Though the spotlight often is on the “international” aspect of the 12-day Santa BarbaraInternational Film Festival, the ...

The tour operator, known for Australia and New Zealand, said The South Pacific ... to-read maps to help holiday planning and recommendations agents can give to clients as well as images of the region.

Both the leaders welcomed the ongoing collaboration under the India-Indonesia-Australia trilateral format to address ... (IORA), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Pacific Islands Forum ...

South Africa is president of the G20 and Canada is president of the G7 for 2025. This year Malaysia chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Solomon Islands is chair ... point during the ...

Tuvalu is one of several of the region’s island nations to cut ties with Taiwan. AP Canberra has been telling corporate chiefs their social licence in Australia hinges on them acting in the ...

Australia has lost ground in the Pacific in recent years. China blindsided Canberra by signing a security agreement with the Solomon Islands in 2022. That sounded the alarm about the Solomons ...

China is the second-biggest bilateral donor to the Pacific Islands after Australia, a Lowy Institute report on aid to the region found in November. The U.S. State Department last week gave "clean ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of ... might not appear the South Pacific’s most significant.

When mainlanders think of Norfolk Island, maybe they think of the fight by some of its locals to claim independence from Australia (they even took their quest to the United Nations). Or they think ...

Leader of Cook Islands flies to Beijing to negotiate a security deal despite New Zealand warnings The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a ...

In summary and as the title of this article suggests, COMO Laucala Island Fiji is the pinnacle of South Pacific luxury. As for the sense of peace I experienced here, well, that is priceless.