Five corrections officers in Fiji are among 241 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the 24-hour period ending at 8am today.

Nauru's government is being urged to halt its reported push to allow deep sea mining in international waters by 2024.

Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that parliament must finally convene within seven days, following a protracted political and constitutional impasse since April's election.

Photo essay: Benji Timu and Josiah Tualamali'i handed a petition to New Zealand's parliament demanding an apology from government for the Dawn Raids of the 1970s.

Indonesian police say they are searching for a group behind the deaths of four construction workers in Papua province.

Vanuatu to significantly increase the size of its police force, scientists call for pause on deepsea mining activity, former Bougainville vice president Raymond Masono dies, and more.

Transparency International Papua New Guinea, says findings from a commission of inquiry into the controversial UBS loan must be acted on.

The Fiji Sevens team have set the benchmark heading into the Olympics next month, after winning the PacificAus Sport Oceania Sevens, in Queensland at the weekend.

The Fiji government has launched the latest leg of its vaccination rollout as the country struggles to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Fiji's Covid-19 positivity rate continues to increase as health authorities report another 262 cases from 8am Saturday to 8am Sunday.

When a young boy died suddenly in Tatape Village in Papua New Guinea's highlands, his relatives said dark forces were at work.

The Cook Islands Secretary of Health, Bob Williams, says a number of people planning to travel to the Cooks were offloaded in Auckland before the Thursday flight to Rarotonga.

The Court of Appeal in Samoa says its ruling from 2 June on the sixth women's seat cannot be used to delay the convening of parliament.

China steps up for Pacific vaccines; Nauru fast-tracks seabed mining; Fiji's MAX planes welcome back to NZ skies, and; Samoa to receive its new jet.

Bobbing in the golden sunset on the calm waters of Avarua Harbour, sheltered by the lush, jagged peaks of Rarotonga, the vaka is an impressive sight.

Vanuatu's Olympic beach volleyball dream is over for another three years after an opening round defeat at the Asian Continental Cup Final in Thailand

Solomon Islands has held a ground-breaking ceremony in the Shortland Islands for a border security project it's partnering with Australia.

Fiji has recorded 266 new cases of Covid-19 and another death in the 24-hour period ending at 8am today.