Out of the seven cases recorded in the reporting period to November 28 local time, four were listed as Covid-19 community transmission.

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has held a day of meetings with the leaders of New Caledonia's political parties on the territory's future.

Papua New Guinea's Treasury Minister, Ian Ling-Stuckey, has announced budgetary support for households as well as a significant tax increase for banks.

Seven new community cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Niue, bringing the total number of active cases on the island to 25.

Fourteen Pacific countries are seeking a $USD70 million grant from the Green Climate fund for fisheries adaptation.

The World Health Organisation says they are currently working with local and international consultants to promote MMR vaccines in the Pacific. Measles, mumps and rubella vaccination coverage has steadily declined...

The Pacific Small Islands Developing States solutions forum is underway in Samoa.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes says the next provincial elections due in 2024 cannot be held with the current electoral roll.

The future of the worlds largest tuna fishery is being decided in Vietnam this week.

Niue govt announces community transmission; Incidence of Covid-19 in French Polynesia doubles over the weekend, and more

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin says it is up to the French state to reach out to those in New Caledonia who have voted against the territory staying with France.

PNG govt reveals biggest budget in country's history; Oil spill in Solomon Islands suspected from WWII wreck; WHO changes moneypox to mpox, and more.

French Polynesia's president suggests the French constitution be modified to recognise the legacy of the nuclear weapons tests.

The largest active volcano in the world, Hawaii's Mauna Loa has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu is urging Australia to stop approving new fossil fuel projects if it wants to be a friend to the Pacific.

France has opened its archives to the vast majority of documents related to its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific.

Hawaii volcano erupts; PNG govt set to table its Budget; Fiji election will officially begin next week; Fiji nurses deployed to Tuvalu, and more.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes says she expects the French government to come to the rescue of the SLN nickel company to stave off insolvency.