Last-minute Taiwan drama and a policing plan: five things we learned at the Pacific Islands Forum
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'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
3:03
Tongan PM Sovaleni and Australian PM Albanese give details of Pacific police training plan – video
‘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
UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit
July 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Inside the battle for top job that will decide the future of deep-sea mining
Marking a pivotal moment for the fate of the barely known ecosystems on the ocean floor, 168 nations will decide this week who will head the International Seabed Authority
Parts of Tonga without internet after cables damaged and Starlink ordered to cease operations
The island networks of Vava’u and Haʻapai were cut more than two weeks ago following damage to the undersea cable
Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means
Guardian analysis shows web of agreements between Pacific countries and Australia, US and China, as experts raise concerns over rising militarisation
June 2024
‘Woke mumbo jumbo’: Sydney barrister says he will lobby King of Tonga in fight against Newington College coed shift
Exclusive: Dallas Morgan sends impassioned email to old boys updating them on ‘embarrassing saga’ and telling them to ‘never give up’
Tongan Olympic kitefoiler JJ Rice dies in diving accident at age of 18
JJ Rice, who had been chosen to represent Tonga at the Paris Olympics, has died in a diving accident. He was 18
For years the best-known Tongan on Australian TV was played by Chris Lilley. At last Pasifika artists are being recognised
Winnie Dunn
It’s an honour to be the first Tongan writer to publish a novel in Australia – but why did it take so long for our mob to get here?
November 2023
Finding my siblings helped me feel whole, when so much of me was described as ‘half’
When she was little, Paulina Fusitu’a was warned to be careful who she married – she had a half brother out there somewhere. Then a photograph came in the mail
September 2023
Pacific project
Biden pledges more aid to Pacific islands to counter growing Chinese influence
Pacific project
Biden seeks to win over Pacific leaders as Solomon Islands turns back on talks
August 2023
Pacific project
Hoodies sell out in Tonga as El Niño brings wintry chill
Pacific project
China’s hospital ship visits Tonga amid growing competition in the Pacific
July 2023
Pacific project
Pacific pulling power: western leaders rush to region in effort to counter China
Pacific project
Antony Blinken calls China’s behaviour in the Pacific ‘problematic’ on visit to Tonga
