Analysis - Fiame Naomi Mata'afa from Samoa's election-winning FAST party has been named the country's first female Prime Minister, in an ad-hoc ceremony her rival called "treason".

The majority FAST party in Samoa has described the caretaker government's actions this morning in locking it out of parliament in Apia as tantamount to a coup.

A search and rescue operation to find five missing fishermen who jumped from their boat after an alleged beheading off Fiji is in its final day.

Samoa's constitutional crisis deepened on Monday morning with the party that commands the majority of seats locked out of parliament, but still insisting it can form a government today.

Covid-19 may have forced the cancellation of New Zealand's Pacific Dance Festival last year, but it will be back next month.

A high-level New Caledonian delegation has flown to Paris at the invitation of the French prime minister Jean Castex as the third and last independence referendum looms under the terms of the Noumea Accord.

Ousted MP's son wins South Choiseul by-election in Solomons; Tonga makes swift progress with vaccine rollout; Air Tahiti Nui wins $120m contract, and more.

There are 24 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in central Fiji, the biggest increase since the pandemic began in March 2020.

Two directors of the American Samoa Government who were leading the repatriation programme in Hawaii are in quarantine there after possible exposure to confirmed coronavirus cases.

Fiji's navy continues to search for five crew members still missing since they reportedly jumped off a fishing boat after an alleged beheading.

Samoa's Speaker of Parliament has disregarded a Supreme Court ruling clearing the way for the Legislative Assembly to convene tomorrow.

Samoa's Supreme Court has overturned the Head of State's proclamation to suspend Parliament's scheduled swearing-in tomorrow.

A young Tongan fighter who was left critically injured after he was punched from behind in central Auckland last weekend has died.

After a year of zero visitors, the Cook Islands is now pondering just how many visitors it actually wants to return.

Fiji recorded five new cases of Covid-19 today taking its total number to 195 with 61 still active.

The government of Kiribati has imposed a night-time curfew in South Tarawa and Betio after they confirmed two cases of Covid-19 aboard a fishing vessel in Tarawa.

Growing up in Vanuatu, the idea of females surfing was frowned upon. Despite a number of surfing competitions being held on the island, girls were never included.

Palau is aiming to vaccinate children between ages 12 to 17, according to the health ministry.