A tsunami expert says forecasting models and warning systems did not account for the boosting effects of the shockwave from the recent Tonga volcanic eruption.

The chair of the Pacific GP's network, Dr Api Talamaitoga wants the Ministry of Health to provide daily ethnic-specific figures to get the booster jab rates up in the face of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.

French Polynesia has recorded a further 465 Covid-19 cases over the past 72 hours.

New Caledonia has recorded a further 1,843 Covid-19 infections over the past three days as the pandemic is again accelerating.

A coral reef site in pristine condition has been opened to the eyes of the world in French Polynesia by a series of photos for UNESCO.

Plans are being drawn up in French Polynesia aimed at channelling navigation in the Tuamotus to protect the environment from shipping accidents.

Fiji has been through the worst phase of its third wave of the coronavirus, health authorities say, amid soaring deaths and infections across the country.

The Governor of the CNMI tests positive for Covid-19; Reports in Samoa that two people left MIQ; New variants of Covid-19 could emerge from Pacific region, and more.

The public prosecutor in French Polynesia says there are at least 10,000 consumers of methamphetamine in a territory with fewer than 280,000 inhabitants.

Health authorities in Solomon Islands have reported three more Covid-19 deaths and 303 new cases of the virus.

The Kiribati Government has extended its state of disaster by another month as the remote Pacific Island nation's Covid-19 infections climbs to almost 400.

A French Polynesian ship is on its way to Tonga with 300 tonnes of supplies - two weeks after Tonga was hit by a volcanic eruption and tsunami.

New Caledonia renews Covid-19 measures; Respiration illness outbreak in American Samoa; China will supply Samoa with PCR tests, if needed, and more.

The French Covid-19 vaccine pass will come into force in French Polynesia in a week, replacing the health pass in use for access to venues and events.

South Seas Healthcare Trust chief executive Lemalu Silao Vaisola says people are tired of Covid-19 rather than complacent after two years of the pandemic.

The teenage birth rate in the Marshall Islands is the second highest in the Pacific islands and has remained virtually the same over the past five years.

The problem of illegal fishing in the Pacific is far less than a 2016 report that estimated losses of over US$600 million a year.

Three new cases of Covid-19 have been detected among those in quarantine in Samoa, the country's Ministry of Health says.