tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2024-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-announces-new-climate-funding-for-pacific-as-minister-visits-new-zealand-and-tonga 2024-08-27T00:00:00+01:00

Indo-Pacific Minister Catherine West will announce £12.9 million in new climate funding on her first overseas visit.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/royal-navy-ship-hms-tamar-visit-to-strengthen-uk-tonga-partnership 2024-04-08T08:20:49+01:00

HMS Tamar and her crew will be visiting the Kingdom of Tonga from 8 to 13 April.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-tonga-philip-malone 2024-02-15T16:19:49+00:00

Mr Philip Malone LVO has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga in succession to Ms Lucy Joyce OBE.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-supports-pacific-islands-forums-2050-strategy-as-minister-for-the-indo-pacific-visits-new-zealand-the-cook-islands-fiji-and-tonga 2023-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

Indo-Pacific Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan is visiting New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Fiji and Tonga from 8 to 15 November.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-strengthens-maritime-commitment-to-pacific-region-with-indo-pacific-minister-visit-to-australia 2023-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

The Minister for the Indo-Pacific arrives in Sydney for a 2-day visit before travelling to New Zealand and Pacific Island countries including the Cook Islands, Fiji and Tonga.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/43rd-universal-periodic-review-uk-statement-on-tonga 2023-05-02T10:14:54+01:00

The UK delivered a statement during Tonga’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/maritime-zone-training-strengthens-fijis-ocean-governance 2022-04-04T12:45:51+01:00

The training was funded by the UK and delivered in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) under the Pacific Extended Continental Shelf Project.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/royal-navy-ship-hms-spey-visits-fiji 2022-03-17T10:55:53+00:00

The Royal Navy's greenest ship will meet with local communities and the Republic of Fiji Navy to work together on security and climate change challenges.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/fiji-chevening-alumni-programme-fund-2022-to-2023-is-now-open 2022-02-23T08:39:47+00:00

The Chevening Secretariat is looking to bring Chevening alumni together to help create positive change in the world.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-to-support-tonga-tsunami-response-with-aid-and-royal-navy-ship 2022-01-21T00:15:00+00:00

The UK is sending vital humanitarian assistance and redeploying a Royal Navy ship to support Tonga respond to the catastrophic tsunami that hit the islands.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-supports-pacific-island-progress-on-extended-continental-shelf 2021-09-02T06:54:37+01:00

UK has signed an agreement with the Pacific Community for SBD$2.9 million that will help four Pacific island countries to secure rights over their ocean spaces.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-the-kingdom-of-tonga 2020-09-24T15:34:00+01:00

Ms Lucy Joyce OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/minister-heather-wheelers-address-at-the-pif-partners-dialogue-in-tuvalu 2019-08-16T02:21:00+01:00

Minister for Asia and the Pacific Heather Wheeler spoke at the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Partners' Dialogue on the UK's work to address global climate change.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/oceans-apart-the-uk-the-pacific-partnerships-shared-values 2019-07-03T02:05:00+01:00

Laura Clarke, British High Commissioner to New Zealand, discussed the close ties between the UK & Pacific despite being oceans apart in her address at The New Zealand Institute of International Affairs in Auckland.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-and-new-zealand-agree-new-partnership-in-the-pacific 2019-01-22T10:12:40+00:00

British diplomats will co-locate with their New Zealand counterparts when the new UK High Commissions in Tonga and Vanuatu open later this year.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/bognor-regis-business-saves-lives-with-uk-aid 2019-01-17T12:43:00+00:00

A Bognor Regis business in West Sussex is helping children in some of the world’s poorest countries to receive lifesaving vaccines

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/minister-of-state-for-asia-and-the-pacific-mark-field-meets-with-pacific-island-leaders-at-un-general-assembly 2018-09-25T23:51:05+01:00

The Rt Hon Mark Field MP, Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, made a statement following a meeting with Pacific Island leaders at the UN General Assembly today.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/minister-mark-fields-speech-at-the-global-climate-action-summit-moscone-centre-14-september-2018 2018-09-17T15:59:37+01:00

Foreign Office Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, spoke at the Global Climate Action Summit to promote the UK’s international and domestic action in climate resilience.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/minister-for-asia-and-the-pacific-unveils-plans-to-curb-pacific-ocean-plastic-pollution 2018-09-04T12:43:25+01:00

UK diplomatic posts in the Pacific will lead the way on single-use plastics as UK Government commits to tackling climate challenges of Commonwealth and other islands in the Pacific.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/foreign-secretary-expands-uk-commonwealth-diplomatic-network 2018-04-19T11:19:00+01:00

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson announced an expansion of the UK's overseas network with the opening of nine new diplomatic posts in Commonwealth countries.