Pledges toward protecting the sea are expected at the Our Ocean Conference in Palau this week, with more than 80 countries expected to be represented.

The Office of the Attorney General in the Northern Marianas has filed a criminal case against the Governor, Ralph Torres.

Aupito says global leaders need to realise the harmful impact their lack of climate action is having on the Pacific region.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has appeared in court charged with flouting Covid-19 restrictions at the height of the pandemic last year.

Leading Pacific news in brief today; Quarantine rules easing in Niue, low Covid-19 community spread in the Northern Marianas and a New Zealand man dies while sailing in the Marquesas Islands.

In the first round of the French presidential election, France's Pacific territories have chosen the incumbent Emmanuel Macron and the National Rally's Marine Le Pen as the two top contenders.

Papua New Guineans choose a new parliament in national elections in June.

Fiji has beaten the All Blacks Sevens 28-17 in the final of the Singapore round of the World Series.

Fijiana Drua unveiled another weapon in their armoury as they completed a clean sweep of their regular season Super W matches with a 17-7 win over the Brumbies in Brisbane.

Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed four new Covid-19-related deaths taking the total number of deaths since the start of community transmission last month to seven.

Ereatara Enari says some of his Moana Pasifika team-mates are still coming to terms with the step up to Super Rugby Pacific.

He was lured to New Zealand with promises of money and a better life, but instead he was kept as a slave, repeatedly assaulted and cut off from his family. For the first time, he tells his story.

The Samoa Government has extended a state of emergency through to May 8.

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has a new leadership centre, built with help from New Zealand, at its Murray Barracks in Port Moresby.

The governor of Oro Province in Papua New Guinea said a new hydro-electricity plant is a step in the right direction for it to become a green province.

Health officials in the Cook Islands are anticipating a spike in covid-19 cases.

A group of former heads of state and regional leaders want the 7th Our Ocean Conference in Palau to result in "meaningful outcomes" to safeguard the future of Pacific peoples.

Lockdown restrictions in Tonga are being eased from today after two weeks of a hard lockdown which has seen the closure of most businesses.