Caleb Fotheringham

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist “Political and ego manoeuvring” is happening behind the scenes at COP30 in Brazil, as Australia and Türkiye wrestle to host the United Nations climate event next year.

Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31, in 2026.

A large fire at the venue of COP30 in Belem, Brazil has forced participants to evacuate Participants at the United Nations Climate Conference are now waiting outside the venue or have left.

The lead Pacfic campaigner for Greenpeace Australia Pacific says the fire ended up burning a hole through the ceiling.

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31, in 2026.

The Cook Islands government says it is working to stabilise its strained relationship with New Zealand, but not at the cost of its independence.

The United Nations climate conference in Brazil finished with an "extremely weak" outcome, according to one Pacific campaigner.

A traveller in the Cook Islands, who was a close contact of an Auckland measles case, has now been released from quarantine after testing negative.

Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment on treason charges.

An New Zealand academic says there is a lack of understanding on the details of Aotearoa's relationship with the Cook Islands.