Today marks 50 years to the day that six Pacific Islanders grouped together in central Auckland to form the Polynesian Panther Party.

Anti-vax misinformation is throwing a spanner in the works for Covid-19 vaccination programmes in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, with the prime ministers of both countries firing warnings at those spreading it.

A Niuean church elder has shared his horrid experience in state care this week with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care.

Fifteen new caps have been included in the Tonga rugby squad to face the All Blacks and Manu Samoa in New Zealand next month.

A new study into the Covid-19 vaccine will provide valuable information on how the New Zealand population responds to the Pfizer vaccine, with a focus on Māori, Pasifika, adults 65 years old and over and those with co-morbid conditions.

There have been 121 new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Fiji as health officials identify two new clusters.

Vaccines are lagging behind 'border safe' target in American Samoa ahead of travel bubbles, and a warning from the Solomon Islands prime minister to health workers promoting anti-vax misinformation.

Champions of the Pacific: Marcus Stephen represented Nauru in weightlifting at two Olympic Games before embarking on a political career that included a four-year stint as President.

In New Zealand, youth climate change movement School Strike 4 Climate Auckland has declared itself as racist, and disbanded, but young activists say going silent isn't the answer.

Opinion - Writer and teacher Leki Jackson-Bourke questions what else can be done to keep Pacific mother tongues alive in addition to language weeks in Aotearoa.

A US Appeals Court has overturned an earlier ruling that could have seen US citizenship imposed on American Samoans.

South Auckland GP Api Talemaitoga says he's happy Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy has dropped but wants pensioners to step up and do their bit for the community by getting immunised.

A leading pro-independence politician in New Caledonia has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence, and a Kanak leader has fired back against allegations of abuse of power and forgery.

A group of New Zealand retirement village workers are helping Fijian families affected by Covid-19.

One death and a record 116 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Fiji.

Having to navigate her way in a place where te ao Māori wasn't at the forefront of her everyday life was difficult for New Zealand netball representative Tiana Metuarau.

Cryptocurrency is not legal tender in Tonga, the country's National Reserve Bank has said.

A record number of Samoan weightlifters qualify for the Olympics, removal of petrol-contaminated soil begins in American Samoa and Northern Mariana firefighters sue over firings for not following Covid-19 vaccination rules.