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Record turnout at Pacific Infrastructure Conference signals strong deal pipeline

Record turnout at Pacific Infrastructure Conference signals strong deal pipeline

Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News, Pacific

We are proud to report that the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 set a new benchmark for Pacific business engagement. Over three high-energy days in Brisbane, our...

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Leaders back climate-smart projects as the Pacific courts investors

Leaders back climate-smart projects as the Pacific courts investors

Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News, Pacific

Politicians from across the region used the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council-led Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane to signal an investment agenda...

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Pacific deep-sea mining moves into sharper focus

Pacific deep-sea mining moves into sharper focus

Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Cook Islands, Pacific, Tonga

A flurry of announcements in August 2025 has reshaped the Pacific’s deep-sea mining landscape, with governments and partners signalling different pathways from...

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All leaders to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Honiara amid partner-ban row

All leaders to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Honiara amid partner-ban row

Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Pacific

All 17 Pacific Island leaders have confirmed they will attend September's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Solomon Islands, easing fears of a boycott after weeks of...

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Solar desalination distributor named for Australia, NZ, Pacific

Solar desalination distributor named for Australia, NZ, Pacific

Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Pacific

Sydney-based Bluemont has secured exclusive distribution rights for Elemental Water Makers’ solar-powered desalination systems across Australia, New Zealand and the...

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Solomon Islands breaks ground on Gold Ridge expansion

Solomon Islands breaks ground on Gold Ridge expansion

Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands Government has launched the expansion of the Gold Ridge Mine processing plant, positioning the project as a cornerstone of growth, jobs and exports....

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Vanuatu revives VT 2b Airbus A220 deal

Vanuatu revives VT 2b Airbus A220 deal

Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Vanuatu

Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat returned from France last month affirming the revival of a long‑stalled VT 2 billion Airbus A220 procurement –a deal first struck...

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Regional contingency exercise opens doors for Pacific businesses

Regional contingency exercise opens doors for Pacific businesses

Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Guam, Marshall Islands, Pacific

From 10 July to 8 August 2025, the United States Pacific Air Forces conducted Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC)—the largest contingency response exercise ever...

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New Zealand multi‑entry visas expand Pacific commerce

New Zealand multi‑entry visas expand Pacific commerce

Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Pacific

Effective 6 July 2025, New Zealand implemented a policy change granting multi-entry Visitor Visas to citizens of all Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) countries –including...

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Boosting women’s employment could lift Pacific growth: World Bank

Boosting women’s employment could lift Pacific growth: World Bank

Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Pacific

A World Bank Pacific Economic Update, widely reported in late July 2025, projects regional GDP growth slowing to 2.6 per cent in 2025 (down from 5.5 per cent in 2023)....

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Samoa focuses on labour mobility, economic reform ahead of poll

Samoa focuses on labour mobility, economic reform ahead of poll

Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Samoa

As Samoa heads toward its general election scheduled for 29 August 2025, labour mobility has emerged as a key plank in both government policy and the national...

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Solar mini-grids power up remote Tongan islands

Solar mini-grids power up remote Tongan islands

Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Tonga

Tonga is making tangible progress toward its renewable energy targets with the rollout of solar-powered mini-grid systems across its outer islands, in a bold move to...

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