Fiji's National Budget worth $US1.78 billion announced on Friday night is designed with three objectives, all of it linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Samoa have qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating Tonga 37-15 in Kirikiriroa Hamilton this afternoon.

Fiji has reported a daily record 1405 new cases of Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday.

Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed a controversial bill that is likely to reshape the future administration of West Papua.

After taking it to the All Blacks in Dunedin last weekend, Fiji is bracing for a backlash from the home side in Hamilton tonight.

New Zealand's Pasifika Rugby community have officially welcomed Saveatama Eroni Clarke this week, in an intimate Ava Usu ceremony at Auckland University's Fale Pasifika.

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccine get green light for use in PNG; US President nonimates new US Ambassador to NZ and Samoa, and more.

The 'Ikale Tahi are hoping to pin Samoa back on the field and on the scoreboard in this afternoon's decisive Rugby World Cup qualifying match in Kirikiriroa Hamilton.

It is my privilege to welcome Susana Lei'ataua to the RNZ Pacific team.

A trip to Japan will be as quick as getting in and out of the water for two Cook Island swimmers competing in the Tokyo Olympics.

Nineteen Vanuatu government MPs have lost an important appeal case moving them a step closer to possibly losing their parliamentary seats.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has handed over medical supplies to the Fiji Government as it battles the surge of Covid-19 cases.

Papua New Guinea authorities have confirmed that a positive Covid-19 case with the Delta variant has been detected in country.

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has launched its first strategic plan dedicated to women's football.

The Fijian government's handling of the pandemic is coming under fire again amidst calls for a lockdown following 1220 new cases of Covid-19.

PIF Secretary General hopes dialogue can heal rift; Indonesia's Covid-19 numbers rise sharply; Pacific economic ministers seek debt relief, and more.

Samoa's FAST party leader, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, could face defamation charges for comments about the actions of the caretaker prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.

The testing of a solar powered outboard engine for a locally-built catamaran in Majuro this week is part of a large-scale sustainable ocean transport program underway in the Marshall Islands.