Vanuatu's president Obed Moses Tallis has pardoned the health minister Bruno Leingkone - a year after he was convicted for breaching aviation security.

Voting in the Papua New Guinea general election begins today.

French Polynesia records more Covid-19 cases; Covid-19 cases at Niue's border is now ten; French Polynesian unions challenge new employment law, and more

Vanuatu's patrol boat RVS Takuare remains docked at the SinoVan wharf in Port Vila where it has been since the second week of June because of an engine defect.

China's Ambassador to Tonga Cao Xiaolin has dismissed allegations that his government is exploiting the kingdom and other Pacific Island states.

French Polynesia's Court of Appeal has revisited the case of the five people sentenced to prison terms over the 2007 Air Moorea crash in which 20 people died.

The Solomon Islands opposition leader says the use of replica guns in police rioting and public order demonstration in Honiara has raised a lot of eyebrows.

There is just over a week to go until Pacific Islands Forum leaders meet in Suva.

French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans have called for 2 July to be made a public holiday to remember the impact of France's nuclear weapons tests.

Nauru has recorded its first death of Covid-19 as the country experiences its first community outbreak, while there are now 10 community cases in Niue.

Covid cases on Nauru continue to rise; Niue detects two more Covid-19 cases at the border; Fundraising drive in Auckland for Tongan NGO; and more.

The Cook Islands Rugby League president Charles Carlson says birthright eligibility rules should be expanded in order to improve the quality of the sport in smaller island countries.

Israel Folau's return to international rugby lasted only half an hour as his Tonga team were thrashed 36-0 by a clinical Fiji in their Pacific Nations Cup opener in Suva on Saturday.

The Niue government has confirmed Premier Dalton Tagelagi is a close contact of a Covid-19 case and is in isolation.

Head Coach Vaovasamanaia Mapusua has named eight debutants including Clermont Augverne winger Fritz Lee and Moana Pasifika half-back Ereatara Enari.

China comfortable with Tonga debt, SODELPA angry at rising costs, and new species of kangaroo declared in PNG

The United States is providing $US500,000 in humanitarian assistance to respond to the drought across Kiribati due to below normal rainfall, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change.

Vailima beer will soon be brewed in Fiji as Samoa Breweries Ltd moves to close down operations in Samoa by the end of the year.