A proposed Draft Police Bill in Fiji has come under intense scrutiny from civil society groups and opposition parties.

A Vanuatu cabinet minister and former journalist tried to stop his former colleagues photographing him as he left the Port Vila court house.

The Cook Islands are in the final steps of releasing an upgraded contact tracing system, as a key element for a travel bubble with New Zealand.

The Kiribati President has responded to desperate pleas for fresh water supplies from the people of Banaba.

The Cook Islands PM outlines vaccine approach, kidney disease cases increase in Samoa, American Samoa looks to raise smoking age and more.

PNG's main hospital is full and staff are among a growing number of people sick with Covid-19.

PNG rugby league star David Mead is back in the NRL and still harbouring dreams of a maiden premiership ring.

Two Pasifika academics in New Zealand are among the 27 researchers and scholars at the top of their fields who have been elected as fellows to the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Fijians have been urged to register as the government's Covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week.

Fiji's Methodist Church is denying allegations of child abuse at one of its orphanages.

Thirty-two national titles, more than 20 regional titles and five trips to the world championships - in the world of pétanque Georgio Vaka'uta is a bit of a big deal.

PNG has issued new compulsory mask use measures as it continues to wrestle with a spike in Covid-19 cases.

Lawmakers in American Samoa have agreed to the final language of a proposed law, increasing tobacco excise tax by three cents and repealing the two percent wage tax.

A judge in Fiji has warned that anyone convicted of child-rape should be prepared to spend at least 11 years in prison.

Kiribati island struggles with major drought, experts said there's a 45 percent chance of a cyclone in Tonga this season and an iconic Samoan business prepares to close.

Samoa's economy collapsed by 8.6 percent in the 12 months to the end of September 2020.

Unlike rugby, league and netball, cricket has traditionally struggled to capture the interest of New Zealand's Pasifika communities, but this may be changing.

The head of one of the Bougainville landowner groups affected by the Panguna mine, says any decision on re-opening the mine is for the landowners to make.