The United States is set to announce a fuel security deal worth US$60 million for the Pacific region, RNZ Pacific understands.

Pacific chiefs from across Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia will gather at Tūrangawaewae Marae for Māori Queen Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po's second koroneihana.

Despite reports that efforts to remove street dwellers were a collaboration between Fiji's police and government, there remains a disconnect over who is responsible for what.

Vanuatu is trying to bring a decades-old dispute with France over two uninhabited islands before the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' top court said on Tuesday.

The New Zealand Parliament passed the government's Disability Support Services Bill at its third reading on Tuesday.

The Vanuatu pair of Sherysyn Toko and Majabelle Lawac are set to compete at the 2026 AVC BV Continental Championships in Shangluo city this week.

The United States and New Zealand will co-fund a new "lifeline" port with the Cook Islands on Penrhyn atoll - a former US military base.

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.

The prime minister is instead talking up his confidence in turning the group into a centralising force for the region.

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

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.