Home / New ZealandChelsea DanielsThe Front Page podcast host·NZ Herald·2 Sep, 2026 05:00 AM4 mins to readAl Gillespie joins The Front Page for the latest on the Pacific Islands Forum.The diplomatic chessboard is getting complicated in the Pacific.At least five of the Pacific Islands Forum’s 18 leaders have pulled out of the annual meeting in Palau this week — from Kiribati, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands.
It’s raised questions about China’s influence or whether scheduling issues
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