AUCKLAND, 17 AUGUST 2026 (PMN)—As online scams become increasingly sophisticated, cybersecurity experts are urging Pasifika and Māori whānau across the moana to slow down and protect themselves online. The call comes alongside the launch of the Fearless Planet Index (FPI), a new real-time intelligence hub tracking digital threats globally. Speaking 531’s Pacific Days, cybersecurity company […]
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Operation Island Chief identifies 16 vessels of interest in major regional surveillance effort against illegal fishing
HONIARA, 17 AUGUST 2026 (FFA)—Sixteen vessels of interest (VOIs) were identified during Operation Island Chief 2026 (OPIC26), one of the higher numbers recorded in recent FFA coordinated regional surveillance operations, as Members and partners stepped up fisheries monitoring activities across the region. The two-week long operation, coordinated by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) […]
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China rejects New Zealand spy allegations as false
WELLINGTON,14 AUGUST 2026 (REUTERS)—- China has rejected allegations that it is conducting widespread espionage on New Zealand, saying the claim in the country’s latest security assessment stemmed from a Cold War mentality. The Chinese embassy in Wellington said the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service’s annual threat report “fabricates and hypes” claims of Chinese interference and […]
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Pacific Foreign Ministers back regional security plan as threats grow more complex
SUVA, 12 AUGUST 2206 (PACNEWS)—Pacific foreign ministers have endorsed a new regional peace and security action plan as the region faces an increasingly complex security environment, including illicit drugs, transnational crime, humanitarian emergencies and emerging non-traditional threats. The 2026 Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting recognised the need for a more cohesive regional security architecture supported by […]
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Pacific unity faces test ahead of Palau’s PIF meeting
By: Ngeldei Tulop KOROR, Palau — Pacific governments are heading toward a major regional leaders meeting in Palau with differences over how to respond to China’s recent missile test exposing challenges to the Forum’s goal of maintaining regional unity. Foreign ministers and senior officials from Pacific Islands Forum members met in Suva, Fiji, earlier this […]
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Australia joins U.S-led rebuke of Chinese missile launch
CANBERRA/WASHINGTON, 12 AUGUST 2026 (AAP)—Australia has joined a US-led push for nations to provide advance notice of missile launches, in a direct rebuke of China’s test firing in the South Pacific. Within hours of Australia’s signing of a mutual-defence pact with Fiji in July, China confirmed a nuclear-capable missile had been launched from a submarine […]