One in 60 Fijian adults are now living with HIV.

Papua New Guinea's trade minister claims he warned the Indian mining company that was attacked at Panguna on Sunday not to invest in Bougainville.

China hands Vanuatu VU$11 million (approximately NZ$155,000) to help recovery efforts following the Ambae volcanic emergency and MV Matui ferry disaster, the Vanuatu government says.

Tuvalu's Foreign Affairs Minister Paulson Panapa has met with Taiwan president Lai Ching-te this week.

The incident happened at Naharahau village in the Wainoni area of the Makira-Ulawa Province on Sunday.

The Fiji-based franchise will also host Super Rugby Pacific defending champions, the Hurricanes, in Suva in April next year.

The tournament director at the first-ever Oceania Women's Handball Championship believes Fiji, Cook Islands and Kiribati are on the right path in the sport.

The top two teams at the Oceania qualifier in Nuku'alofa will book their tickets for the 2027 Netball World Cup in Sydney.

NZ Rugby has urged the NRL to reconsider the name of the PNG Chiefs.

A US foreign policy think tank is proposing a major shift in America's military strategy in Asia that would put at the centre of Washington's regional military posture.

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Jotham Napat has cancelled his trip to the United Nations General Assembly this week, as the search for survivors from the ferry disaster continues.

Ahead of Budget 2026, government ministers were presented with modelling that estimated 26,000 Pacific families would see their weekly income fall from April next year.

Victoria University senior health researcher Sharon Mclennan told RNZ Checkpoint the situation in Fiji was "pretty bad" and had been driven partly by increased drug use.

Ese Aumalesulu and his daughters Tara, 13, and Sophia, 9, won for their take on Annie Crummer's version of 'See What Love Can Do' by Eric Clapton.

Families of the Vanuatu ferry survivors are counting their blessings as the search continues for people still missing at sea.

MV Matui, Vanuatu's inter-island ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu over the weekend, leaving one person confirmed dead and more than 30 people missing.

The president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government has condemned the arson attack on a foreign mining company's equipment at the Panguna mine site.