Three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Tonga bringing the total number to five.

The Samoa government has confirmed a breach of quarantine procedures following a report from local media.

New Caledonia's Covid-19 outbreak is again spreading apace, with 1,515 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours.

Kiribati has recorded its highest daily increase in new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 629.

American Samoa records more Covid-19 cases; NZ govt makes available a vaccine fund for Pacific communities; Tahiti's Tahoeraa changes name, and more.

A global Papuan student body is seeking a meeting with Indonesia's President over a new policy to cut 10 percent autonomous education funds allocated to the Melanesian provincial governments.

A Fijian human rights activist is demanding answers from the authorities after reports that hundreds of nurses in the country are resigning.

Tonga withdraws from World Cup; special game to raise funds for Tonga; and PNG football squad named

A tsunami expert says forecasting models and warning systems did not account for the boosting effects of the shockwave from the recent Tonga volcanic eruption.

The chair of the Pacific GP's network, Dr Api Talamaitoga wants the Ministry of Health to provide daily ethnic-specific figures to get the booster jab rates up in the face of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.

The Kingdom of Tonga will go into nationwide lockdown from 6pm on Wednesday.

French Polynesia has recorded a further 465 Covid-19 cases over the past 72 hours.

New Caledonia has recorded a further 1,843 Covid-19 infections over the past three days as the pandemic is again accelerating.

A coral reef site in pristine condition has been opened to the eyes of the world in French Polynesia by a series of photos for UNESCO.

Plans are being drawn up in French Polynesia aimed at channelling navigation in the Tuamotus to protect the environment from shipping accidents.

Fiji has been through the worst phase of its third wave of the coronavirus, health authorities say, amid soaring deaths and infections across the country.

The Governor of the CNMI tests positive for Covid-19; Reports in Samoa that two people left MIQ; New variants of Covid-19 could emerge from Pacific region, and more.

The public prosecutor in French Polynesia says there are at least 10,000 consumers of methamphetamine in a territory with fewer than 280,000 inhabitants.