Two villages in Tonga, Vaini and Pili, are under close surveillance after residents tested positive for Covid-19 according to the government.

The first shipment of aid sent to Tonga by New Zealand community members and businesses is finally being unpacked after completing mandatory quarantine on Tongatapu.

Six new Covid-19 cases in Tonga; Over 1,700 test positive for Covid-19 in Kiribati; New Caledonia records 2,848 Covid-19 cases in 72 hours.

The Samoa Government is demanding a report from the Seasonal Worker's Division over alleged mistreatment of Samoans workers in Australia.

The French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu is travelling to New York for talks with the United Nations decolonisation after New Caledonia's rejection of independence.

The situation at the American Samoa Covid-19 quarantine sites housing travellers from Honolulu is getting testy after they were told they won't be released until Friday, regardless of their Covid test results.

Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his $US100,000 savings.

Health authorities in Solomon Islands say the variant of Covid-19 they appear to be dealing with in the country is Delta.

Seabed mining in the Pacific can affect fisheries and the flow-on social equity issues need to be addressed.

Two of Fiji's most revered rugby players from two different generations have been given the nod as assistant coaches for the national sevens team.

The Tonga government has extended a nationwide lockdown by two weeks as Covid-19 cases rise. Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni said the strict lockdown rules require all businesses to close...

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The Fijian Government lifted its nationwide curfew at midnight - ending almost 22 months of strict movement restrictions due to Covid-19.

Covid-19 cases in Solomon Islands are soaring.

New Caledonia's Covid-19 outbreak continues to spread with almost 10,000 active cases.

New Zealand's five-stage plan to reopen the border does not spell the end of challenges currently crippling the RSE Scheme, industry officials warn.

Warning for PNG's top players, Fiji games called off, and shirtless flag bearer at Games again

A total of 218 Marshall Islanders were deported from the United States in the eight years prior to the country's border lockdown when the Covid pandemic hit in early 2020.