Kiribati
Eye clinics just scratching the surface in Pacific
The only eye doctor in Kiribati says if the country is to treat high numbers of people affected by cataracts itself, it needs more equipment.
French drifter jailed in Kiribati
The Kiribati High Court has sentenced a French national to 22 months in jail and fined him US$3,157 dollars.
New Kiribati USP campus opens today
The University of the South Pacific's new Kiribati Campus is to be opened today by the President, Anote Tong.
Kiribati election campaigning well underway
Political campaigning is already well underway Kiribati with eight weeks until the election.
Climate change plan of action next for Kiribati
Kiribati hopes to produce a plan of action for small atoll nations dealing with climate change following positive international support at its summit in Tarawa last week. Audio
Climate action plan for atoll nations
Kiribati hopes to produce a plan of action for small atoll nations dealing with climate change following positive international support at its summit in Tarawa last week.
Prince Albert of Monaco to visit Kiribati
Prince Albert of Monaco is scheduled to arrive in Kiribati today for a first-of-its-kind summit to be held in the capital, Tarawa.
Climate woes fuel labour mobility calls
Labour mobility in the Pacific will be on the agenda when the small atoll nations meet in Kiribati later this week.
Experts predict continuing dry for much of the Pacific
The monthly climate update for the Pacific says Fiji and Tonga are expected to receive below normal rainfall over the next three months.
Climate change migration the focus of Kiribati summit
Kiribati prepares to host an international conference aiming to develop a mechanism to cater for people forced to migrate by climate change. Audio
Climate induced migration focus of Kiribati conference
The Kiribati Government will host a high-level delegation on Tarawa next week for a conference on climate induced migration.
Marine's bones buried after seven decades lost
The bones of a marine officer lost for seven decades on Kiribati have been buried in Tennessee Audio
Application bottleneck results in Kiribati squatters
A backlog of applications to lease land in Kiribati has forced some people into squatting for more than a decade.
Growing Kiribati crops hard but possible
Farms and gardens are growing in popularity in Kiribati despite assertions the country has hardly any fruit.
'I'll give climate refugee family a home'
East Timor's former president Jose-Ramos Horta is offering to give the Kiribati overstayer Ioane Teitiota a home and find him a job.
Call for NZ to up residency quota for Pacific climate victims
New Zealand's Human Rights Commission says New Zealand has a moral responsibility to increase the quota of Kiribati people granted residency each year.
Climate refugees
There's dispute around the term "climate change refugee". But what needs to be done about people from places running out of resources? Audio
Kiribati migration "a generation away"
A Kiribati climate change campaigner and sporting idol David Katoatau says in one generation the entire country could be seeking environmental refugee status.
Not time to leave Kiribati yet says former president
A former president of Kiribati Sir Ieremia Tabai says it is not time to leave Kiribati yet because of climate change.
Life will not be easy for deported family says Kiribati MP
A former president of Kiribati says the case of a family who failed to get climate refugee status in New Zealand has shone a spotlight on the predicament of Kiribati.