Wednesday 14 October 2020 | Published in Small World
The United Nations wants to help turn the tide on unhealthy eating in the Pacific with a new project aimed at reviewing existing dietary guidelines and promoting healthier lifestyles.
Thursday 8 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
The regional director of the World Health Organisation has urged Pacific countries to stay vigilant amid Covid-19.
Thursday 8 October 2020 | Published in Small World
Suggestions are being made in Paris to devise a new accord for New Caledonia to avert a third referendum on independence from France.
Wednesday 7 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Fiji’s government is pressing ahead with its ‘Bula Bubble’ concept for New Zealand and Australia, despite the two countries opting to resume travel arrangements elsewhere.
Wednesday 7 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
The French military will repatriate about 20 Rapa Nui people stranded in Tahiti since the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Monday 5 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Solomon Islands has recorded its first case of Covid-19 – a student who had been repatriated from the Philippines earlier in the week.
Monday 5 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
The winners of the 2020 Pacific Music Awards have been announced in an online ceremony, which included musical performances from the cream of the Pacific music community.
Friday 2 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Fiji’s haven for cruising yachts at Port Denarau is reportedly ‘full’ as weather forecasters predict an ‘active’ cyclone season ahead.
Friday 2 October 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Palau’s president Tommy Remengesau Junior has threatened to leave the Pacific Islands Forum if the secretary general’s post does not go to Micronesia.
Tuesday 29 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Pacific nations and territories have been urged to diversify their concepts of tourism to meet new market demands amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tuesday 29 September 2020 | Published in Small World
There are urgent moves in Vanuatu after it was confirmed the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle pest has reached Port Vila.
Saturday 26 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
A court in French Polynesia has thrown out a challenge to the order to wear masks brought in to stop the spread of Covid-19, RNZP reports.
Wednesday 23 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Former rebellion leader Ishmael Toroama is closing in on the Bougainville presidency, Radio New Zealand Pacific reports.
Monday 21 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
The United Nations says Pacific Island countries have been spared the devastating health impacts of Covid-19 because of their swift preventative measures.
Monday 21 September 2020 | Published in Small World
A Papua New Guinean businessman who caused the death of his girlfriend by punching her, forcing her to jump out of the car he was driving, has been jailed for 15 years.
Friday 18 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Over 200 French officials have gone into quarantine in New Caledonia after arriving from France to help supervise next month’s independence referendum.
Monday 14 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Global warming is being blamed for the king tides that have washed away houses in a village on Papua New Guinea’s southern coast.
Saturday 12 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Samoan deputy prime minister has quit Cabinet and the country’s Human Rights Protection Party, in a defection over controversial proposals to amend the constitution.
Friday 11 September 2020 | Published in Small World
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance including drug-resistant bacteria, or ‘superbugs’, pose far greater risks to human health in the Pacific region than Covid-19, an Australian scientist has warned.
Friday 11 September 2020 | Written by RNZ | Published in Small World
Refugees stranded on Nauru have refused medical transfers to Australia for fear of being detained without treatment, an advocate says.