Covid cases in the Northern Marianas have reached 129 after a passenger was identified through travel screening and testing upon arrival.

Vanuatu's government has revealed it generated over $US106 million in revenue from citizenship sales last year.

A Fijian has been elected to head the United Nations Human Rights Council, the first time a Pacific country has held the role.

Former Ireland international Jeremy Bray has been appointed head coach and high performance manager of Vanuatu Cricket.

The second wave of Covid-19 is ebbing in French Polynesia as daily infection rates have dropped to below 100.

There is continued high tension in New Caledonia over the planned sale of the Vale nickel plant to a new consortium Prony Resources.

Three United States-affiliated countries in the north Pacific have launched aggressive Covid-19 vaccine programs

Passengers from the Cook Islands will resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from next week, the two governments have announced.

Samoa is expecting to take delivery of Covid-19 vaccines as early as February and the rollout is estimated to follow soon after.

A number of national sevens players will feature in Fiji's inaugural Rugby Super 7s Series next week, in preparation for the 2021 Olympic Games.

American Samoa's new governor has ordered a halt on all pay increases and conversion of positions from contract to career service.

A former head of state has thrown his weight behind a new opposition party in Samoa, less than three months out from an election.

It could be weeks if not months before drought-affected parts of the Cook Islands see any significant rainfall.

Papua New Guinea has reported 10 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours increasing the country's total cases to 833.

The Samoan government has extended its Covid-19 State of Emergency Orders for another month due to the rapid spread of the new strain spreading through South Africa and the UK.

The Northern Marianas House Representatives is now controlled by the Democratic Party after it won the majority of the lower chamber of the 22nd Legislature.

Ten cases of typhoid have been confirmed in Fiji's northern division.

Eleven new faces have been named in the Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league squad as they prepare to relocate to Brisbane.