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National's Luxon has said remaining in the Paris climate agreement would be a bottom line in coalition negotiations.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters condemned the Solomon Islands cabinet ministers, noting Pacific leaders in Palau were saddened by the situation.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, the region's premier policy organisation, is confident the annual leaders' summit will deliver despite leader absences in Palau.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale's GREAT coalition government appears headed for a major test after three of his most senior ministers formally quit on Monday.

Fijian maternal mental health advocate Mercedes Swann knows the feeling of loneliness as a new mum all too well.

A group of Cook Islands women are pushing to break the silence around menopause.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands congressional candidates clashed over whether the territory is getting enough economic benefit from the growing US military presence.

The United States and Taiwan governments have accused China of trying to use a travel advisory notice to undermine Palau on the eve of the Pacific Island Forum leaders summit in Koror.

A 50-year-old Tongan national has been charged by police in Australia's Northern Territory after allegedly found in possession of 125 kilograms of kava, and more than $100,000 is cash.

After months of public consultation, Fiji's Constitutional Review Commission will submit its final report, marking the next stage of the country's constitutional review process.

Solomon Islands prime minister makes an emergency trip back home from Palau after "internal political revolt".

The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting officially kicks off Monday night in Koror, Palau.

New Zealand says its connections to its Realm countries remain strong and stable, after the first of a series of annual "family reunions".

As Bougainville's independence referendum was finally tabled in PNG's parliament, an eventual decision on the matter is at least months away.

The nearly NZ$18 million programme aims to put Pacific people at the centre of decisions about their futures as climate impacts continue to intensify.

Seasonal rural workers are focused on maximising pay over good housing, says an academic.