The Cook Islands tourism sector is calling for direct flights to Rarotonga from Sydney and Los Angeles.

The Northern Marianas government has been awarded $US450,000 to keep the invasive brown tree snake from its shores.

China helping PNG's fight against illegal drugs; Vanuatu chiefs want presidency; and increase in HIV in Fiji

A prominent political group in PNG's autonomous region of Bougainville is threatening to pull its support for president Ishmael Toroama after he removed portfolios from two MPs.

The Cook Islands government is looking at how the new legislation on medicinal cannabis will work in practice.

A new report shows that while women's participation in the Fijian workforce is growing, the pay gap between them and their male colleagues is the widest in the Pacific.

The chief justice of Vanuatu has ordered the amendment of a constitutional application against the dissolution of Vanuatu's parliament to exclude the president of the republic from the case.

Floods struck Sorong City, West Papua following heavy rains early this week.

The new Papua New Guinea Cabinet will include a Minister for Coffee.

Scores of homes near the Vanuatu capital which were deemed illegal dwellings were destroyed on Tuesday following a court-ordered eviction.

Mark Evans has been appointed as the new CEO of Super Rugby Pacific franchise Fijian Drua.

Drought hits Tuvalu; thousands of RAT kits going to Tonga; and PNG football team set for Singapore challenge

Alcoholic beverage company, Paradise Beverages Ltd, has performed a U-turn on relocating the production of its Samoan brand Vailima Beer from Samoa to Fiji.

The Solomon Islands' Government denies it "summoned" Australia's high commissioner over concerns about a special investigation into its ties with China by an ABC programme.

The re-election of Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aleto'a Sualauvi II put to rest much speculation that he would be replaced by the government.

Northern Marianas court ruling clears the way for auction of casino assets; Vanuatu mourns an independence leader; report says Kiribati is over-reliant on fishing income.

Police investigations have begun into 30 deaths that occurred during the just completed poll, which a number of commentators have deemed one of the most violent in Papua New Guinea's...

The Solomon Islands government says the $US66 million loan from China for the construction of 161 telecommunication towers is a 'historical financial partnership'.