The first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrived in Palau early on Saturday morning, greeted on the tarmac by the president-elect and health minister.

More than 2,000 people remain in evacuation centres in Fiji's cyclone-battered north and east, two weeks after one of the Pacific's most powerful cyclones.

Fifteen people are missing after a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea's Central Province.

Playwrights, teachers, reverends, advocates and athletes are among the 13 Pacific people who have received New Year's Honours.

The crew of a Chinese vessel who have been detained in Palau since 12 December will be released without charge and ordered to leave the country.

The Marshall Islands has became the first independent nation in the Pacific region to begin Covid-19 vaccinations.

Authorities in Fiji have confirmed another three cases of Covid-19, all of them in border quarantine.

More than 4-thousand people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Cyclone Yasa.

The House of Representatives in the Northern Marianas has passed a bill that would ban the use of styrofoam food containers.

Fiji's government is again allowing passenger flights into the country.

The New Zealand government has contributed $6.9 million to help businesses in the Pacific recover from the pandemic.

Niueans could be able to travel to New Zealand without quarantine as soon as mid-January.

Samoa's new amended travel advisory for repatriation flights has included stopping travellers from the UK and South Africa entering the country.

One of the region's most prominent telecommunications companies is considering selling its Pacific operations.

The Northern Marianas has received its first batch of the Moderna vaccine.

Vanuatu's government has launched a national language policy as part of efforts to preserve the country's diverse dialects.

People on Rarotonga are being asked to conserve water with a dry spell showing no sign of ending.

Fisheries revenue normally injects between 10 and 15 percent of the government's total annual revenue, but several factors in 2020 means this could fall significantly.