A refugee has failed to seek protection in New Zealand on the grounds that his island of residence, Kiribati, is becoming uninhabitable, despite a UN ruling that it is illegal to repatriate to countries where their lives are threatened by climate crisis

The government has expressed deep concern about ongoing intercontinental ballistic missile tests in the Pacific Ocean after the US conducted a test launching a missile from Space Force base in California over the Marshall Islands

A national training workshop on geographic information systems was recently held, facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development

14 years after the first group of paravets graduated in 2010, the country is expanding its pool of certified professionals, strengthening the country's capacity to provide essential animal health and veterinary services