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Japan has called climate change a "life and death" problem for Pacific islands, as it announced an increase in aid to the region to US$527 million over the next three...

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has reaffirmed his country's strong ties with the Pacific region and plans to continue being a major aid and trade partner. He made the comment...

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to announce expansion of clean energy aid and projects to reduce vulnerability to climate change in the Pacific islands at today's opening of...

The acting prime minister acting in Solomon Islands has rejected accusations that the country was bullied by Australia into signing a partnership framework agreement with the Regional Assistance…

Drafting a regional programme for food security in the Pacific is one of the priorities up for discussion at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation's meeting in Niue. The...

Ministers at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency meeting in Niue have agreed on the need to balance the management of tuna fishing with the need for the industry to...

Protecting the Pacific's fishing revenues from the impact of the global economic crisis will be one issue covered in this week's meeting of the Pacific Fishing Ministers on Niue. A...

The Fisheries Minister was due to fly to Niue on Sunday for multi-country meetings on better management of Pacific Island tuna fisheries. The talks aim to find a more consistent management method.

Small island states in the Pacific, which have had to put up with costly irregular shipping services, are about to get more regular servicing. The Government-owned Kiribati Shipping Services has...

Niue's profile for hosting pacific regional meetings is growing, with the country hosting two big meetings just this month. The Forum Fisheries Agency is currently meeting,, while the Food and...

Small island states in the Pacific are expected to demand improved shipping services when they meet in Tonga this week. Pacific ministers for maritime transport in the small island states,...

Niue's Minister for Bulk Fuels, Togia Sioneholo, says the island expects to make substantial gains after it committed last month to the Bulk Fuel Initiative. It became the fourth country...

Japan is refusing to say whether it has invited Fiji for talks with other Pacific Island countries in Hokkaido in two weeks. The meeting, the Pacific Alliance Leaders' Meeting, is...

The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum says it is evaluating whether its secretariat will remain in Fiji following that country's suspension from the Forum. Toke Talagi, who is also...

The Pacific Forum is evaluating whether its secretariat will remain in Fiji following Fiji's suspension from the Forum.

The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum says he's baffled by Fiji's response to its suspension. Fiji's interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has said that Australia and New Zealand used...

New Zealand now has six confirmed cases of swine flu and 11 probable cases. However, there have been no signs of the virus spreading within New Zealand, according to health officials. Audio

The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Premier of Niue, Toke Talagi, has announced that the military regime of Fiji has been suspended from the Forum. In a statement,...

Fiji's interim government says it has written to the chair of the Pacific Islands Forum on the eve of the expiry of a deadline which will see Fiji suspended from...

Fiji's interim prime minister, Frank Bainamarama, has told the newspaper The Australian that he has confronted Australia's foreign minister with evidence that his phone has been tapped. Commodore…

Anzac Day services across the country have drawn thousands of people, with rain and strong wind failing to deter crowds in Auckland and more than 8,000 attending the dawn service in Christchurch.

The Niue Court of Appeal is to sit on the island for the first time this week. Previously the four New Zealand judges have heard appeals on Niue High Court...

The chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum says Fiji now poses a threat to the stability of the region and the possibility of immediate action is being considered. Audio

Samoa's Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, says there is no other option but to suspend Fiji from the Pacific Islands Forum as a result of the latest political developments. Tuila'epa...

The chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum says any suspension of Fiji from the Forum will be a move against the interim regime and not against the country. Toke Talagi...