Pacific Region • Federated States of Micronesia • Marshall Islands • PalauUS watchdog moves to expand healthcare for Pacific veterans after care gaps are flaggedVeterans in Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands face long trips for specialist care with the US Department of Veterans Affairs saying access remains limited across the Pacific region.PMN NewsWed, 07 Oct
Pacific Region‘Pregnancy and birth are a new faultline’ as extreme heat puts Pacific mothers at riskNew Wellcome survey finds 73 per cent of maternal health professionals are seeing more heat-related complications as the United Nations calls for maternity care to be built into climate planning.Christine RovoiWed, 07 Oct
Pacific Region • TongaTonga uses anti-terror law for the first time to convict gang leaderAustralian deportee Eneasi Taumoefolau faces up to 25 years after a court found he helped establish a chapter of the outlaw motorcycle gang, Comancheros.Christine RovoiTue, 06 Oct
Pacific Region • Vanuatu • New Caledonia‘Vanuatu is not for sale’: Government hits back at New Caledonian MPThe row comes as Port Vila pushes its claim over Matthew and Hunter Islands.Christine RovoiTue, 06 Oct
Pacific Region • FijiFiji referendum set for 9 December as Rabuka calls for all election campaigning to pauseThe constitutional vote will come before Fiji’s next general election with the President expected to issue the referendum writ on 9 November.Christine RovoiMon, 05 Oct
Pacific Region • TuvaluTuvalu makes history with first woman Governor-GeneralTemukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma begins her four-year term as the country marks 48 years of independence.PMN NewsThu, 01 Oct
Pacific Region • Fiji'Our stories have mana': Fijian academic urges Pacific people to record their own storytellingDr Tarisi Vunidilo is taking her call for Pacific storytelling beyond the classroom, connecting elders and younger generations through a global writing project focused on protecting traditional knowledge.Elenoa TuragaiviuThu, 01 Oct
Pacific Region • Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands says it backs 140 human rights recommendations from the UN and notes 41United Nations agencies and Pacific countries welcome progress by Honiara but say more work is needed on violence against women, gender equality, and human rights protections.Christine RovoiThu, 01 Oct
Pacific Region • TongaSolar power could bring safer water to 23 more remote communities Two remote islands in Vava'u are already producing drinking water from the sea, with a wider rollout now being discussed with the Tongan government.Christine RovoiWed, 30 Sep
Pacific Region • Papua New Guinea • Solomon IslandsPNG governor warns outdated resource laws leave landowners in Melanesia exposedGary Juffa says Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands need stronger laws and leadership to stop powerful interests gaining control of natural resources in both countries.Christine RovoiWed, 30 Sep
