Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
Annual School health checks begins
Television Niue
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February 13, 2025
The Annual School Health Checks for 2025 kicked off this week with the Niue High School students yesterday. Niue Head of Public Health-Grizelda Mokoia said the check ups are in collaboration with the oral health team as well as former Niue Health...
Small country, big ideas: this Pacific Island nation is leading the way in disease elimination
Croakey Health Media
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February 12, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: A new collaborative initiative involving Niue Department of Health, The University of Queensland and leading global health institutions has the potential to prevent re-emergence of vector-borne illness lymphatic...
Health report reveals challenges in Pacific systems
Pacific Media Network
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A Pacific health leader says underfunding, staffing shortages and the impacts of climate change are significant challenges faced by the sector in the region. Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Director of Te Poutoko Ora A Kiwa (Centre for Pacific and Global...
Health team attend meet in Philippines
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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December 2, 2024
THREE PNG health officials have attended the Philippines-Pacific for Sustainable Health Force and Health Security Conference in the Philippines. The three-day conference of the new Philippine-Pacific Health Initiative of the Philippine government...
Plans to establish a Australia and Niue friendship Day
Television Niue
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February 7, 2025
New Australian High Commissioner- HE Olivia Phongkham is settling in comfortably since taking up her new diplomatic role last December. She brings with her 20 years of experience as a career officer with various Australian Government departments...
‘First 1000 Days’ focus for annual health conference
Cook Island News
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January 28, 2025
Secretary of Health Bob Williams. TMO/24040122 Te Marae Ora, the Ministry of Health, is focusing on reducing the rate of childhood obesity, with the goal of ensuring that today’s children are free from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from 2030...
Survey shows better mental health services needed in the Pacific
RNZ
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January 28, 2025
Sir Collin said the research has found the prevalence of mental health distress in Samoa and Tonga. Photo: RNZ Research by Auckland University has highlighted an urgent need to improve mental health services in the Pacific. University of Auckland...
Survey finds mental health challenges in Tonga, calls for urgent action
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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January 23, 2025
A groundbreaking mental health survey in Tonga, funded by the New Zealand government, has revealed significant levels of psychological distress, highlighting an urgent need for improved mental health services in the country and across the Pacific....
Health leaders set sights on universal coverage
Pacific Media Network
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Regional health leaders agree much improvement is needed to achieve universal coverage while prioritising financial and digital health across the Pacific and Asia. At a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) committee meeting in Manila, officials...
Niue:Tiny Pacific island nation declares bold plan to protect 100 percent of its ocean
Pacific News Service
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The Pacific island state of Niue has announced that it will protect 100 percent of the ocean in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which spans 317,500 sq km (122,000 sq miles), roughly the area of Vietnam. The water that surrounds one of the...
Niue Health issues Advisory on whooping cough
Television Niue
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October 11, 2024
The Niue Health Division has issued an advisory for everyone on the island regarding the advisory from New Zealand on Pertussis or whooping cough. Director of Health -Minerva Ikimau spoke to BCN News on the importance of immunizing our children....
A young Niuean’s journey of identity, resilience and innovation
Pacific Media Network
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As a young Niuean-European growing up in Christchurch, Tanaki Fasi’s childhood was a mix of cultural pride and the struggle to belong in a city with a small Pacific community. “When I started High School, there were only nine of us Pacific...
PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...
From a coin toss to King’s Honour: Health doyenne Debbie Sorensen’s journey
Pacific Media Network
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When Debbie Sorensen learned she had been named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s New Year’s Honours, her reaction was one of deep humility. “To get an honour is a really big thing,” she said. “Lots of people in New...
Niue’s groundwater unlikely a contributing factor to increase cancer cases on island
Television Niue
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September 2, 2024
In a media release last Thursday, The Niue Public Health Division has received a comprehensive report following a thorough investigation into concerns over a potential link between water quality and the increasing number of cancer cases on the...
New paravets training in the Marshall Islands to boost animal health and livestock development
Pacific Community (SPC)
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The Marshall Islands has taken a significant step forward in improving animal healthcare and livestock management, with 12 trainees successfully completing the paravet training programme.Organised by the Pacific Community (SPC) through the...
Niue Rock Vets Pleads with community for Items to be returned
Television Niue
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August 16, 2024
Gael Gartrell of the Niue Rock Vets is pleading with the community regarding the recent theft at the clinic if the items can be returned to them. She says their service has been operating now for 10 years and they kindly ask the community to...
Niue Starlink internet users could face strict penalties
Pacific Media Network
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Users of the high-speed internet service Starlink are being treated differently in the Pacific, with Niue operators threatened with serious penalties. The Niue Government has banned the use of the Elon Musk-owned service, warning users of the...
Our voyage to Statehood, 60 years on: understanding the nature and practice of free-association as we reflect on our development journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown. SUPPLIED. This year, the Cook Islands marks 60 years of self-governance, an historic milestone in our voyage to statehood, by Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. In 1965, our people chose to shape our own...
How the climate crisis is affecting Pacific islanders' health
The Pacific Island Times
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November 24, 2024
For a country formed by 29 atolls scattered across the Western Pacific, the Marshall Islands is particularly vulnerable to the scourge of climate change—rising sea levels, saltwater contamination and uninhabitable islands. The U.S. Geological...