Two parties of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement have restated their intention to attain the territory's decolonisation from France after last December's referendum in which a majority opted to stay with France.

The parents of a young boy with rheumatic fever are urging adults, particularly in Pacific communities, to take sore throats and rashes in children seriously.

Vanuatu confirms a Covid-19 patient is critically ill; Medical staff test positive in American Samoa; Over 200 active cases in the Cook Islands; Frontline staff test positive in Samoa, and more.

The Fijian Drua are taking plenty of encouragement after almost pulling off an upset win against the Queensland Reds in Brisbane on Saturday.

New Zealand farewelled its highest international run-scorer when Ross Taylor signalled his retirement from international cricket earlier this year.

Tributes have flowed for American anthropologist Adrienne Lois Keppler, a leading scholar in Pacific art and dance, who passed away last weekend at the age of 86.

Five kilometres deep on the Cook Islands seafloor, potato-shaped rocks pave the bottom loaded with expensive minerals like cobalt, copper, manganese and nickel.

With Covid-19 having blighted preparations, many team contesting in the beginning of the men's Oceania World Cup Qualifiers will be ring-rusty.

A senior surgeon in New Caledonia has been jailed for 20 years for the homicide of his neighbour.

Vanuatu's newly appointed Minister of Health Bruno Leingkon says the government is preparing to offer short term contracts for retired nurses and third year student nurses to combat a staffing shortage as the country tries to cope with soaring C...

Cook Islands police are continuing to search for two fishermen who were reported missing two days ago after going out last Saturday.

An increase in the price of flour has raised widespread concerns in Fiji that low-income households will be severely affected.

Regulations in the Cook Islands are softening, with Prime Minister Mark Brown announcing major changes today surrounding travel to the nation.

Sincha Dimara, the news and current affairs manager at EMTV in Papua New Guinea, has been sacked after weeks of being suspended.

For two years Niue has been in it's own bubble of the Pacific sheltered from the virus which has plagued the rest of the world.

Moana Pasifika will play two mid-week games for their previously postponed Super Rugby Pacific matches against the Blues and the Chiefs.

The Asian Development Bank has announced a US$1 million grant to Tonga to help finance the country's response to community transmission of Covid-19.

Exams canned in Tonga; passengers test positive in Samoa; and cut-off time for vaccinations imposed