Two integral members of the award-winning arts company Pacific Underground have been recognised in the Queen's Honours list this year.

Authorities have moved to cordon off Fiji's largest hospital and quarantine an entire village as it battles to bring the outbreak under control.

A Cook Islands man who has been on holiday in Rarotonga since 21 May has tested positive for Covid-19 according to the Ministry of Health

Ezra Iupeli has not played a game of rugby for 24 years but the Petone club stalwart has never been more involved with the sport he loves.

Tongan Cabinet Minister 'Akosita Lavulavu and her husband 'Etuate have been found guilty of fraud.

The head of the Pacific Islands Forum wants more answers from Japan on its plan to dump wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant in the Pacific.

The announcement of New Caledonia's latest referendum on possible independence is already drawing the ire of many, less than a day after it was announced.

Tongan education stalwart and democratic activist Finau Tutone has died, aged 82.

Three senior members of Fiji's Ministry of Health have tested positive for Covid-19, taking Friday's total new cases to 35.

A lack of available slots in managed quarantine has ended Samoa's hopes of selecting two former New Zealand internationals for their national sevens team.

Medical and military personnel who have been infected with Covid-19 are not part of the frontline response teams, health officials said.

Fiji's rugby sevens teams will spend close to four months separated from their families in their bid to achieve Olympic glory.

The Pacific Kids' Learning team has just completed their pilot programme where they taught 50 Pasifika students in South Auckland how to create animation stories.

The Niue Finance Minister says fundamental economic changes are needed in the wake of the pandemic.

Samoa's caretaker Prime Minister and Prime Minister-elect met are set to meet again on Monday following on from Thursday afternoon's secretly-held negotiations.

More than 9000 students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) have not been able to access over 800 courses amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the USP said.

The US Secretary of State has warned Pacific leaders about increasing threats and coercion in the region, in a veiled swipe at China's growing influence.

Fiji's government says there's no need to declare an emergency, despite a growing number of cases of Covid-19.