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Fiji says it will only consider rejoining the Pacific Islands Forum, if key donors, Australia and New Zealand, quit the organisation. And Fiji has hailed the start-up of its new...

The International Federation of the Red Cross which has launched a significant drought relief effort in the Marshall Islands expects to have staff there for six months. This is despite...

Kiribati has asked to join the the Group of 77 in order to strengthen its position on the global stage. The country's president, Anote Tong, made the call at a...

The Asian group of nations at the United Nations has changed its name to the Asia-Pacific group. The change this week comes ahead of Ban Ki-moon becoming the first UN...

A polynesian fisheries co-operative has been formalised, strengthening the voice of the Southern Pacific members within the Forum Fisheries Agency. The Te Vaka Moana Arrangement means a closer…

A Kiribati company recruiting for overseas shipping companies insists that just a few I-Kiribati seamen are ruining the reputation of others who are hardworking and reliable. This comes after the...

The New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters, says the next High Commissioner to Kiribati will be Robert Kaiwai. Mr Kaiwai, who has a background in environmental issues, was previously deputy...

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

The head of the horticulture industry body says he is "a little disappointed" at Australia's decision to seek Pacific Island workers from some of the same countries as New Zealand.

A special Pacific Islands Forum meeting on Fiji has taken place despite no members of Fiji's interim administration being present. The Fiji Joint Working Group meeting went ahead in the...

The Pacific Islands Forum is sending two observers to monitor the general elections in Nauru on Saturday, after a request from the island's Government. Nauru's President, Marcus Stephen, declared a...

Forum Island Countries have been urged to quickly implement the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement, or PICTA. Only three of 14 Forum Island countries - Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa...

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has ruled out making Aid packages to Pacific countries dependent on votes at international forums. His comments follow outrage over Pacific…

There are calls for the Cook Islands to look to other Pacific countries to solve a labour shortage. The chairman of the New Zealand Pacific Business Council, Gilbert Ullrich, says...