The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of France's nuclear weapons tests.

14 people died after two buses collided at Tomba in Western Highlands in Papua New Guinea.

The first-ever women's International Defence Rugby competition is underway in Auckland.

Based on unofficial results from the Vanuatu snap election, two of five former prime ministers are set for seats in the new parliament.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes says she will quit her position in the French government if it fails to open up New Caledonia's electoral rolls.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party says France's refusal to engage in any UN-supervised decolonisation process is becoming increasingly untenable.

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New Caledonia's pro-independence UPM party says it will announce on Wednesday whether it will be at next week's talks on New Caledonia's new statute in Paris.

The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, the French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch says.

The President of Bougainville is furious at what he sees as Australia taking sides against it on the independence question.

A Pacific media expert says Fiji is still not a fully-fledged democracy and is recovering from the impacts of the 2006 coup.

The Pacific region is facing a perfect storm of climate change-induced disasters and debt burdens according to a new report.

The Covid-19 pandemic posed many challenges for Pacific Island countries but also allowed communities to return to a more traditional way of life.

The Fijiana have beaten South Africa 21-17 to get their first win at the Women's Rugby World Cup.

Talks among Vanuatu political parties have started for the formation of a coalition government following the October 13 snap election.

A long-running legal battle between the Pacific Games Council and Tongan Government has been settled.

Guam wants to be in the Pacific Islands Forum; FLNKS will not send a delegation to bilateral talks in Paris; NRL stars included in Fiji Bati line-up, and more.

A critical eye clinic in Papua New Guinea can now undertake operations without the worry of power cuts after assistance from the Fred Hollows Foundation in New Zealand.