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Pacific Island leaders will today agree on a response to a report by forum foreign ministers about the best way to move Fiji towards free and fair elections. They're meeting...

Pacific leaders at the regional summit in Niue go into retreat today in the one hotel on the island. The Pacific Islands Forum summit has been dominated by the rift...

Australia has signed aid agreements with Papua New Guinea and Samoa that are designed to herald a new approach towards funding given to Pacific countries. The so-called Partnerships for Development...

Australia has signed aid agreements with Papua New Guinea and Samoa that are designed to herald a new approach towards funding given to Pacific countries. The so-called Partnerships for Development...

The outgoing chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has strongly rebuffed suggestions from Fiji's interim leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, that he was forced into making commitments to hold elections…

Pacific countries are to have new access to millions of dollars to improve infrastructure like transport, sanitation and waste management systems. Australia, New Zealand, the Asian Development Bank…

Solomon Islands is to be included as a formal partner in an employment scheme set up to meet work shortages in New Zealand.

The Cook Islands health minister, Sir Terepai Maoate, has dismissed the concept of isolating people infected with HIV/AIDS. The idea to set up colonies to segregate people living with HIV/AIDS...

The 39th Pacific Islands Forum summit has been opened in Niue with cultural performances by students from Niue High School. The meeting comes amid growing concern over the refusal by...

There was a rare occurrence for Niue last night as aircraft backed up above Hanan International Airport with three planes arriving in quick succession to deliver 12 Pacific leaders and...

The man most responsible for bringing the Pacific Islands Forum summit to Niue says it is a chance for Niueans to have pride in their country. The summit officially opens...

Fiji's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has indicated his country might withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum altogether. He is already boycotting the forum leaders' meeting in…

The funeral of a mountain guide who died on a ski tour with the Prime Minister will be held at Lake Tekapo on Wednesday.

Fiji's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has indicated his country might withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum altogether.

Niue's Government wants to help its people install solar and other renewable energy options as it struggles to cope with the high cost of the diesel used to power the...

Australia and New Zealand represent natural partners in battling climate change, says Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who, along with Prime Minister Helen Clark, is addressing a climate change…

The decision by Fiji's interim government to boycott the Pacific Island Forum will not prevent leaders from discussing the country's future, says Prime Minister Helen Clark. Audio

The Pacific Islands Forum summit in Niue, which starts tomorrow, looks set to be the least well attended in recent times. Just 13 of the 16 leaders are now expected...

Fiji's ousted prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, says he regrets that Fiji won't be at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Niue which opens tomorrow.. Mr Qarase has told Fijilive that...

The Premier of Niue, Toke Talagi, wants the wider Pacific to assist Tuvaluans to move to Niue amid the growing threat to their atolls from climate change. Climate change is...

Fiji's interim government says it has pulled out of this year's Pacific Forum leaders summit in Niue because it has been excluded from scheduled post summit talks in Auckland. Little...

New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark, says Fiji's excuse for not attending the Pacic Forum leaders summit is complete and utter nonsense. The interim government says its delegation will not...