Tonga's new Prime Minister believes the "resilience" and "strength" of people will get the Kingdom through the impacts of the volcanic eruption, tsunami and now Covid-19.

Investigations are being conducted into the source of a Covid-19 outbreak in Tonga, according to the prime minister.

Kiribati's Banaba Island faces a food shortage; Tonga's largest church will provide couselling services; Vaccination centres should not be closed indefinitely says Solomon's opposition, and more

More than 30 Tongans have arrived in New Zealand to join the Recognised Seasonal Employers (RSE) Scheme.

France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia because of the sharp resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed 138 new infections on Wednesday taking the total number of people infected with Covid-19 to nation high of 767 people.

Fiji has reported three more deaths and 460 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Veteran prop to captain Super side; and NZ-based teams moving to South Island

The Samoa government has confirmed a breach of quarantine procedures following a report from local media.

New Caledonia's Covid-19 outbreak is again spreading apace, with 1,515 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours.

Kiribati has recorded its highest daily increase in new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 629.

Three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Tonga bringing the total number to five.

American Samoa records more Covid-19 cases; NZ govt makes available a vaccine fund for Pacific communities; Tahiti's Tahoeraa changes name, and more.

A global Papuan student body is seeking a meeting with Indonesia's President over a new policy to cut 10 percent autonomous education funds allocated to the Melanesian provincial governments.

A Fijian human rights activist is demanding answers from the authorities after reports that hundreds of nurses in the country are resigning.

Tonga withdraws from World Cup; special game to raise funds for Tonga; and PNG football squad named

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.