In Tonga, the King has again criticised Parliament, this time over what he sees as a lack of effort in combatting the drug threat, and a lack of accountability and communication.

A mistaken belief in Papua New Guinea that Covid-19 was a 'white man's disease' has largely been banished, according to a Bishop in Daru.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape is to raise climate change and the threat to his country's biodiversity at the UN.

While the New Zealand Government urges 'caution' over its decision to ease restrictions in Tāmaki Makaurau, some health experts are not so sure it was the right thing to do.

The Vanuatu Government is calling on landowners to stop placing Namele leaves in front of planned developments.

Social workers and mental health experts in Fiji say some tender loving care could go a long way to addressing the mental health crisis in the country.

A group of Cook Islands Olympic team members locked down in New Zealand are planning to keep it healthy despite the return of takeaways.

Several key PNG hospitals full with Covid patients; Covid-19 case in American Samoa is discussed in Samoa's Parliament; Schools reopen in Tahiti, and more.

Public servants in Solomon Islands who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be stood down on half-pay from the 31st of October.

A former Tonga Deputy Prime Minister, Vuna Fā'otusia, who passed away recently, has been called someone who tried to make a difference.

A doctor at remote Daru Hospital in Papua New Guinea's Western Province has become one of the latest victims of Covid-19.

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Villagers in Fiji's remote islands, hit with the Covid-19 outbreak are seeking assistance amid rejection of the vaccine, community workers there have revealed.

Students aged 15 to 17 in Fiji are now able to get the Covid-19 vaccine because the Government wants senior pupils back in school to sit their exams.

UN speaks out for West Papua's Victor Yeimo; Medivacc from Tahiti Polynesia to France unprecedented; Auckland Covid alert level drop an additional threat to Maori and Pasifika

Twenty Tongans stranded in Fiji since March this year have been told their repatriation has been suspended because the risk of importing the delta variant is too high.

The Bougainville Government believes it can earn millions of dollars from the gold currently being mined and shipped out illegally.

Indonesia's military says it's helping villagers displaced amid more deadly violence in West Papua.