France's abolition of the status of an overseas minister has received mixed reactions in both France and its overseas territories.

Aotearoa New Zealand is sending a medical team and supplies to Niue to help it respond to new cases of Covid-19, following the opening of its border to quarantine-free travel last week.

New research has found Fijians are concerned whether there'll be a smooth transfer of power should the government lose in this year's general elections.

New patrol boats for Samoa; pediatric Covid campaign in Fiji all go; Pacifica targetted in NZ diabetes campaign; new life for closed Samoa airstrip; no change to abortion availability in American Samoa; upset at Vailima move to Fiji and more

Vanuatu's president Obed Moses Tallis has pardoned the health minister Bruno Leingkone - a year after he was convicted for breaching aviation security.

Voting in the Papua New Guinea general election begins today.

Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi remains in isolation after becoming a close contact of a Covd-19 case who arrived on the first quarantine free flight from New Zealand last week.

French Polynesia records more Covid-19 cases; Covid-19 cases at Niue's border is now ten; French Polynesian unions challenge new employment law, and more

Vanuatu's patrol boat RVS Takuare remains docked at the SinoVan wharf in Port Vila where it has been since the second week of June because of an engine defect.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes has been given a post in France's reshuffled and enlarged 42-member government.

China's Ambassador to Tonga Cao Xiaolin has dismissed allegations that his government is exploiting the kingdom and other Pacific Island states.

French Polynesia's Court of Appeal has revisited the case of the five people sentenced to prison terms over the 2007 Air Moorea crash in which 20 people died.

The Solomon Islands opposition leader says the use of replica guns in police rioting and public order demonstration in Honiara has raised a lot of eyebrows.

There is just over a week to go until Pacific Islands Forum leaders meet in Suva.

French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans have called for 2 July to be made a public holiday to remember the impact of France's nuclear weapons tests.

Nauru has recorded its first death of Covid-19 as the country experiences its first community outbreak, while there are now 10 community cases in Niue.

Covid cases on Nauru continue to rise; Niue detects two more Covid-19 cases at the border; Fundraising drive in Auckland for Tongan NGO; and more.

The Cook Islands Rugby League president Charles Carlson says birthright eligibility rules should be expanded in order to improve the quality of the sport in smaller island countries.