WELLINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) – Pacific security issues can and should be dealt with by regional nations, Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa said on Friday, while adding that China’s size made it an attractive economic partner. China’s growing influence in the Pacific and the…
TOKYO (NHK) — US President Joe Biden has expressed strong concern over China’s security accord with the Solomon Islands, and vowed deeper US involvement with Pacific island nations. Biden held a meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the White House on Tuesday.…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Associated Press) — Seven people on two small boats that drifted for days in the Pacific have been rescued after a New Zealand Air Force Orion plane spotted them near the remote island nation of Kiribati. New Zealand’s military said Tuesday that the…
(Radio New Zealand)—New Zealand’s Budget will commit NZ$4.4 million for a new transmitter for RNZ Pacific ensuring the future of the service. RNZ Pacific broadcasts into the wider Pacific on shortwave 24 hours a day, collaborating with 22 broadcasting partners across the region. Its current…