The former president of New Caledonia Philippe Gomes has been fined $US17,000 for exerting undue influence in a ruling released by the criminal court in Noumea.

US funds for essential Marshall Islands mental health-related programmes are still on hold more than a year after the US Health Department launched an investigation.

Communities in many of Kiribati's most remote areas will receive much-needed support for climate resilience as part of a new US$20 million climate change adaptation project.

Pacific female seasonal workers in Australia are more likely to experience sexual harassment and abuse but aren't able to speak out for fear of losing their job.

French Polynesia's Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month only hours before the nomination period closed.

The 2022 Papua New Guinea general elections scheduled for next month pose a significant security risk to the nation says an academic.

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in January had scientists scrambling to figure out what caused such a massive explosion, which then triggered a devastating tsunami. Four months on, RNZ's The Detail looks at what more we kno...

Lobbying is underway for the President of Vanuatu with the incumbent, Obed Moses Tallis, preparing to finish his term.

A total of 1034 athletes from 20 Pacific nations and territories are due to compete in the Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Marianas next month.

Eight in ten female journalists in Fiji experienced direct sexual remarks and jokes from fellow employees according to a study by the Fiji Women's Rights Movement in coordination with the University of the South Pacific.

Some Pacific students in New Zealand are having to choose between studying or working to provide for their families.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana's first impeachment trial of a sitting Governor started in the Senate on Friday.

The loss of a fourth MP in Tonga to election petitions could lead to the dissolution of the parliament.

Young Samoan climate activist recognised; call for New Zealand to act over sea bed mining; Tonga gets a new police chief; reassurance for the outer Cooks over covid and the UN launching a climate summit in French Polynesia

The Australian Workers' Union says this week's wool industry appeal for Pacific Islanders to fill a supposed worker shortfall is just another attempt to undercut pay and conditions using cheap imported labour.

Two New Zealand-based Pasifika artists are leading a new arts initiative called the Toa Residency to increase support for Pasifika disabled people wanting to enter the arts industry.

Tonga is in a state of political chaos with the unseating of four MPs within the space of two weeks after they were found guilty of attempting to bribe constituents in the run up to the country's 2021 general elections.

Super Rugby Pacific rivals Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua will play each on Saturday night in a highly anticipated matchup at CommBank Stadium in Sydney.