The return of New Zealand tourists has residents in Rarotonga stewing over the impact it's having on the island's iconic Muri Lagoon.

Arresting leaders of Fiji's political opposition will only exacerbate tension and reveal structural and normative weaknesses of the ruling political class.

Samoa's new prime minister has opted not to proceed with a China-backed port development project championed by her predecessor.

Jade Tierney from the Cook Islands will today make her Olympic debut in Canoe Sprints, while Tonga's Kuinini Manumua will compete in weighlifting.

Fiji recording daily average of eight Covid-19 deaths; Supporters of Samoa's former government march again; and more.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today gave a formal and unreserved apology on behalf of the government for the Dawn Raids which she said left Pacific communities feeling "targeted and terrorised".

RNZ photographers were there at today's Dawn Raids Apology capturing the ceremony.

Samoa's new government says it will show leniency to the opposition Human Rights Protection Party MPs who were not sworn in in May.

Restrictions are being reintroduced in French Polynesia in a bid to counter a rapidly worsening Covid-19 pandemic.

Fiji has reported 632 new cases of Covid-19 for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday.

Fiji men's sevens coach Gareth Baber is yet to make a decision on his long-term future.

Dame Valerie Adams has claimed a bronze medal in the shot put at the Tokyo Olympics

First Person - Brandon Mataio Jammae Ulfsby shares his journey of relearning o te reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani.

The Fiji women's sevens rugby side have clinched their first Olympic medal beating Great Britain 21-12 for the bronze at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

294 seriously-ill Covid-19 patients are in hospitals as infections, deaths continue to rise in Fiji.

A Samoan man who came to New Zealand at about the age of four has told the Royal Commission of Inquiry that too many in his community are being left to live their lives with no social support.

The political tussle amid a worsening Covid-19 crisis continues in Fiji.

As with much of Indonesia, the country's eastern-most provinces of Papua and West Papua are struggling to contain the spread of Covid-19, with the Delta variant on the loose.