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Ocean acidification threatens Niue’s coral reefs: a call for global action
Ocean Acidification
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August 6, 2025
Ocean acidification threatens Niue’s coral reefs: a call for global action Published 6 August 2025 Web sites and blogs Leave a Comment Tags: corals, South Pacific Ocean acidification, driven by anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, poses a...
Pacific youth called to define their own climate story
Pacific News Service
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By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia “You today are exactly where you are built to be.” The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Climate Change Resilience Director, Tagaloa Cooper shared these words of encouragement with...
Renewed hope: Why the ICJ climate decision matters to us all
Islands Business
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July 27, 2025
OFFICIALS have reached consensus on the long-standing South Pacific Albacore (SPA) tuna allocation within the Exclusive Economic Zones of Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members south of the equator. This breakthrough comes after nearly two decades...
24th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting Concludes In Niue
Scoop
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A group photo of the Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial at the conclusion of the three-day meeting in Niue (Photo/Supplied) ALOFI, NIUE, 24 JULY 2025 – The 24th Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) Ministerial Meeting and the 6th Regional Fisheries...
FBI upgrade enmeshes New Zealand in anti-China war plans
Friends of Socialist China
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August 18, 2025
In the following article, which was originally published on Consortium News, Mick Hall analyses how the recent visit to New Zealand by Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s far-right Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he announced a...
Pacific Tourism Organisation and Niue Tourism Office Release Key Insights from Niue Community Attitude Survey
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 22, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), through its Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI), has completed the Community Attitudes Survey (CAS) for Niue, delivering important insights into public sentiment around tourism development and its...
Pacific Fisheries Ministers Focus On Ocean Future In Niue
Scoop
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“Are we standing strong together? It’s a thoughtful question to reflect on as we meet this week – how do we continue reinforcing our unity and shared purpose across the region?” said the Prime Minister of Niue, Hon. Dalton Tagelagi, as he...
Pacific Celebrates The Voices Of Women In Fisheries At The Fisheries Ministers Meeting In Niue
Scoop
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Women working behind the scenes across the Pacific fisheries sector were celebrated in Niue last night, as the latest edition of Moana Voices was honoured during the opening ceremony of the 24th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting...
Pacific region sets out climate targets at UN Bonn dialogue
Pacific Community (SPC)
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At the UN climate talks in Bonn, Pacific nations called for urgent and fairer climate finance to deliver NDC3.0, warning that delays are costing lives and stalling action. Pacific Island countries are calling for faster and fairer access to...
Loss and Damage poised for top-level spotlight at Pacific Islands Forum...
Pacific News Service
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By Ednal Palmer in Apia Samoa Climate change induced-Loss and Damage stands the chance of being featured at the Pacific’s highest political gathering — the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) — when leaders meet in Honiara, Solomon Islands, this...
Samoa Women’s Official Squad for Rugby World Cup 2025
Samoa Global News
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August 16, 2025
15 August 2025, Apia, Samoa – Lakapi Samoa is proud to unveil the official Manusina squad selected to represent Samoa at the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. The 32-strong team unites local and overseas talent, combining power, speed, and...
Cook Islands pushes for key actions to support Smaller Island States
Cook Island News
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August 14, 2025
Cook Islands head of delegation and Foreign Secretary Tepaeru Herrmann joined fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum Smaller Island States (SIS) group at the SIS Officials Meeting held at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on Friday last...
Cook Islands deal has ‘nothing to do with military or security agenda’, says Chinese ambassador
RNZ
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August 11, 2025
By Losirene Lacanivalu, Cook Islands News People’s Republic of China (PRC) ambassador to New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niue, Wang Xiaolong, with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and Assistant to the Minister responsible for the Prime...
Pakistan establishes diplomatic ties with Federated States of Micronesia
Dawn
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August 15, 2025
Pakistan and the Federated States of Micronesia have formally established diplomatic relations to open up avenues for bilateral cooperation. The Federated States of Micronesia are an island nation located in the western Pacific Ocean that joined...
Down Under
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 15, 2025
I’ve climbed the iconic coat hanger and world-famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. Stood at the top and sang my guts out. Slept in the Sofitel, washed in the Murray, and fished on the Great Barrier Reef, and let my black Buka hair down in Canberra. I’ve...
Stronger ties benefit Pacific island nations
China Daily Global
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Fijian students try their hands at Chinese calligraphy on April 15 during an event celebrating the United Nations Chinese Language Day, which falls on April 20, in Suva, the capital of the Pacific island country. GAO XIN/XINHUA This summer, Basi...
The Government of New Zealand announce additional NZD 5 million commitment to the Pacific Community Ocean Science Centre (PCCOS)
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Racing and Minister for Rail - New Zealand The Government of New Zealand and the Pacific Community (SPC) have deepened their partnership with the announcement of NZD 5million to...
Cook Islands advocate for mainstreaming of SIS priorities within Pacific regional…
Pacific News Service
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The Cook Islands joined fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum Smaller Island States (SIS) group at the SIS Officials Meeting held at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on 8 August. The meeting, chaired by Federated States of Micronesia...
Workshops strengthen media literacy in Raro
Cook Island News
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August 12, 2025
Three-person team from Pacific Media Network (PMN) in New Zealand completed a series of media literacy workshops in Rarotonga earlier this month. PMN Cook Islands producer Tauraki Rongo (from left), Pacific Mornings Host William Terite and PMN...
Chinese envoy stresses partnership agreement with Cook Islands 'has nothing to do with military or security agenda': media
Global Times
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China-Cook Islands relationship Photo: VCG The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) 2025-2030 signed between China and the Cook Islands has "nothing to do with any military or security agenda," and that "everyone could see for themselves…...