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Tongan PM Sovaleni resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

Tonga's parliament must elect a new prime minister following the resignation of Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni after three years in the job.

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Leaders pose ideas as New Caledonia mission wraps up

A three-day Pacific Islands Forum-sponsored mission to Noumea has finished and will post findings on the troubled political situation in New Caledonia.

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Pacific Is Forum tweaks communique after China outburst

The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has removed a reference affirming Taiwan's status in the organisation from a previously-published communique.

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Pacific First Nations people sound alarm on climate

A coalition of environmental and First Nations groups condemned Australia's addiction to fossil fuels during this week's Pacific summit in Tonga.

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Palau hopes to host 2026 Pacific Islands Forum summit

The Pacific Islands Forum chair is likely to return to Micronesian hands in 2026 under a power-sharing deal, with Palau confirming its candidacy.

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Pacific islands face grave danger as sea levels surge, UN warns

Warning that sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, particularly around vulnerable Pacific island nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a fresh climate SOS to the world. His alert coincides with a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which warns that climate change threatens the very existence…

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Earthquake rattles opening day of PIF summit in Tonga

Tonga has been backed to host a successful Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting despite the summit ballooning in size and scale.

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Pacific leaders go to church ahead of Tonga summit

A suite of world leaders will descend on Tonga this week for the Pacific Islands Forum but on Sunday it was calm as they went to church.

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PIF confronts the knotty issue of New Caledonia

The French territory of New Caledonia is at a crossroads, with contentious voting reforms sparking deadly civil unrest. How did we get here?

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Pacific Leaders Confront 'Polycrisis' Of Rising Seas And Climbing Tensions

Pacific island leaders gather for a key summit in the Kingdom of Tonga on Monday, aiming to navigate rapidly rising seas, damaging great power rivalries and violent unrest in New Caledonia.

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Pacific Islands Forum 'troika' heads to New Caledonia

The prime ministers of three Pacific nations will lead a mediation effort in crisis-hit New Caledonia next month.

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Adeang: China support can 'transform' Nauru

Australia's offshore detention centre has not blunted Nauru's reputation, president David Adeang says.

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Nauru walkout stuns Pacific summit before landmark deal

Nauru President David Adeang says he isn't pulling his country from the Pacific Islands Forum, while Australia will offer resettlement to Tuvalu residents.

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Pacific Islands Forum dances around Nauru tensions

Pacific Islands Forum leaders are set to revisit their unity pact, the Suva Agreement, at their leaders' retreat in the Cook Islands.

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Pacific dancing to Australia's tune on climate, says PM

Anthony Albanese has stepped quickly into stride on the Cook Islands as he prepares for crunch talks with Pacific Islands Forum leaders.

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Caramel Brownie reports for Kiwi duty at PIF

New Zealand is being represented at the Pacific Islands Forum summit this week by two politicians of opposite stripes: Carmel Sepuloni and Gerry Brownlee.

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Shadow of COP28 climate summit looms over Pacific Islands Forum

NZ's representatives at the leaders' meeting in Cook Islands will be somewhat hamstrung by the lack of a new government.

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Albanese turns focus to Pacific leaders' climate talks

Hundreds of leaders, officials and activists are meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands, with climate change a focus of the summit.

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NZ should rethink stance on Japan’s nuclear wastewater

Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch

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NZ PM Luxon unlikely for Pacific Islands Forum

Incoming New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he won't be able to form a government in time to attend next week's Pacific Islands Forum.

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Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he hears their warnings about climate change and will act

President Joe Biden has informed leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum on Monday that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region

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‘Harsh consequences’ in Pacific over climate inaction

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned of harsh consequences in the Pacific unless the world tackles climate change.

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'Harsh consequences' in Pacific over climate inaction

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned of harsh consequences in the Pacific unless the world tackles climate change.

Reuters

Blinken to visit Papua New Guinea and sign defense, maritime agreements

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Papua New Guinea on May 21-22, sign bilateral defense and maritime security agreements and meet with Pacific Islands Forum leaders, the State Department said on Thursday, after President Joe Biden pulled out of a planned visit.

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In New Caledonia, Australia urges Pacific island unity amid China, U.S. competition

Australia's foreign minister urged Pacific island countries on Thursday to stay united in the face of great power competition as she visited New Caledonia, where the president raised concerns about Australia's AUKUS nuclear submarine programme.

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