Oceania Fiji The government has granted Vodafone Fiji a non-commercial 5G licence to operate; Vodafone Fiji will undertake testing with end users in the 5G pilot network before a full commercial licence is issued later this year
Oceania Palau In a rally echoing his campaign slogan 'Palauans First', President Surangel Whipps Jr. officially launched his re-election bid, becoming the first candidate to declare for the November 2024 general election
Oceania Solomon Islands Elections are intensifying in the Solomon Islands, with political parties presenting their pledges and some forming alliances
Oceania Marshall Islands Rehearsals for the musical Oliver! are in full swing and proceed at the Marshall Islands High School library every weekday afternoon and Saturday
Oceania Micronesia 116.000 litres of fresh water have been delivered to Pohnpei by Australian warship Reliant; usually one of the wettest places in the world, Pohnpei declared a state of emergency on 12 January due to the lack of rainfall
Oceania Australia The Australian Government, through PacificAus Sports, will partner with the Australian Olympic Committee to support more than 250 athletes from 13 Pacific nations in their preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Oceania Kiribati The government will work with New Zealand Institute of Environmental Science and Research for population health in areas like antimicrobial resistance, water quality and morbidity/mortality for double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases
Oceania Fiji The term 'Micro' will be included, from 1 August, in the name of the Ministry that will be known as the 'Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications', given the growing importance of this category
Oceania New Zealand A dentist with a private practice in Ashburton complained that Māori still receive inadequate dental care and that the coalition government's policies on oral health care remain ambiguous
Oceania Palau Charter flights from Macau to Palau doubled in February compared to January, with 19 flights scheduled for the Chinese New Year holiday; this is expected to bring up to 2.800 visitors from China, a boost for the island nation's tourism industry
Oceania Tonga After a three-month break, the Legislative Assembly of Tonga will meet today, 12 February 2024, at 2pm to continue work on the 2023 parliamentary session
Oceania Vanuatu Live & Learn Vanuatu announced the launch of a cutting-edge application designed to facilitate data collection by rangers in conservation areas in March, in an innovative initiative to preserve Vanuatu's rich biodiversity
Oceania Nauru After China and Nauru officially resumed diplomatic relations, 26 international students from Nauru arrived in Beijing to participate in a month-long learning programme focusing on China's national conditions and Chinese language