French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says high-level talks on France's nuclear legacy due in Paris this month should be held at the United Nations in New York instead.

New Caledonia says New Zealand and Australia have expressed interest in setting up a travel bubble with New Caledonia.

Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip on a rapidly-growing outbreak of Covid-19 in the country.

The speaker of the Vanuatu parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other government MPs vacant.

The new research challenges theories and traditional legends that Polynesian migrants descended directly from Taiwan or Hawaiki.

More new Covid cases recorded in PNG, five months without a government in New Caledonia, and Gaston Flosse mounts a comeback in French Polynesia,

Wallis and Futuna plans to return about a third of its Covid-19 vaccine stocks by the end of the month because of resistance to the inoculation programme.

The Fiji Rugby Union has signed a "historic" deal with global sportswear giant Nike, which will see all national teams wearing the iconic swoosh until the end of 2024.

Samoa's prime minister elect, FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, says negotiations remain at an impasse between her party and the rival HRPP.

Fiji's main hospital has been effectively cordoned off, as the country battles a rapidly growing outbreak of Covid-19, with 147 cases reported in the last two days alone.

Two integral members of the award-winning arts company Pacific Underground have been recognised in the Queen's Honours list this year.

A Cook Islands man who has been on holiday in Rarotonga since 21 May has tested positive for Covid-19 according to the Ministry of Health

Ezra Iupeli has not played a game of rugby for 24 years but the Petone club stalwart has never been more involved with the sport he loves.

Fiji recorded another 64 cases of Covid-19 on Monday after 83 cases were found on Sunday.

The head of the Pacific Islands Forum wants more answers from Japan on its plan to dump wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant in the Pacific.

Tongan Cabinet Minister 'Akosita Lavulavu and her husband 'Etuate have been found guilty of fraud.

The announcement of New Caledonia's latest referendum on possible independence is already drawing the ire of many, less than a day after it was announced.

Authorities have moved to cordon off Fiji's largest hospital and quarantine an entire village as it battles to bring the outbreak under control.