Oceania Tonga The Royal Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism and Trade Show will return in June-July this year, after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19 and the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami
Oceania Kiribati Nippon Foundation-GEBCO's Seabed 2030 project has entered into a MoU with Ministry of Information, Communications and Transport to collaborate as part of the global effort to advance ocean science and obtain a comprehensive map of entire ocean floor
Oceania Australia For the first time in history, the Environment Minister has blocked the creation of a coal mine about 10km from the Great Barrier Reef under environmental laws
Oceania Kiribati The Kiribati government has signed a $6,5 million agreement with AEVEX Aerospace - IKHANA Aircraft Services for the purchase of a Twin Otter plane
Oceania Tuvalu The country is expected to hold parliamentary elections this year, probably in September
Oceania Tuvalu The small nation is also part of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania, specifically within the Pacific Episcopal Conference that includes all the minor Pacific states
Oceania Fiji This year, the Nadi Municipality will try to complete some projects such as a major renovation of the minibus station and the installation of CCTV cameras at Namaka market
Oceania Tonga Tupouto'a College of the Free Wesleyan Church in Nomuka, Ha'apai, has received new school supplies from the Australian Government, after being affected by the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai natural disasters
Oceania Marshall Islands Last month, Japan's Ambassador Kazunari Tanaka attended the handover ceremony of two new boats in Likiep, as part of the Japan-funded 'Project for the Improvement of Maritime Transport in Likiep Atoll'
Oceania Australia Psychiatrist Michael Dudley of UNSW and Professor Louise Newman of Monash University argue that a Royal Commission on Immigrant Detention Policy is needed, investigating the costs and human rights impact of this policy, as well as increasing transparency
Oceania Nauru The Naoero Museum received a donation of artefacts from the personal collection of Department for Persons with Disabilities Secretary Riddell Akua
Oceania Micronesia President David Panuelo has said that Japan's transparency about its intention to release treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean has helped ease Micronesia concerns
Oceania Papua New Guinea The country's public schools are starting the 2023 academic year on credit because of delays in government disbursement of funds