After announcing a $10m spend from the government's climate aid fund, the NZ PM said making sure of climate resilience investment in the Pacific region is incredibly important.

The Micronesian bloc of nations are "saddened" by Kiribati's shock decision to leave the Pacific Islands Forum regional body, one leader says.

The NZ government is putting $10m in climate aid fund toward conserving Pacific crop seeds and researching climate-resilient varieties.

Vanuatu has declared an outbreak of malaria with hotspots on four different islands across four different provinces.

The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit has dropped further, with the Marshall Islands president and Cook Islands prime minister pulling out.

The New Zealand government has reiterated its commitment to help refugees and asylum seekers detained in Nauru and PNG by Australia.

The Micronesian Presidents' Summit (MPS) will release a joint statement concerning Kiribati's shock exit from the Pacific Islands Forum in the coming days.

Climate change is a human rights issue, Vanuatu's government says, and Pacific nations "need to be united" to hold countries responsible.

Fiji and the Solomon Islands have signed a maritime boundary agreement to set their ocean borders, and Niue and Tonga have begun steps toward the same.

Concern over increase in violence in Tonga, surplus announced in American Samoa, and action urged over West Papua

Seats are glaringly empty at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva this morning as leaders sit down to the first formal gathering.

Papua New Guinea's caretaker prime minister James Marape has been re-elected as the MP for Tari-Pori in the country's Hela Province.

Marshall Islands president David Kabua has been prevented from attending this week's first in-person meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders because his own government derailed an effort earlier in 2022 to undo legislatively-binding action to t...

Kiribati's sudden withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum without wider political discussion is out of order, the country's opposition leader says.

A new Pacific regional strategy will be a major goal at this week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting, in Fiji.

Opinion - More Pacific women are needed in marine science and conservation, says scientist Juney Ward, who wants to encourage more action toward healthy oceans.

The 51st Pacific Forum leaders meeting scheduled to start tomorrow has been dealt a major blow after the Kiribati government confirmed it has withdrawn from the forum "with immediate effect."

Niue's delegation to the Pacific Islands Forum gathering has climate issues and promotion of the country's marine park top of its discussions priorities.