"My name was on a handwritten piece of paper," she told the ABC. Ms Kanas was part of the Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant held last weekend. The event, this year hosted by Solomon Islands ...

Renewed efforts by the United States and China to strengthen their ties in the Pacific has thrown the spotlight on the islands scattered across the vast Pacific Ocean. While the US has long enjoyed ...

Tie-break vote in contest leads to claims of rigging, death threats and judges being prevented from leaving the Solomon Islands The Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant was supposed to show that ...

New Zealand is considering the use of specific ‘strategic trust’ or national security clauses in agreements with Pacific Island nations, in an effort to counter China’s growing influence in the region ...

Today, the Trump administration will be inheriting an inconsistent, inefficient, and incomplete diplomatic posture in the Pacific Islands region. The Biden administration may have expanded the ...

It is a continuation of the 20-year South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project (SPSLCMP) The 14 Pacific Island countries participating in the project are the Cook Islands, Federated States ...

At the heart of the matter is a major deal set to be signed between the Cook Islands and China this week ... of China’s growing influence in the Pacific, which has alarmed the United States ...

Solomon Islands said that it had lifted the notice on Wednesday afternoon but an investigation into “alleged fraudulent activities during the crowning of the Miss Pacific on Saturday 8th ...

Brown's trip to China, the first by a leader of the small South Pacific nation in a decade, has drawn ire from New Zealand, with whom the Cook Islands has a special political relationship.

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The Pacific Climate Change Data portal provides site-specific historical climate information as well as trends in mean and extreme indices for the Pacific Islands and Timor Leste. The portal was ...

A group of islands in the Pacific ocean has been celebrated for their healthy dieting practices amidst fears over 'Western' food choices. Professor Jens Walter, of the University College Cork ...