The former Samoan prime minister says chiefly titles are culturally significant and should not be given to foreign prime ministers.

A motion of no confidence in Jeremiah Manele will mature and can be tabled next week.

Polyfest is the world's largest secondary school Pasifika cultural festival held annually since the late 1970s.

A Fiji youth climate negotiator says it is important to hear Pacific voices on climate change on the global stage.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Fiji's tourism sector recording a bumper year in 2025.

Rajesh Singh, who has been a longtime Fiji National Rugby League board member, was elected as interim chairman last week.

The country's "friends to all, enemies to none" mantra remains at the heart of the country's foreign policy blueprint.

With more than 80,000 people expected to attend to support 263 groups from 73 schools, the world's largest secondary school Pasifika cultural festival is officially underway.

New Zealand police will work more with counterparts in Samoa and Tonga to try and stop the flow of illicit drugs through the region.

Pacific Island governments are urging their citizens not to panic about the supply of fuels amid the conflict in the Middle East between Israel, the United States and Iran.

The Moana Pasifika halfback has been suspended for three weeks for a dangerous tackle during his side's 43-7 defeat to the Blues last weekend.

Peter Shanel Agovaka broke party lines and resigned from Cabinet on Monday night, joining a breakaway of ministers and backbenchers in a bid to oust Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele.

A University of Washington researcher told the 8th Mariana Islands Conservation Conference that both species are now firmly established across the island.

The furore over Christopher Luxon's new matai title is refusing to go away, after local media reported there was a late night phone call saying he didn't want to go ahead with it.

The world's largest secondary school Pasifika cultural festival will be held across two venues this year.

There were a few surprises in both in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the first round of polls, and many townships will go back to the polling stations for the second round on Sunday.

Social media is reshaping how communities access life-saving information during a crisis, according to a Fijian researcher investigating the frontlines of disaster communication.