The first meeting between Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa's and NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern identified urgent climate action as the top priority for the region.

Work has begun in Paris towards a new statute for New Caledonia after three referendums on independence from France failed to give the Kanak people its expected emancipation.

Samoa and China do not have any plans for military ties, Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa says.

Cook Islanders off to the polls in August; Samoa still recording significant Covid numbers; Marine Le Pen's votes sought in New Caledonia; Fiji students owe hundreds of millions in unpaid loans; hopes to encourage more Pasifika into strongman an...

Pacific nations advocating for the International Maritime Organisation to decarbonise the shipping sector say they will continue to push the global regulator to clean up the industry.

The Kiribati Government has declared a State of Disaster for the entire country because of drought.

The French defence minister Sebastien Lecornu says France will bolster its presence in the South Pacific while being committed to a multilateral approach that respects everyone's sovereignty.

New Caledonia's first round of the French National Assembly election has seen surprise advances of the pro-independence FLNKS whose two candidates both made it to Sunday's run-off round.

Niue continues investigation into Taiwanese vessel; Samoa police to carry drug test; Marriage is not a licence to control women's bodies says Fiji's women's group, and more

Voting rights for Samoans living overseas is one of the key issues for a commission of inquiry reviewing the 2021 General Election.

Extra money for rugby league body, Naiqama to skipper Fiji Bati, and PNG women play men's teams

A New Zealand school's adoption of a Pacific garment is being described as a step in the right direction but more needs to be done to lift students up.

Ongoing efforts to address a child malnutrition crisis in the Marshall Islands is being boosted with funding from the World Bank.

Anger over climate crisis, boost for drug fight in Tahiti, and call for prison for small island.

A tourism organisation is hoping that at least ten Pacific nations will be open again to tourists by the end of the year.

A new report on the economic impacts of climate change faced by the world's most at-risk countries has found the climate crisis has made vulnerable economies poorer.

Cook Islands receives a new patrol boat

A Tonga cabinet minister, who had been receiving medical treatment in New Zealand, died in Auckland City Hospital on Friday.