Long-awaited New Zealand-Cook Islands travel bubble to start 17 May

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The Cook Islands bubble will open later this month, allowing two-way quarantine-free travel between both countries, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has

World Tuna Day: What does it mean for the Pacific?

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Radio New Zealand today featured a personal perspective on World Tuna Day written by a professional tuna expert, scientist and institutional fisheries

Floods hampering Covid-19 response in Fiji

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I believe there are many in the Solomon Islands with family and friends in Fiji and who will have concerns for the ongoing situation in the country as

New drug for sufferers of breast cancer being administered in the United Kingdom

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The Solomon Islands has reportedly regained its Covid free status and one must give credit to all concerned for this achievement, the SIG, the MHMS, t

Fiji tightens lockdown as Covid cases rise

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The Solomon Islands is now Covid free but the Fiji's government has taken the most drastic measures since Covid-19 hit the country in March

Arctic glaciers may be melting sooner than thought

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To small islands states in the Pacific, and the Solomon Island’s low lying islands and exposed atolls are no exception, climate change is a real