Oceania Australia The opale mining town of Coober Pedy, in the desert south of the country, has built houses and facikities under the surface, where the temperature remains constant all year round, to resist day heat and night low temperatures
Oceania Fiji The Alliance for Future Generations expressed concern over Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's statement welcoming Japan's plans to dump Fukushima nuclear waste water into the Pacific Ocean
Oceania Tuvalu Two patrol vessels will be donate by Taiwan as part of bilateral coast guard cooperation to better safeguard Tuvalu's marine resources and combat illegal fishing activities
Oceania Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea and Estonia will work at the national level to implement MTDP Strategic Priority Area 8: Digital Governance
Oceania Solomon Islands Journalistic investigations by the Guardian and the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project revealed how China funded the Solomon Star, one of country's leading newspapers, for commitment to speak positively about its activities in the country
Oceania Samoa A report on the cause of death of a four-month-old baby, who allegedly died after being vaccinated in Moto'otua in May this year, may not be made public until after the coroner's inquest
Oceania Nauru The COVID taskforce has been disbanded and will be completely closed for the budget 2023-2024, with all COVID-related issues that will now be directed to RON hospital
Oceania Micronesia The I'netnon Man Taotao Micronesia (Gathering of the Peoples of Micronesia) event, presented by the Guam Micronesia Island Fair, takes place today with three different attractions to showcase local cultures
Oceania Palau State of Angaur, one of Palau's states, filed a lawsuit against Palau and US governments, US contractors and Palau Environmental Quality Protection Board for violations of environmental laws regarding US Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar project
Oceania New Zealand The Royal New Zealand Ballet is celebrating the beginning of its eighth decade as New Zealand's national ballet company, and to mark the occasion it will perform three shows at Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal on Saturday and Sunday
Oceania Kiribati UNDP and WHO will support Kiribati, together with Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu - to increase their resilience to climate change, one of the largest and most ambitious projects to date to increase the resilience of health systems in the Pacific
Oceania Vanuatu Havannah Harbour residents launched a petition asking that Michael Kelly be immediately prosecuted for disobeying "stop work" notices issued by SHEFA Provincial Government Council and Foreshore Unit of the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
Oceania Tonga FIFA President Gianni Infantino met with the Prime Minister in Nuku'alofa to discuss FIFA's strategies in Tonga, including the $8 million new stadium project