Emergency Landing: Fiji Airways Boeing 737-800 Returns To Christchurch After Bird Strike

A Fiji Airways flight on Thursday, October 9, ended up circling the skies of Mid Canterbury after the Boeing 737-800 experienced a bird strike on departure. Fiji Airways flight 450 had departed from Christchurch Airport for the nearly four-hour...

All eyes on London as maritime industry readies to adopt first global carbon pricing scheme

Despite being far from perfect, the world’s first global carbon pricing scheme on any international polluter—global shipping— is expected to be adopted next week. Courtesy of IMO Countries will meet on October 14-17 for the Extraordinary Session...

Pacific makes powerful impact at World Expo

The Pacific region is making a strong impression at this year's World Expo in Japan. Countries represented include Papua New Guinea, Sāmoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon...

Climate litigations escalating, cases being heard by Indian courts too: UN report

Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than before with India registering 14 similar cases so far, a new report has stated. India features among the countries in the Global South with an expanding climate litigation profile,...

The illusion of the PNG treaty

On Monday, after an embarrassing hiccup in Port Moresby last month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinean counterpart, James Marape, signed a new Mutual Defence Treaty between Australia and PNG. Its key clause, Article 4(3),...

Christchurch soon to host major UN climate conference

Nearly 2,000 delegates will gather in Christchurch, New Zealand next week for the eighth Adaptation Futures Conference – the United Nations’ largest climate adaptation event. The conference, which runs from 14-17 October at Te Pae Christchurch...

Fiji’s Indigenous culture at risk

TUVALU continued their Futsal campaign. Today, they met the feisty boys from Port Vila who drew level with Solomon Islands yesterday. Early passes connected early for Michel Coulon and Kemly Lehi as Vanuatu mounted the pressure. Their attacking...

Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-affected Pacific islanders

North and South Tarawa are seen from the air in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. 23 May 2013. Photo: Reuters / David Gray Amnesty International is asking the New Zealand government to create a new humanitarian visa for Pacific people...

Pacific set to lead at landmark climate adaptation conference

For the first time, Pacific nations will play a key role in shaping the global climate agenda as Christchurch prepares to host the world’s biggest adaptation conference. Regional experts are calling for Indigenous knowledge, economic sovereignty,...

Adaptation a matter of survival for Pacific communities, SI negotiator

APIA, 09 OCTOBER 2025 (SPREP)–Adaptation to the devastating impacts of climate change for Pacific communities is not an option, it is a matter of survival. As Pacific climate change negotiators gather in Samoa, a negotiator from the Solomon...

‘A matter of survival’: Amnesty International calls for urgent reform of Aotearoa's visa rules

Amnesty International warns that Pacific people facing climate-related challenges are being blocked from migrating to Aotearoa New Zealand due to discriminatory visa rules. The organisation’s new report, Navigating Injustice, highlights how...

The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology

Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...

Daily Breeze football: Previews, key players in Friday’s Week 7 games

FRIDAY’S TOP GAMES Games start at 7 p.m., unless noted No. 3 Mira Costa (5-1, 1-0) at Culver City (3-3, 0-1) Outlook: The Mustangs didn’t get to play beyond the first quarter last week against Lawndale. A bullet was found on Mira Costa’s campus,...

Moses rushed in as duo ruled out of PM’s XIII vs PNG — Full teams for four-game blockbuster

Mitchell Moses has been rushed into the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII team for their clash with Papua New Guinea after two players were ruled out due to injury. Code Sports reported Moses, who was picked for the Kangaroos Ashes squad, will come...

DOC NYC Announces 2025 Main Slate Lineup, with Subjects Ranging from Rock and Roll to Competitive Whistling

It’s almost DOC NYC season, and when New York’s premiere nonfiction film festival returns this November, an eclectic lineup promises that there will be something for documentary lovers of all stripes to enjoy. The festival, for which IndieWire...

Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters

Press Release – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand Amnesty Internationals recommendations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Government are to help people to migrate with dignity or, if they choose, to stay on their islands with dignity....

Fixing New Caledonia’s health crisis

TUVALU played their first Futsal tournament today in a tough encounter against New Zealand. The New Zealanders had much to prove after going down 1-2 to the Solomon Islands on Saturday. New Zealand scored three minutes in Captain Dylan Manickum...

2050 strategy to be endorsed in the Cook Islands, Tonga to be the next host for PIF Leaders Meeting

The implementation plan for the 2050 strategy is being finalised and will be endorsed by Forum leaders during their convening in the Cook Islands next month. Pacific Islands Forum Director of Governance and Engagement, Sione Tekiteki said the 52nd...

DOC NYC Unveils 16th Annual Film Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Nelius’ “Whistle,” about champion whistlers, will kick off the 16th annual DOC NYC film festival on Nov. 12. “Whistle,” which debuted at TIFF, is one of 200 films that will screen as part of DOC NYC’s main slate lineup, which includes...

How Clean Energy Just Overtook Coal — And Why It’s Under Threat

Renewables overtake coal as fossil fuels fall Ember For the first time in history, renewables have generated more electricity than coal globally. But as science powers this breakthrough, it’s come under attack — and in a twist few saw coming, the...