Oceania Marshall Islands An impactful project to fix Majuro's drainage system is underway; the foundation stone-laying ceremony was held in Rita, under contract to local company AC Construction
Oceania Australia 157 stranded cetaceans, of the pseudorhynchus species, were found on a beach on the north-west coast of Tasmania; the animals will have to be suppressed because the beach cannot be reached by sufficiently means of transport large enough
Oceania Solomon Islands A Solomon Islands delegation is attending the first General Assembly of the International Organisation for Aid to Navigation; the team is led by Manasseh Maelanga, Minister of Infrastructure Development
Oceania Vanuatu The new interest rate has been increased from 2,5% to 2,75%; the initiative of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu aims to control inflation, with the economy expected to grow by 3,6% this year
Oceania Tuvalu Palau, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands have decided to install microgrids for aquaculture and agriculture that will provide more than 50% of the energy needed for the demonstration farms and aquaculture centres on each island
Oceania Tonga Ten cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Tonga and according to the Minister of Health the are likely to increase
Oceania Micronesia Nan Madol, a mysterious stone city built almost 1.000 years ago on the small South Pacific island of Temwen, has been named the 'Venice of the Pacific'
Oceania New Zealand The New Zealand government has been forced to defend its new tourism campaign aimed at attracting Australian tourists, called 'Everyone must go!", accused of being tone-deaf at a time when it is facing record emigration and unemployment rates
Oceania Australia Australian lawmakers and experts say there has been an increase in both anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents since the war between Israel and Hamas began on 7 October 2023, in what its leaders call a 'national crisis'
Oceania Papua New Guinea The government might be forced to ban Facebook and TikTok completely if online attacks persisted, Prime Minister James Marape warned
Oceania Palau An innovative genetic study of ancient remains has revealed new insights into the ancestry and migration patterns of Palau's early inhabitants, distinguishing them from other Pacific island populations
Oceania Nauru The head of the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Programme by Investment hopes the initiative will bring tens of millions of dollars to the island this year and has received the first two applications
Oceania Marshall Islands The end of January and the beginning of February saw the presence of several tuna transport ships in the Majuro lagoon, a sure sign of a resumption of transhipment activity