Mastodawn

A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/asia-fuel-crisis-iran-war-ordinary-workers #UsisraelWarOnIran #Oil #OilAndGasCompanies #Commodities #EnergyIndustry #CostOfLivingCrisis #WorldNews #Business #NewZealand #India #Vanuatu #SouthKorea #Thailand #Japan #AustraliaNews #China #AsiaPacific #PacificIslands #SouthAndCentralAsia #SouthPacific

A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis

From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

New Zealand signs defence pact with Cook Islands after quarrel over China deal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/new-zealand-cook-islands-defense #NewZealand #CookIslands #AsiaPacific #PacificIslands #China #WorldNews #WinstonPeters

New Zealand signs defence pact with Cook Islands after quarrel over China deal

Agreement comes after Wellington halted millions in aid to its former colony after Cook Islands formed strategic partnership with Beijing

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US 3d ago

Vanuatu indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/vanuatu-indigenous-leaders-lelepa-cruise-resort #Vanuatu #PacificIslands #Cruises #AsiaPacific #SouthPacific #WorldNews #Overtourism #Travel #ShippingEmissions #Environment

Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists

Exclusive: Environmental impact assessments are ‘incomplete’, say leaders, and private beach club could harm fragile ecosystems

The Guardian

KillBait 4d ago

The Short-Lived Libertarian Experiment of Minerva Reefs

📰 Original title: República de Minerva, la utopía libertaria que duró medio año

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

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#history #micronations #libertarianism #pacificislands

The Short-Lived Libertarian Experiment of Minerva Reefs

In the early 1970s, American real estate magnate Michael Oliver attempted to create a libertarian utopia by claiming the remote Minerva Reefs in the South Pacific. Inspired by the counterculture era…

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World news | The Guardian Mar 24

Tonga PM welcomes US deal to explore deep-sea minerals amid environmental concerns https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/tonga-us-deal-deep-sea-minerals-environmental-concern #PacificLeadersInTheirWords #Tonga #DeepseaMining #PacificIslands #Environment #WorldNews #AsiaPacific #UsNews #Mining #Oceans

Tonga PM welcomes US deal to explore deep-sea minerals amid environmental concerns

Exclusive: Pacific island’s new leader Lord Fakafānua discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impacts of seabed exploration

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Mar 20

Reliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/reliant-on-imported-fuel-pacific-islands-appeal-for-help-as-oil-prices-surge #PacificIslands #Samoa #Fiji #Tonga #SolomonIslands #NewZealand #PapuaNewGuinea #AsiaPacific #Oil

Reliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge

Samoa and Tonga raise supply concerns with foreign partners as businesses and residents in Papua New Guinea grapple with higher fuel prices amid the Iran war

The Guardian

Climate crisis | The Guardian Mar 5

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/vanuatu-un-climate-crisis-trump #Vanuatu #ClimateCrisis #UnitedNations #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Environment #PacificIslands #SouthPacific #AsiaPacific #WorldNews

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition

Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Mar 5

Papua New Guinea offers cash for guns as amnesty opens to combat escalating tribal violence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/papua-new-guinea-cash-guns-amnesty #PapuaNewGuinea #PacificIslands #AsiaPacific

Papua New Guinea offers cash for guns as amnesty opens to combat escalating tribal violence

Weapons amnesty and buyback scheme will run until August as PM James Marape says illegal guns ‘destroying families and villages’

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US Mar 2

Shark culls brought in after fatal attack cause division and anger in New Caledonia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/new-caledonia-shark-attack-culling #NewCaledonia #Sharks #Environment #Animals #AsiaPacific #MarineLife #WorldNews #Wildlife #PacificIslands

Shark culls brought in after fatal attack causes division and anger in New Caledonia

Authorities say capture of bull and tiger sharks necessary to protect lives as environmentalists launch urgent legal challenge

The Guardian

Wigbert B 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚Feb 23

"Pacific Echoes"

A new regional project is working to protect thousands of rare #recordings that capture #PacificLife, culture and history before they are lost forever.

The project, called Pacific Echoes, includes #audio and #films dating back nearly 80 years. Many of the recordings are stored on ageing formats such as eight-millimetre film, 16-mm reels, VHS tapes, and MiniDV, which are slowly breaking down.

#CulturalHeritage, #PacificIslands

https://pmn.co.nz/read/pacific-region/voices-of-the-pacific-preserving-stories-for-generations-to-come