Pasifika peoples account for more than half of the current community cases in NZ's delta outbreak.

Police in Tonga have so far charged 15 people in their ongoing investigation into cocaine packages that washed up on beaches on Vava'u.

New Caledonia's pro and anti-independence camps have launched their campaigns for the third and final referendum on independence from France.

The President of the Cook Islands Football Association, Lee Harmon, has been banned from all football activities for six years and fined $US75,000.

Four Pacific Island nations have been forced to withdraw from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics because of travel restrictions due to Covid-19.

Palau investigating potential Covid-19 community cases.

A two-week lockdown has been imposed in parts of French Polynesia after a rapid surge in Covid-19 infections filled hospitals.

Tahiti are a win away from the knockout rounds at the Beach Soccer World Cup after beating Spain 12-8 in their second group match in Moscow.

Fiji is easing its restriction of movement as the government announced new curfew hours to reflect improvements in its Covid-19 vaccine delivery.

More villagers on Fiji's remote Kadavu Island have tested positive to Covid-19, as health authorities scramble to contain the spread of the virus beyond the main island of Viti Levu.

Solomons concerns over vaccination; students angry over jab demand; and social media crackdown in the CNMI.

The Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league team are looking forward to their first game in five weeks, after a ban on community sport in much of Queensland was lifted on Friday.

There's growing concern about a cluster of Covid-19 cases linked to an Auckland church in Māngere.

A Pacific health and social service provider in Auckland fears the city's fifth lockdown will push families back into hardship.

Vanuatu's opposition leader, Ralph Regenvanu, has urged Australia not to grow kava.

NZ hoping youth vaccinations will improve Pasifika stats; Australia to pick up tab for Samoa patrol boat salvage and repairs, and more.

Rugby World Cup winner and Tonga coach Toutai Kefu said he and his family were grateful to be alive after they returned home from hospital on Friday following treatment for serious injuries sustained in an attack by intruders

The New Zealand Government says it remains concerned by the ongoing management and governance challenges at the University of the South Pacific.