Oceania Fiji The 28-year wait for readily available drinking water has ended for over 120 Fijians from 18 families in the Waiwari settlement after a drinking water project was commissioned by the Minister of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management
Oceania Palau The entire healthcare system is undergoing an automatization process that aims at cost-effectiveness and efficiency, with the support of the Australian Government and through the Olangh automation project
Oceania Samoa Samoa Airways' aircraft lease has officially ended with the payment of $4,6 million and the transfer of registration of a Boeing 737-800 to an Australian airline
Oceania Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has urged journalists to be fair and accurate when reporting on issues of integrity and corruption
Oceania Papua New Guinea A five-year, $10 million partnership has been launched by the US government to help stop human trafficking in the country, along with Tonga, the Marshall Islands and Fiji
Oceania Marshall Islands Tide Table, known for years as the "Place to Be" on Majuro atoll, reopened last week after four months of renovation work
Oceania New Zealand Nearly 2.000 professional firefighters and support staff in New Zealand are preparing to hold a one-hour nationwide strike on Friday 19 August and one on 26 August
Oceania Tonga PM Hu’akavameiliku accepted the decisions of the Court of Appeal in the case of the three Cabinet Ministers convicted for bribery, who have now lost their Parliament seats
Oceania Australia The high suicide rate of current and former members of the Australian Defence Forces has been called 'a national tragedy' after a landmark report by the Royal Commission - the highest form of public enquiry in Australia - with hundreds of interviews
Oceania Fiji Campaigning in the vanua or Tavuki will not be limited to 'one political party' in the run-up to the 2022 general elections, being instead open to any political party wishing to campaign in the respective villages
Oceania Marshall Islands Jo-Jikum's climate and health arts workshop last Friday allowed 37 young people to unleash their talents through art, weaving, poetry, filmmaking and songwriting
Oceania Nauru NORI offered and granted five new projects through the Community Initiative Project Grant that will benefit community members in the fields of education, agriculture and health