The Our Ocean Conference opened this morning in Palau with more than 500 delegates from more than 80 nations taking part.

Māori and Pasifika female rugby players and advocates are asking to not be an afterthought.

At least one member of the Fijian delegation to the 7th Our Ocean Conference has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival to Palau.

The Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission is preparing to send out 14,000 ballot boxes for the June general election.

A former New Zealand MP aims to find the "Desmond Tutu of the Pacific" to help tackle LGBTQ issues for Pasifika.

The question of New Caledonia regaining full sovereignty must be sorted by 2025, the territory's largest pro-independence party has said.

Faster route from Noumea to Europe, pan-Pacific tourism partnership unveiled, and plea over language weeks

The Gambling Control Authority in Samoa has been fined $US6,849 for breaching the State of Emergency orders banning any form of gambling.

Moana Pasifika have suffered a heavy loss going down to the Hurricanes 53-12 last night in their Super Rugby Pacific game in Wellington.

Emmanual Macron may have won convincingly Sunday's first round of the French presidential election in the Pacific territories, but the vote was marred by unprecedented levels of abstention.

Pacific health leaders are standing firm on their challenge to Aotearoa's new health authority to ensure it is not a one-size-fits-all system.

It is significant for Palau to be the first small island developing state to host a large event like the Our Ocean conference, its Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment says.

The ethnic Wallisian party in New Caledonia's Congress, which holds the balance of power, has pulled out of its partnership with the pro-independence Caledonian Union.

The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says the creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian government is like repeating the management model of Dutch power during the colonial era.

A new political alliance against deep-sea mining in the Pacific will be launched on Wednesday to coincide with the first day of the 7th Our Ocean Conference in Palau.

Solomons' PM accused of putting himself first, Samoan career criminal dies, and fears for future of USP

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the collective stance of small island nations is important to ensure their voice is heard on global platforms.

A former leader of Palau is "frustrated" about the foreign fishing lobby trying to influence national leaders to get rid of a critical law aimed to protect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).