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US flags exit from Pacific Islands environment program
The United ​States must go through a formal process to withdraw its support from...
Kirsty Needham 9 Jan 2026
Tonga awaits selection of PM after low election turnout
Tonga is awaiting the selection of a new prime minister after a national electio...
Kirsty Needham 21 Nov 2025
Samoa's election returns FAST party with new leader
A national election in the Pacific island nation of Samoa has resulted in a reso...
Kirsty Needham 5 Sep 2025
Pacific funds pledged by China, US before key meeting
A Chinese corporation has pledged $A1 billion to Nauru, the Pacific Islands nati...
Kirsty Needham 12 Aug 2025
People on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas
More than one-third of the people in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which sc...
Kirsty Needham 30 Jun 2025
Australia discusses security and aid with Vanuatu

Australia has pledged to remain the South Pacific's largest aid donor during security and economic talks with Vanuatu, as Canberra reviews the potential Pacific impact of US President Donald Trump's f...

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Kirsty Needham Feb 28, 2025
Fiji leader to raise concerns in US after aid frozen

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to press the region's aid and climate priorities wit...

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Kirsty Needham Feb 5, 2025
Nauru talks with Australia amid influence tussle

The Pacific island nation of Nauru is in talks with Australia on a migration and economic deal, a Nauru official says, as the world's third-smallest country also weighs offers from China.

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Kirsty Needham Dec 5, 2024
Tiny island nation wants seat at Commonwealth big table

Niue celebrated 50 years of self-government on Saturday, with Britain's King Charles issuing a congratulatory video, but the Pacific Island state is excluded from this week's Commonwealth leaders meet...

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Kirsty Needham Oct 23, 2024
Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries

Tuvalu and its 11,000 people, who live on nine atolls scattered across the Pacific, are running out of time. Fukanoe Laafai would like to start a family.

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Kirsty Needham Sep 25, 2024
Kiribati president keeps seat in election's first stage

Kiribati's pro-China President Taneti Maamau and opposition leader Tessie Lambourne have won their seats in a national election held in the remote Pacific Island nation, unofficial results show.

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Kirsty Needham Aug 16, 2024
Police arrest New Caledonia protest leader

Police in New Caledonia have arrested protest leader Christian Tein at the headquarters of the biggest pro-independence political party, the Caledonian Union, as he prepared to hold a media conference...

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Kirsty Needham Jun 20, 2024
No-confidence vote looms for Papua New Guinea PM Marape

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is likely to face a no-confidence motion in parliament after the opposition party nominated Rainbo Paita, who defected from Marape's cabinet days earlier...

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Kirsty Needham May 28, 2024
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