Samoa's Court of Appeal has ruled that the country has a new government and recognises FAST's ad hoc May swearing-in.

Eighty-seven crew members and passengers have been placed into isolation on four inter-island ships in Fiji, health authorities said.

A brave witness at the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry Pacific Investigation shared her experience of coming forward to the Catholic Church and police about the abuse her relative suffered by a Catholic priest.

Fifteen more deaths, including that of a 102-year-old woman, and 918 positive cases have been confirmed by Fijian health officials in the 24 hours to 8am yesterday.

While the tourism sector ramps up for an opening before Christmas, not all are convinced of the merits.

The Bougainville Disaster Office says after several days of searching there has been no sign of the six people who went missing while on a trip to Nissan Island.

Pasifika children are nearly twice as likely to have tooth decay at age five and are most likely to be hospitalised for dental issues.

The leader of Samoa's FAST Party has dismissed a claim by the caretaker prime minister that her party would stop Samoans going overseas for seasonal work.

14 new caps have been named in the Cook Islands team to face Tonga in Saturday's Rugby World Cup Asia/Pacific Qualifier in Pukekohe.

PNG politician jailed for 30 years; Samoa court warns of witness tampering; Cooks' festival to begin, and more.

The landowning group at the site of the Panguna Mine in Bougainville is opposing the plan announced this week to assess the damage caused by the mine.

Team Cook Islands is still adjusting to life under Covid-19 restrictions at the Tokyo Olympics.

Pregnant women in Fiji have been assured they can get the Covid-19 vaccine while breast-feeding their babies.

Tonga have named six debutants in their matchday squad to play the Cook Islands in Saturday's Rugby World Cup Asia/Pacific Qualifier.

It has been revealed a Chinese company awarded the contract for a multi-million dollar breakwater project in Samoa, was once barred by the World Bank.

A Cook Island-Māori survivor of state care abuse has shared his lived experiences to the Royal Commission to encourage others who have been abused in care to come forward and speak up.

A man who swam ashore after a boat he and six other were travelling in on Saturday capsized in Bougainville waters, has told officials the seas were very rough.

On Friday, 21-year-old taekwondo star will walk out as Tonga's flagbearer in front of an estimated world-wide audience of between 1 and 2 billion people.