The success of a youth vaccine rollout in Fiji will require better understanding of reasons for hesitancy, a civil society group says.

Prison escapes are now common in PNG, with poor resourcing and chronic delays to prisoners' cases coming to trial driving factors.

Peter Stewart has been appointed CEO of the 2023 Pacific Games Organising Committee, with just over 800 days until the opening ceremony in Honiara.

The alert level for the Pagan Island volcano has been raised to one with the volcano exhibiting heightened unrest.

French Polynesians have been asked to mark today as a day of commemoration of those who have died in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Restrictions on funeral gatherings and the curfew have been eased amid a positive vaccine rollout, the Government said.

Speaker gets electoral petitions reports; charges over boat grounding; and language week goes online

Samoa's rugby sevens programme could be put on ice after Covid-19 forced the cancellation of more World Series tournaments.

The seal found on a remote Fiji island last week is protected under the country's Endangered Species Act.

The Covid-19 pandemic on French Polynesia has claimed another 17 lives as a month-long lockdown is about to enter its third week.

The man accused of causing the death of Tongan human rights activist Polikalepo "Poli" Kefu has pleaded guilty.

New Caledonia's Congress has unanimously voted to make vaccinations against Covid-19 mandatory.

The President of Vanuatu has pardoned the criminal convictions of three former prime ministers.

The Fijian Drua will be based in Australia for its inaugural season in Super Rugby.

The lockdown in French Polynesia will be extended by 15 days, to September 20.

Customs officers in French Polynesia have made their biggest-ever single seizure of methamphetamine.

Samoa's Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, has sacked the Attorney General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale, effective immediately.

Fijians surveyed in a study say the fear of side-effects is the reason they will not vaccinate against Covid-19.