The bad weather that has been affecting Vanuatu and New Caledonia has developed into a tropical cyclone.

A massive aid effort for the Kingdom of Tonga across New Zealand is picking up momentum. A massive aid effort for the Kingdom of Tonga across New Zealand is picking...

Samoa's opposition leader back in hospital; Drua will meet New South Wales Waratahs, Samoa high chiefs present a traditional Ifoga to the Government, and more.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says he is "alright" and "doing well" as he self-isolates at home from a Covid-19 infection.

Several hundred more cases of Covid in Solomon Islands; Kiribati records first Covid death; nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia, and more.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has suggested to its supporters to abstain from voting in the French presidential election in April.

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.

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.

A tropical depression hanging over Vanuatu was beginning to gain momentum and was forecast to build into a cyclone within the next 24 to 48 hours.

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 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...