A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor New Zealand, a country of 5 million people, might not appear the South Pacific's most significant. But the acrimony reflects ...

As rising sea levels threaten to sink this low-lying country, former President Tong did everything in his power to provide options for survival for the Kiribati people. He bought land in Fiji as a ...

Anote’s Ark is a stark reminder that climate change is all too real today — and that our eventual fate is not so distant from that of the Kiribati people. Watch Anote's Ark. Take a trip to ...

Ruth Cross Kwansing, a New Zealand-born Kiribati MP, has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between ...

Marawa, karawa, tarawa—sea, sky, land. These are the ancient trinity of the people of Kiribati (kee-ree-bahss), the I-Kiribati. But the trinity is tilting out of balance. Mother Ocean isn’t ...

Pacific leaders frustrated It is not just New Zealand that Maamau has refused to meet. Over the last two years, Pacific ...

New Zealand is reviewing its aid to Kiribati after the tiny Pacific nation’s president canceled a meeting with Foreign Minister Winston Peters at short notice.

SYDNEY, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kiribati President Taneti Maamau recently extended warmest holiday greetings and best wishes to the Chinese people ahead of the Spring Festival. In a pre-recorded video ...

Kiribati framed the situation as a misunderstanding ... The Cook Islands is in free association with New Zealand, which means its people hold New Zealand citizenship. “There are a number ...