Dr Colin Tukuitonga heads the list of Pacific recipients in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for 2022.

The funeral has been held for Jean Leques the former long-time mayor of Noumea and president of New Caledonia.

A legal challenge aimed to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.

Opinion - The Pacific people are people of the moana. Our Ocean is part of us as much as we are part of the vast Moana Pasifika and its awesome surrounding writes Sefanaia Nawadra, Director-General Secretariat of SPREP

US President Biden's special envoy for Compact negotiations with the freely associated states Ambassador Joseph Yun is expected to head a team of Americans who will come to the Marshall Islands next week.

Independent candidate wins by-election in Samoa; French Polynesia records more Covid-19 cases; Traditional myths and legends used in anti-violence programme; Qantas resumes flights to New Caledonia, and more.

Manu Samoa's prospect World Cup squad selection is widening with a new array of top players to make their debut for the team in the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup.

China says a "political force" in Australia that views it as a rival and its development as a threat has been responsible for the deterioration of the relationship between the two countries.

All 11 crew on the Taiwanese fishing vessel, Chuan I Shin, grounded on Beveridge Reef, have been transferred safely to a sister ship.

The new Australian government is looking at creating a pathway to residency for people from the Pacific.

Analysis - China has been successful in signing multiple bilateral agreements with almost a dozen Pacific Island nations during its foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to the region.

Netball playing nations in the Pacific are looking forward to finally getting international Tests again after Covid forced them into a hiatus more than two years ago.

The official list of nominees for the Papua New Guinea election tells a far different story from last week's preliminary list.

Eight Samoan families will soon be able to finally bury relatives who have been in the Tupua Tamasese Meaole hospital morgue, after the arrival of a pathologist to perform post-mortems.

A Taiwanese fishing vessel, the FV Chuan I Shin, is stuck on Niue's Beveridge Reef.

French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch and the former Vice-President Tearii Alpha have both been fined after they flouted Covid-19 rules last year.

The World Bank is planning to provide Solomon Islands with $US130 million in funding for projects and assistance - the bank's biggest assistance ever to the country.

Australia's Foreign Minister has pledged Australia's commitment to taking stronger action on climate after meeting with Samoa's Prime Minister in Apia.