The Niue government has confirmed Premier Dalton Tagelagi is a close contact of a Covid-19 case and is in isolation.

Head Coach Vaovasamanaia Mapusua has named eight debutants including Clermont Augverne winger Fritz Lee and Moana Pasifika half-back Ereatara Enari.

China comfortable with Tonga debt, SODELPA angry at rising costs, and new species of kangaroo declared in PNG

The United States is providing $US500,000 in humanitarian assistance to respond to the drought across Kiribati due to below normal rainfall, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change.

Vailima beer will soon be brewed in Fiji as Samoa Breweries Ltd moves to close down operations in Samoa by the end of the year.

Tuvalu's foreign minister Simon Kofe says China threatened to challenge the island nation's entire credentials list for the 2022 UN Ocean Conference if the Taiwan representatives were not removed from its delegation.

The principal scientific and technical organisation in the region, the Pacific Community, has relaunched a youth ambassador programme to alleviate unhealthy habits in Pacific communities.

Niue's Director of Health has confirmed a man with pre-existing health conditions has been hospitalised with Covid-19 after arriving on a quarantine-free flight from New Zealand.

Tariffs on all imports into Tonga are being resumed today marking the end of a two-year tax holiday.

Niue has full electricity for the first time since a widespread power outage cut began six days ago.

An all-female film crew is about to launch Still Here, a documentary series intended as a love letter to the central Auckland Pasifika community.

PM's tribute to rugby league legend, jumper selected as PNG flagbearer, and athletes dedicate medals to Tongan people

Israel Folau's four-year exile from Test rugby will end on Saturday when he starts for Tonga against Fiji in the Pacific Nations Cup.

French Polynesia's Minister of Culture and Marine Resources Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu has told UN's Ocean conference in Portugal that action needs to be taken to combat illegal fishing in the Pacific.

Covid-19 cases on Nauru now over 3000; French Polynesia detects new Covid-19 variants; Australia will set up a defence school to train Pacific island militaries, and more.

Flights to Lajmoli Airport in the Vanuatu island of Espiritu Santo will resume after 14 years.

A major disaster and state of significant emergency has been declared for the island of Tinian in the Northern Marianas because of an out of control fire with toxic fumes.

Reason for Nauru's Mini Games absence now known, OFC draw being made this week, and call for expansion of Samoa's sport incentive