Forty-four ni-Vanuatu students studying at the University of the South Pacific's Fiji campus have had their courses terminated by their government.

Samoan authorities are likely to extend the quarantine period for 160 repatriated passengers who arrived three weeks ago if a 16-year-old male on their flight continues to test positive for Covid-19.

New Caledonia's 11 newly elected ministers have again failed to elect a new president.

Fiji Police are investigating alleged sexual abuse by a member of the Methodist Church clergy.

Efforts are being made to change the rules over who can own land in the Northern Marianas.

Former All Black Charles Piutau's long-held dream of representing Tonga could finally become reality at the upcoming Olympic Sevens qualifier in Monaco.

PNG records two more Covid-19 related deaths, vaccines continue to roll into CNMI, delayed repatriation flights maintains pressure on NZ's Pasifika community and Tonga delays New Zealand repatriation flight.

The outgoing Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed Fiji's decision to review a 2005 revision of the body's founding agreement.

A former president of New Caledonia, Harold Martin, has been given a six-month prison sentence over the improper allocation of a telecommunications contract.

NZ's Pasifika community has been living and working on the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic, since the coronavirus arrived a year ago.

The ongoing stand-off between the University of the South Pacific's host country Fiji and its governing body, the USP Council, has put the regional institution's future under scrutiny.

Fiji's Prime Minister has joined the Pacific people in mourning the loss of Papua New Guinea's founding father Sir Michael Somare.

The deputy head of Papua New Guinea's National Pandemic Response to Covid-19, Dr Paison Dakulala, has died.

New Caledonia's 11 newly elected ministers are tomorrow due to elect a new president.

Covid-19 infections have soared in Bougainville, reaching 26 at the weekend, and prompting public health officials to tighten controls.

Easing the workload of the Tonga's Covid-19 surveillance team has been revealed as one of the reasons for the change in managed quarantine.

Fiji has recorded two new border quarantine cases of Covid-19.

12 people have been taken to hospital in New Caledonia after inhaling carbon monoxide.