The first official celebration of the New Zealand government's apology for the Dawn Raids was an emotional affair at the Orakei Marae complex.

Commemorations are underway at Ōrākei marae in Auckland for the one-year anniversary of the Dawn Raids apology.

The president of New Caledonia's Congress Roch Wamytan is set to be re-elected for another one-year term after the party holding the balance of power said it would again vote for him next week.

Opinion - Independent film-maker and academic Paul Wolffram* analyses the concept of sorcery in Papua New Guinea and its complexities alongside the emergence of Sanguma.

The Autonomous Bougainville Government has rejected a call from the Papua New Guinea Government for a nationwide consultation on the independence referendum.

One charge against the Northern Marianas' Governor Ralph Torres has been dismissed by the Superior Court in the ongoing criminal suit filed against him.

United States-based medical doctors have praised the Marshall Islands for an "unprecedented" response to its first covid outbreak, as the positive case numbers declined dramatically this week after a record-setting first two weeks.

American Samoa is drawing up plans for the speedy evacuation of residents of the Manu'a islands in case the ongoing earthquakes become a safety issue.

Activists say Vanuatu political turmoil won't stop climate action move Civil society groups in Vanuatu will continue to fight for climate action despite the political uncertainly faced by the country.

Brief showers in parts of Tuvau have not been enough to remedy the ongoing drought.

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.