Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt made the comments after two alleged Samoans hitmen were charged in Vietnam for gunning down a Sydney gang leader.

It comes as two Samoan men have confessed on Vietnamese television to their involvement in what appears to be a gang-related shooting.

This comes as solar energy providers in the US territory report a surge in interest following Super Typhoon Sinlaku and months of concern over electricity costs.

Twelve Pasifika people in New Zealand received awards in this year's King's Birthday Honours.

Church services, marking the start of Samoan Language Week, were held across Aotearoa on Sunday.

The ruling from the French body comes at the request of the French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples says the agency can still deliver despite losing around $64.2m in three years, but the opposition claims government "doesn't care" about Pasifika.

All the action as Moana Pasifika takes on the Brumbies in Canberra.

The duo in the bizarre international case involving the 'Coconut Cartel' confessed to killing a Sydney gang leader on TV.

The Pacific Business Brief tracks the capital, trade and trends shaping the regional economy.

Saipan, where the case was prosecuted, is home to a large Filipino community working in tourism, construction, health care, and service industries.

Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action from Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Both of the Pasifika-representative sides sit comfortably at the bottom of the Super Rugby Pacific standings as they prepare to face Australian opposition in the final round of the regular season.

A round-up of news from around the region.

But Pacific-focussed policy work will be cut as the government seeks to reduce the size of the public sector, as the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will see a $2.8 million cut over four years.

Public prosecutors say they will fight an appeal by Manu Samoa's former head coach, following his recent conviction for multiple sex offences.

The French territory's kava industry stakeholders are concerned at the increase of the price of the precious imported root, mainly from neighbouring Vanuatu.

Ni-Vanuatu man John Yalu was convicted of manslaughter in Cairns last week after the fatal backyard amputation of a 66-year-old Queensland man in exchange for NZ$6000 in 2022.