Vanuatu Supreme Court judge, Justice Oliver Saksak, has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country's parliament.

Samoa's caretaker prime minister is one of four top officials served with a motion accusing them of contempt of court.

Pacific members of New Zealand's Catholic Church Community are stepping up in the battle against Covid-19 vaccine misinformation.

The man who returned a positive test for Covid-19 in the Cook Islands will appear in court tomorrow.

A new daily record of Covid-19 cases has been announced in Fiji as 94 new cases in 24 hours have been confirmed.

Bougainville's President says he wants the region to have self-government in place by next year.

A researcher says New Zealand needs to follow the example set by its Pacific neighbours and implement sugar taxes.

History will be made in 2023 when Oceania plays host to football's FIFA Women's World Cup for the very first time. But can a Pacific Island team make it to the biggest stage in the world game?

Lecornu deplores slow vaccination in French overseas territories; Fijian community health activist is the newest of the Earthshot Prize Council, and more.

There's been a strong uptake from Pacific Island athletes getting vaccinated against Covid-19 in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says high-level talks on France's nuclear legacy due in Paris this month should be held at the United Nations in New York instead.

PacificAus Sports partnership supports Pacific Olympic and Paralympic athletes gear up for Tokyo 2021.

New Caledonia says New Zealand and Australia have expressed interest in setting up a travel bubble with New Caledonia.

Allegations of electoral fraud have marred an important by-election in Papua New Guinea's capital.

Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip on a rapidly-growing outbreak of Covid-19 in the country.

The speaker of the Vanuatu parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other government MPs vacant.

The new research challenges theories and traditional legends that Polynesian migrants descended directly from Taiwan or Hawaiki.

More new Covid cases recorded in PNG, five months without a government in New Caledonia, and Gaston Flosse mounts a comeback in French Polynesia,