Environment • TuvaluNo forms, no waiting: Tuvalu households receive instant climate payouts after floodingMore than 400 families have received automatic cash payments after high-tide flooding, in a Pacific-first test of a new insurance system designed to get help to households faster.Christine RovoiTue, 16 Jun
EnvironmentClimate risk, rising costs leave Pacific families facing insurance squeeze Pasifika households are already less likely to have insurance than other Kiwis. Now rising premiums and growing flood risks are making that gap even harder to close.Khalia StrongTue, 16 Jun
Pacific Region • FijiPacific leaders turn to solar power as fuel costs bite and energy pressure growsYoung Pacific leaders are being trained in Fiji to build and maintain solar systems. Khalia StrongTue, 09 Jun
EnvironmentCook Islands family among hundreds forced from Wellington homes as giant swells close inThomas Tarurongo Wynne lives just metres from the sea and his whānau are among residents evacuating the capital’s coastline as a state of emergency remains in place and waves of up to 10 metres threaten homes.Khalia StrongTue, 09 Jun
EnvironmentPacific leaders urge NZ to prepare for climate displacementNearly one million Pacific people were displaced by climate disasters between 2010 and 2021, with Pasifika leaders warning New Zealand needs a clearer, Pacific-led plan to respond.Khalia StrongFri, 05 Jun
HealthWHO Pacific chief links youth mental health crisis to climate stress and online harmsDr Saia Ma’u Piukala says Pacific governments must urgently use sports and physical activity to help tackle rising mental health pressures facing young people across the region.Christine RovoiTue, 26 May
EnvironmentPacific hails historic UN climate vote: Fiji fights to protect statehood from rising seasLeaders, youth activists, and global allies back the world court’s opinion on climate obligations as Fiji warns rising sea levels must not erase Pacific nations’ sovereignty and maritime rights.Christine RovoiMon, 25 May
Pacific Region • Aotearoa New ZealandTraditional wind sails and village funding: Pacific approaches for climate solutionsFrontline ocean advocates are drawing on traditional knowledge and local innovation, from low-carbon shipping prototypes to community-led conservation funding models backed by diaspora support.Aui'a Vaimaila Leatinu'uThu, 21 May
Environment • SāmoaThe Pacific Heat Stress: Experts warn of hotter classrooms and more extreme weather aheadA Sāmoa study shows rising classroom heat is affecting children as scientists warn a developing El Niño could intensify extreme weather across the Pacific and New Zealand this winter.Christine RovoiTue, 19 May
Politics • Marshall IslandsPacific questions US commitment as tuna treaty pressure growsLeaders are watching Washington closely as nations push for a bigger share of the billions generated from the region’s richest fishery.'Alakihihifo VailalaFri, 15 May