While Papua New Guinea and Bougainville continue the mediation process over the region's desire for independence, Bougainville's leaders are separately laying down markers of what they are expecting.

A Solomon Islands foreign affairs official says the "Pacific needs predictability in all our cooperation with everyone" amid geostrategic shifts.

The impact of the diplomatic tussle between Washington and Beijing is being felt in Fiji as the two countries' ambassadors take shots at each other.

The club's head of commercial and marketing says they will not interfere with the judicial process and investigations.

It comes a day after he made a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican says.

The Electric Power Corporation said there is now enough generation capacity to supply power across the entire island of Upolu.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Sitiveni Rabuka travelling to Singapore and Indonesia.

This comes after a social media user shared a clip of the incident, which showed at least five masked men attacking the crew with spades, brooms, and frozen fish.

Christian Karembeu, who played for France in their 1998 World Cup victory, was a guest at the OFC U15 Boys Development Tournament in Auckland.

The Papua New Guinea U19 men's cricket team is in Japan to compete in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup East Asia-Pacific Division 1 Qualifier.

The head of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Catholic Church said Pope Francis "challenged us to serve the most vulnerable and inspired a new era of faith".

Thousands of inter-country adoptions occur every year in NZ, mainly from the Pacific Islands and south-east Asia, and mostly without incident, abuse or trafficking.

Moana Pasifika's forward pack did well in the first 40 to hold their own, but Brumbies just had too much power in the second.

The Drua won 28-14 over the Waratahs going into the 11th round next week.

Adi Ulamila is living proof that FIFA's Football for Schools programme can deliver life-changing benefits.

There are calls for greater transparency - including whether the New Zealand warship was performing specific security for King Charles and Queen Camilla.

Pepesana Patafilo is relishing the opportunities he has had with Moana Pasifika. The 28-year-old former Hurricanes player said the joy of playing for the North Harbour based franchise club beats...