid package, including $70m to French territories

EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela addressing the first EU-Pacific Business Forum in Fiji on Friday 5 September 2025. Photo: Delegation of the European Union to the Pacific French Pacific Overseas Countries and Territories...

India offers $500,000 in relief to quake-hit Vanuatu. China sends supplies, engineering team

New Delhi: India Thursday offered $500,000 (Rs 4.3 crore) in rehabilitation assistance to Vanuatu, following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of its capital city Port Vila on 17 December. “As a close friend and partner under...

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Pacific group pushing for global shipping to act on climate target

A group of Pacific states, known as the 6-PAC, is leading the call for the shipping industry to align itself with the 1.5 degrees’ climate target. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is meeting for the next fortnight for a climate summit...

Is Maldives Sinking? What Happens If The Islands Submerge, Does The Nation Cease To Exist?

Last Updated:September 10, 2025, 12:42 IST With 80% land less than a metre above sea level, Maldives is not just facing erosion; it is staring at existential erasure. It may not 'sink' tomorrow, but its essence could fade For Maldives, where the...

How Pacific resistance to seabed mining is growing amid neocolonial fears

The proposal of seabed mining has been met with resistance from Indigenous communities and environmental groups in Aotearoa and the Cook Islands. Ngāti Ruanui and Greenpeace Aotearoa travelled to Australia to disrupt an AGM of a mining company...