Pasifika people are making up about half of the cases in the current outbreak of the Omicron variant in New Zealand according to the Ministry of Health.

The Cook Islands Health Ministry Te Marae Ora tested 371 people for Covid-19 yesterday, in the wake of the first positive result in the country on Monday.

Just over a month since Tonga was struck by a violent one-in-a-thousand year disaster, it is still struggling to recover from the fallout of the devastating event.

The Northland Pasifika community in New Zealand is planning on sending three shipping containers to Tonga packed full of essential supplies before Christmas.

A search will resume in New Caledonia today for the bodies of two people, carried away in a controlled release of water from a dam near Yate on Saturday.

Kiribati Covid-19 death toll now stands at eight; Covid-19 cases continue to climb in Solomon Islands; CNMI records 159 new cases.

The introduction of a minimum wage increase for Pacific seasonal workers in Australia, is being welcomed by both Australian and Pacific Island union leaders.

Fiji: 7 deaths, 156 new cases in last 7 days; New Caledonia records over 3000 Covid-19 cases in 72 hours; Tahiti has over 6000 active Covid-19 cases, and more.

The United Nations Pacific office is urging the international community to keep up the support to Tonga and help it build back stronger after the 15 January volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The Cook Islands has detected its first case of Covid-19.

The president of Palau said the pause on Micronesia's pending withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum is the last chance for leaders in the south to set things right.

Search for two people in New Caledonia abandoned; Bill to repeal controversial tax in Samoa to be discussed in Parliament; UNICEF to support Solomon Islands in its Covid-19 fight, and more.

"The details and examples the team [Manu Samoa] highlight are very hard to read especially when a family member is one of the players affected by this."

About one hundred people arrived at the vaccination centre in Port Vila and found it closed after nine members of the Covid-19 vaccination team went on strike.

The chief executive of Lakapi Samoa says reports of the national sevens team management creating an unpleasant environment for the players has come as a surprise.

The French Polynesian government says by 2030 it plans to create a marine sanctuary covering half a million square kilometres in the south-east of the territory.

Kiribati has 230 new Covid-19 cases; Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia continue to rise; 'We have prepared for this,' says Cook Islands PM, and more.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, is set to leave the post after just 18 months to try and repair a rift in the organisation.