Against Queensland Reds, in what is their last home game for 2026, the Miracle Failagii-captained side took to the field as warriors ready to defend their home turf until the last one fell.

Richard Chambers says there is a willingness among Pacific police chiefs, most of whom are dealing with corruption in their ranks, to discuss issues with humility.

All the action from Albany as Moana Pasifika host the Reds.

A ni-Vanuatu banana picker in Australia has been acquitted of murder after sawing off a grandfather's foot in exchange for NZ$6000.

In March, the District Court in Apia cleared Prime Minister Laauli of criminal charges stemming from a probe into an unsolved, fatal hit and run in 2021.

New Zealand is playing a key role in integrating Pacific defence forces, but concerns linger about the regional social licence.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Air New Zealand's plans for its flight routes to the Pacific.

It comes after the Nauru government issued a directive to all government officials and public bodies to avoid using terminology or symbols inconsistent with the One China Principle.

But the West Papua National Liberation Army, which claimed responsibility for the killings, says the victims were Indonesian military intelligence officers.

With two more rounds to go in the regular season, the Fijian Drua are currently ninth, while Moana Pasifika are languishing at the bottom of the competition's points table.

Vanuatu's climate change minister says the overwhelming support at the UN General Assembly confirms that no state is above its obligations to protect people and the planet.

Niue's 20-member Assembly is elected every three years, made up of 14 village representatives and six common roll MPs elected across the island.

But the French parliament's Lower House also refused to include their "spouses", just like the Senate did two days earlier.

Fijians have not voted in local government elections for more than two decades.

The wide-ranging cabinet directive to all government officials and bodies includes a crackdown on Taiwan terminology as well as using Taiwan symbols and flags.

A Samoan-Chinese-Pākēhā author says his new fantasy book provides a type of character he didn't have as a 10-year-old in love with reading.