The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Samoa's FAST MPs want their pay; PNG's largest superannuation fund is warning members to be on the alert for fraudsters, and more.

Two Cook Islands football teams achieved a major milestone during a week-long tour of Aotearoa last month.

A woman who recently gave birth is among 18 people that have died from Covid-19 in Fiji.

Police and the public prosecutor in French Polynesia are investigating reports that last week's wedding for Vice President Tearii Alpha flouted Covid-19 rules.

Palau is settling into a new normal, and seeing a return of tourists, after it says it achieved herd immunity against Covid-19 among its adult population.

Tonga's Ministry of Health has confirmed a schedule of when Covid-19 vaccines will next become available for the Kingdom.

The coronavirus has highlighted the need to build capacity in infectious and communicable disease research in the Pacific, health experts say.

Leaders of Pacific regional countries and territories have agreed that the region's maritime boundaries need to be recognised globally in perpetuity.

Samoa's Ministry of Health concerned at people obstructing Covid-19 vaccination; NZ mass vaccination event fails to draw many Māori or Pasifika, and more

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Tonga is disappointed the Rugby League World Cup has been postponed but coach Kristian Woolf says it's probably the right decision.

There are 240 Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital in Fiji and almost a dozen of them are in critical condition, the health authorities said.

Eight days into the new month and there is not much evidence of any improvement to Fiji's Covid-19 situation.

Health authorities have reported 682 new cases of Covid-19 and six deaths for the 24 hours to 8am on Saturday.

A book detailing the lives of 12 Cook Islands women in Tokoroa has just been launched to coincide with Cook Islands Language Week.

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

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