The official results of Samoa's 2021 general election has the top main political parties still neck and neck.

There are hopes in Tonga that Moana Pasifika's entry into Super Rugby will help the kingdom retain its best local talent.

Papua New Guinea's government has done a deal with "the devil" to reopen a large gold mine in the country's Highlands region.

Tonga's Princess Pilolevu Tuita was the first person vaccinated in the Tonga Covid-19 vaccine roll-out on Tongatapu.

Opinion - A human rights activist questions New Zealand's record as a human rights defender, as details emerge about the country's military exports to Indonesia.

A former Papua New Guinea deputy prime minister Don Polye is back in parliament after a protracted electoral dispute went his way.

Bougainville's President, Ishmael Toroama, believes there is a lack of incentives in key business sectors.

Samoa's Electoral Commissioner, Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio, has confirmed the election result should be known this Friday evening.

Australia's high commissioner to Fiji says his government will need to be confident that Covid-19 is suppressed in the country before it opens up quarantine-free travel with Fiji.

With votes of just one district still to be recounted, the Electoral Commissioner says there are no changes in the results of Samoa's general elections.

Efforts to embrace and retain Pacific languages in Aotearoa were seen and heard on day two of Polyfest this year, as students took on a different side at the world's largest secondary school cultural competition.

Papua New Guinea's National Control Centre for Covid-19 reports the tally of people dying from the virus increased by 11 over the last 24 hours.

The Niue government has announced the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be used to innoculate the population against Covid-19.

The Office of the Electoral Commission in Samoa has confirmed that dozens of voters voted twice in last week's elections.

Pacific civil society groups have written to the British government seeking support on calls for an international deepsea mining moratorium.

Fijian government services hit by cyber attack; Tropical storm Surigae brings heavy rain to Micronesia; and tobacco tax in American Samoa to rise.

Pacific island countries using the AstraZeneca vaccine should continue with their rollouts, the World Health Organisation says.

Pasifika in Aotearoa New Zealand are expected to benefit from new mental health and addiction services.