The Samoa government is being accused of ignoring mass vaccination advice from its own medical experts ahead of the deadly measles epidemic in 2019.

MP calls for compassion while local councillor offers advice to workers.

At least five people have died from an outbreak of leptospirosis, dengue fever and typhoid diseases in Fiji since January.

The Congress of New Caledonia could be poised to elect the territory's first pro-independence government.

PNG has reported 10 new cases of Covid-19, increasing the country's total confirmed infections to 955.

More than a thousand people fully vaccinated against Covid in French Polynesia; Amiercan Samoa holds prayers for repatriated residents; Vanuatu hit by second quake; a Customs Officer in Samoa appears on drug charges and more.

Organisers of New Zealand's Nesian Festival in the Waikato region have confirmed a new date and venue for the event.

Cyclone Yasa caused an estimated loss of almost $US250 million to infrastructure, livelihoods and agriculture, Fiji's government said.

The Solomon Islands football community is mourning the death of a former age grade representative who died in hospital on Sunday after battling an illness.

A mass cleaning campaign aimed at bringing to a halt a dengue outbreak in the Cook Islands, has gone up another level.

Pasifika medical experts in New Zealand are urging the community to remain calm, abide by lockdown rules and continue to use the Covid Tracer application.

Fiji is exploring the development of a 'vaccination passport' to ensure the country's confidence in visitors once borders reopen.

The PNG Hunters rugby league team is staying positive despite three failed attempts to relocate to Australia.

Vanuatu government minister appears in court; remittances to Samoa increase during Covid pandemic and the Cook Islands revise driver licence rules.

Ocean scientists say the importance of providing Pacific governments with accurate data about the potential impacts of deep sea mining cannot be underestimated.

The Samoa government says a male passenger who arrived from the USA on Friday has tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival, and tested positive again last night.

The Marshall Islands has pulled out of a Pacific regional Covid vaccine program because a steady stream of vaccines from the US government.

Solomons police investigate gruesome murder of alleged sorcerer, American Samoa returnees in quarantine all return negative Covid-19 tests, and more.