Fiji records a new Covid-19 case; Two new coronavirus cases in the CNMI; Vanuatu orders AstraZeneca doses, and more.

Opinion - Writer and teacher Leki Jackson-Bourke questions what else can be done to keep Pacific mother tongues alive in addition to language weeks in Aotearoa.

Samoa is to hear on Monday whether fresh elections will go ahead next week.

Unions and economists are joining in a call to overhaul the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.

An outbreak of Covid-19 in Fiji has forced Rotumans there to cancel this year's Rotuma Day celebrations.

New Zealand has offered a budget support package of almost $US30 million ($NZ40m) to Fiji in response to the economic crisis there caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Papua New Guinea is the only country in the world where rugby league is a national sport, yet it wasn't too long ago when the women's side were booed simply for playing the game they love.

Papua New Guinea has recorded three new more deaths from Covid-19 as the total number of cases continues to rise.

The Papua New Guinea women's sevens team remains committed to contesting next month's Olympic repechage tournament in Monaco, despite the Covid-19 situation in Port Moresby affecting their preparation.

The governments of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have agreed on new terms for the transfer of powers.

A woman has died of Covid-19 and three staff from Fiji's Centre for Disease Control have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has announced this week that the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out will commence from next Tuesday.

Four New Zealand and Australian rugby internationals have put their hands up to represent Tonga at next month's Final Olympic Sevens Repechage tournament.

New Zealand's first Pacific drama series has been created that is written, directed, produced and crewed entirely by the Moana people.

Covid-19 vaccines will soon roll out in the Cook Islands, followed by Niue and Tokelau, and the New Zealand government has announced more vaccines and $120 million in additional support for Pacific countries.

Fiji's Covid-19 vaccination rollout on Vanua Levu is pressing on, as the main island Viti Levu prepares for a lockdown.

Two Pasifika women are winners in the Ockham Book Awards, American Samoa digitises its pre-1931 records, and teachers are to get a pay rise in American Samoa.

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