Four anti-independence parties in New Caledonia have joined forces as the territory prepares for a new statute after last year's rejection of independence from France.

A labour coalition has been established to address the shortage of skilled workforce in Vanuatu's tourism and hospitality sector.

Air Vanuatu has operated three repatriation flights since the ease of international restriction to repatriate over 5,000 nationals and residents who have been stranded in other countries due to covid lockdown.

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Sustainability of the language and culture will be the main focus of this year's Rotuman language week.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory's accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France.

A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges.

Vanuatu's Parliament has been summoned by Speaker Simeon Seoule to meet for its 2022 First Ordinary Session this week.

Solomon Islands opposition criticises foreign minister's trip to Suva; Samoan rugby player dies in France; President of IOC visits Tonga, and more.

The commander of the French Armed Forces in the Pacific says France wants to be a power of balance amid the rivalry between the United States and China.

A ten-day international military exercise has been launched in French Polynesia, simulating assistance after a cyclone.

The French Polynesian government has launched sweeping discussions on how to cope with the rising cost of healthcare.

Fiji has been ranked as the worst place in the Pacific region for journalists in the latest assessment by global press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders.

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There is a call from Papua New Guinea police for the establishment of a permanent victim and witness protection facility to help with the prosecution of sex crimes.

Two double-hulled voyaging canoes from Hawaii have arrived in Tahiti to a welcome ceremony attended by more than a thousand French Polynesians.

French Polynesia has been left with just one daily newspaper after a rescue plan for La Depeche de Tahiti failed and the court of appeal ordered its liquidation.

Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government but docked in western Fiji, will stay in the country for at least another month.