The PANGU Party says it would support a 15-year transition process for Bougainville, regardless of whether parliament votes for or against independence.

Fiji police say 27 parcels were found in the Lau group, and these are currently being tested at the forensics lab in Suva.

New All Blacks Head Coach Dave Rennie has revealed his first squad.

Interpol says there has been a large rise in cybercrime across Asia and the South Pacific.

An executive order by Donald Trump to restore commercial fishing in several protected waters has had mixed responses.

Wellington-born Aquila Peleseuma has been offered a pathway to professional football in Frace.

South Korean carrier Jeju Air landed at Saipan International Airport early on Sunday, restoring direct international air service to the CNMI.

The New Zealand government is being warned that continued political antipathy towards the World Health Organisation risks undermining health outcomes in the Pacific.

Joseph Matamata, who also goes by Viliamu Samu, was the first person to be convicted of both human trafficking and slavery in New Zealand.

It's understood that he had minimal safety or survival equipment.

A refugee advocate says the Australian government is refusing to medivac a severely ill Kurdish-Iranian man currently in Port Moresby.

'In my heart I could feel he's still alive'

Cook Islands fisherman Pone Apiuta spent a week lost at sea before being spotted by the crew of an RNZAF plane.

The announcement follows complaints by several political parties in the French Pacific territory, with less than two weeks to go before the crucial provincial elections.

Researchers from the University of Sunshine Coast made the discovery, but locals in Papua New Guinea have long been aware of the legendary nocturnal fish they nicknamed 'lazy shark'.

A round-up of news from around the region, including renewed calls for action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Guam and Tokelau at the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation.

The registration for Australia's "incredibly popular" Pacific Engagement Visa ballot will open for applications on 1 July, the Australian Department of Home Affairs announced Wednesday.

But the Samoan government says it is engaging with Vietnamese authorities over the two men accused with killing a suspected Sydney gang leader in Ho Chi Minh city last month.