Like all politicians, Tong has critics, who suggest that some of his more radical schemes, like building a huge floating island to house Kiribati residents, were simply “attention-grabbing ...

A strategically important island nation 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 ...

The South Pacific nation of Kiribati has been dealt an unfavourable hand in the global fight against climate change. It is literally losing ground as its 33 coral atolls and islands are being ...

New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation's leader, government officials said Monday.

Internet connectivity has limited reach across Kiribati because the country’s islands are so widely dispersed. Some outer islands have no internet access. Compounding this, the lack of 4G ...

This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. It was the time called itingaaro, the dawn twilight, when the island was just waking up and the roosters were vying ...

WELLINGTON--New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation’s leader, government ...