The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, says today's meeting will honour the leaders who set up the organisation, 50 years ago..

A survivor of abuse in a faith-based institution is calling for the Catholic church to take care of survivors who come forward to talk about their experience.

New Zealand's provincial rugby competition kicks off tonight with Pacific players relishing the chance to push their case for selection in the Moana Pasifika Super Rugby team.

PNG puts foreign loggers on notice; Bougainville public service to run independently; Commercial air service between Honolulu and Pago Pago delayed, and more.

There are 968 new cases and 11 more deaths including a 15-year-old girl, the Fijian health authorities said.

Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing potential reopening of their shared border.

The US President, Joe Biden, is expected to address Pacific Islands Forum Leaders at their virtual meeting tomorrow.

As Covid-19 rampages in the country, Fiji's already limited democratic space is being choked, and the international response has been found lacking.

A provincial health team in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands had rocks thrown at them during a Covid-19 awareness campaign.

Tonga is to introduce compulsory inoculation against Covid-19, New book looks at Cooks women in Tokoroa, and more.

Basic humanitarian needs are going unmet in Fiji say charities trying to provide food for Fijians caught up in the country's health and humanitarian crisis.

Samoa's Human Rights Protection Party rally in Savai'i has been aborted for safety reasons.

Two Pacific athletes are urging people to get vaccinated in the fight against Covid-19.

Fiji has recorded 1187 new cases and 11 more deaths for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday.

Three American Samoans living in Utah are asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to review its 16 June ruling, which held that birthright citizenship does not apply to American Samoa.

Health experts in and around Fiji say a new vaccine may be needed if the Delta variant of Covid-19, which is currently in Fiji, continues to mutate.

New rules allowing seasonal workers to enter New Zealand without going through managed isolation have been welcomed in Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, but a politician from Solomon Islands questions why they were excluded.

Attempts to raise money for Fiji's champion sevens teams have fallen foul of regulations.