Fiji police have charged former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and former Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho with inciting mutiny.

Cook Islands continued to register sanctioned vessels tied to Russia's "shadow fleet" months after New Zealand began raising concerns, documents released under the Official Information Act shows.

The Financial Action Task Force has placed PNG on its "grey list" due to "strategic deficiencies" in government oversight, but the Prime Minister Marape says the country will "work its way out".

In an address at the opening of the fourth and final session of parliament before the polls, Ratu Naiqama called on political leaders and their supporters to respect the rule of law.

A new poll shows a majority of New Zealanders want the fishing method of bottom trawling banned, but Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is not of this view.

The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua.

The result at the invitational event in New Zealand continues a steady run of success for the territory's junior programme.

An Antarctic sediment sample dating back millions of years shows evidence that a major ice sheet partially or totally collapsed during a previous warm period.

Commissioner Geoff Turner says the illicit drug issue in the country is "not at the scale that some people think it is", Matangi Tonga Online reported on Monday.

Moana Pasifika head coach Fa'alogo Tana Umaga believes more should be done to keep the island nations involved in the competition.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a typhoid update out of Tonga.

Fishers in the CNMI have raised concern about sharks disrupting fishing operations, destroying gear, and undermining already strained livelihoods.

The 44-year-old has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being treated on the scene by paramedics after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.

"Social media and access to information are a double-edged sword."

A Pacific climate negotiator explains why constant adaptation and regional unity are the keys to surviving the existential threat of rising seas.