Samoan fans around the world are preparing for parades and celebrations ahead of the Rugby League World Cup showdown between Toa Samoa and Australia's Kangaroos.

An outbreak of Covid-19 has been declared for Temotu Province in Solomon Islands, with more than 400 cases reported in the nine days to Tuesday morning.

The Asian Development Bank has provided a $US4 million emergency grant to the Government of Tuvalu to help drought relief efforts.

Vanuatu appeals to world leaders to vote in favour of ICJ resolution; Canada's funding for climate advisor, and more.

Samoa's Chanel Harris-Tavita is still working out what he's doing next year but he knows he's going to run out against Australia the World Cup final on Sunday morning at Old Trafford, and that's enough for now.

Nauru's Minister of Climate Change has told the UN's climate summit there has been a long-standing lack of care for the Pacific from those with real power.

First Vanuatu court verdict on election petitions; tragic death of Samoan palolo hunters; and Porgera mine deal

A Samoan a man who appealed his life imprisonment for killing his wife and making it look like a suicide has lost his appeal against his conviction.

New Zealand has risen a couple places in international rankings on climate action, but it has also been handed a 'fossil of the day' award at COP27.

An underwater volcano is likely erupting deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in the Northern Mariana Islands, but scientists don't know for sure because of its remoteness.

A move to bar US citizenship to American Samoans is being seen is as another blow to the territory and its people. But many people are happy with the status quo.

It's crunch time for negotiators at COP27 to push through a complex issue which would see vulnerable countries compensated for climate change-fuelled disasters caused by developed nations.

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama believes "hard-working Fijians" want his government to "keep working for the country" as campaigning for the December 14 election heats up.

Food payment for CNMI school children; rent avoidance probe demand; and geopolitical forum being held in Noumea

French Polynesia's president says methamphetamine poses a threat to society with an estimated 10,000 users of the drug in the territory.

The appointment of a female Samoan Member of Parliament has been quashed by the Court of Appeal.

342 candidates from nine political parties and two independents have received the green light from the Fijian elections office to contest in the December 14 polls.

A Canadian mining company has announced the completion of a controversial deep sea bed mining trial in the Pacific.