At the UN Ocean Conference, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to create the Melanesian ...

Residents say it was a scary night waiting for the all clear on tsunami warnings There were initial threats of hazardous tsunami waves along the coasts of Vanuatu and New Caledonia Earthquakes ...

The earthquake. Picture: United States Geological Survey. Both Vanuatu and its closest neighbour, New Caledonia, the latter an overseas territory of France, are located some 3200 kilometres east ...