When is the best time to visit New Zealand?

Journeying to Aotearoa (New Zealand's Māori language name) is a good choice any time of the year – but your experience will vary depending on what season you choose to visit. During summer, you can enjoy a southern hemisphere adventure by hiking...

200 SAMOAN WOMEN TO RECEIVE FREE DRIVING AND EV AWARENESS TRAINING

[PRESS RELEASE 15 October 2025 Apia, Samoa] – The Women’s Driving License Programme was officially launched on Friday, 10 October, offering free driving lessons to 200 women across Samoa, together with an Electric Vehicle (EV) awareness course....

Aitutaki community gets creative with climate change solutions

Climate Change Cook Islands is holding a workshop to build capacity of the Aitutaki community in proposal writing under the various climate change projects. CLIMATE CHANGE COOK ISLANDS/24121133 The Climate Change Cook Islands is holding a workshop...

WQ Hotel Opens Its Doors in Wellington: a New Era for Wellington’s Atura Hotel as It Transforms to WQ Hotel

A new chapter in Wellington hospitality begins tomorrow as the city's Atura Hotel officially becomes the WQ Hotel (Wellington Quarter Hotel), marking the property's transformation under Capstone Hotel Management and the introduction of a fresh...

On Road to Belem, Pacific countries raise their voice on 1.5…

Pacific countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, described as a “ticking time bomb”, have vowed that their One Pacific Voice on keeping 1.5 alive, is heard loud and clear at the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...

Coach Kativerata confident in Fiji Bati debutants

Fiji Bati head coach Wise Kativerata is backing his young squad to make the most of their opportunity at the upcoming Pacific Bowl Championship. With several new names in the team, Kativerata says this year’s campaign is about more than the...

Global Environment Facility approves $68 million for agrifood systems solutions

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has helped 22 countries unlock $68 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address biodiversity loss, groundwater management, climate change, land...

Wellington’s Atura Hotel transforms into WQ Hotel

Wellington’s Atura Hotel has officially become the WQ Hotel (Wellington Quarter Hotel), marking the property’s transformation under Capstone Hotel Management and the introduction of a fresh urban brand to the capital. The rebrand to WQ represents...

Kativerata confident in Bati debutants

[Photo Credit: fijibatiofficialpage] Vodafone Fiji Bati head coach Wise Kativerata is backing his young squad to make the most of their opportunity at the upcoming Pacific Bowl Championship. With several new names in the team, Kativerata says this...

Busan Was a Major Political Win on Plastic Pollution, Even If Not a Procedural One 

As the winds settle from the bipolar storm that took over Busan in late November for the fifth scheduled round of negotiations for an international agreement on plastic pollution, the message to the world is clear – in the battle between...

Pacific demands climate justice

THE HAGUE/ SUVA: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has become a battleground in the global fight against climate change, as the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands presented impassioned arguments urging the...

An Interim Report on the ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion

“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” — Taken from the oral statement of Nauru, citing Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War, book 5, ch. 89 (trans. R. Crawley, 1874). * * * From Dec. 2-13, the International...

Pacific nations demand Climate Justice at The Hague press for accountability…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has become a battleground in the global fight against climate change, as the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands presented impassioned arguments urging the Court to recognise...

Celebrities: Death in September 2025

Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...

Pacific nations urge ICJ to recognize states’ legal obligations on climate change

The Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands presented powerful arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, demanding legal recognition of states’ obligations to combat climate change. Representing some of the...

OACPS Statement On Members’ Testimony During First Week Of Landmark ICJ Climate Case

Thursday, 12 December 2024, 11:18 pm Press Release: OACPS Statement from Cristelle Pratt Assistant Secretary-General for Environment and Climate Action Organization of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) The Hague (10 December, 2024)...

Pacific News In Brief For 14 October

Article – RNZ A round up of news from around the region, including a new mental health strategy in Tonga. Tonga – mental health Tonga’s health ministry has launched its long-awaited National Mental Health Strategy and Policy at Vaiola Hospital....

OACPS slams major polluters at ICJ climate case

The Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) has delivered a sharp critique of historical polluters during the landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) climate hearings in The Hague, accusing them of shirking legal...

The journey from Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion to climate change negotiator

Cook Islander Charlene Hoff, left, a young climate negotiator, at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. SPREP/24112537 From Rarotonga to Azerbaijan, Charlene Hoff, a young...

Fisherman urges people to eat species once known as 'garbage fish': 'One of the best tasting fish out there'

"The more that we eat, the better it is." by Veronica BoothSeptember 27, 2025 A few fishermen go diving in Hawai'i to catch and cook fish, but they're specifically targeting invasive species. Island Catch and Cook (@islandcatchandcook) posted the...