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September 2024

  • French gendarmes block a road in Mont-Dore, in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on September 19, 2024.

    New Caledonia police kill two in operation linked to deadly unrest, prosecutor says

  • A submerged rubbish bin on the Gold Coast following flash floods in 2023.

    Australia is a mess. Cop31 is a chance to redefine ourselves from climate laggard to global leader

    Anna Cerneaz
  • A group of 64 walkers, including 52 Australians, were left stranded on the Kokoda track amid protests

    Australians stranded on Kokoda track resume walk after protests shut down sections

  • Tongan women display their arts and crafts at the annual Tongan Royal Agriculture show, an event where Tongans showcase the best of their work, crops and livestock.

    ‘We can’t even buy our own land’: the Tongan women pushing for change

  • Pope Francis tours Asia and the Pacific – in pictures

  • Pacific islands submit court proposal for recognition of ecocide as a crime

  • Pope Francis welcomed to remote Papua New Guinea as he seeks ‘to break down distances’

  • ‘Weather magic’ and wind lore: the push to preserve ancient knowledge in Vanuatu

  • Pope Francis to set off on challenging 12-day Asia-Pacific tour

August 2024

  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the plenary session at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga

    ‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate

  • Tuvalu prime minister Feleti Teo dances the ‘Alofa’ after signing documents for the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union to come into force at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Tonga

    Last-minute Taiwan drama and a policing plan: five things we learned at the Pacific Islands Forum

  • Pacific Island Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa, second from left, addresses the plenary session at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga

    Pacific Islands Forum communique taken down after Chinese envoy calls Taiwan reference ‘unacceptable’

  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Prime Minister of Tuvalu Feleti Teo

    ‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels

  • 'Chill out,' Australian PM says after he is caught on camera joking with US official – video

  • Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan

  • Australia overcomes last-minute concerns to secure sweeping Pacific police training plan

  • ‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean

  • ‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific

  • Australia news live
    Australia urged to show ‘true climate leadership’ as Pacific Islands Forum begins – as it happened

  • UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit

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