Tonga will advance to the Asia/Pacific playoff for a place at the 2023 World Cup in France after beating the Cook Islands 54-10 in Pukekohe this evening.

Samoa's new FAST Party government has got down to work this morning, meeting with the heads of government departments, more than 100 days after it had won the election.

Eleven more people have died from the coronavirus in Fiji, health authorities said last night.

Club teammates will become international rivals in today's Rugby World Cup qualifying match between Tonga and the Cook Islands.

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.

Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league player Jokadi Bire has been discharged from hospital after more than five weeks under observation.

The outgoing prime minister of Samoa Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is refusing to concede that he lost the election.

Two Cook Islands youth football teams have rounded off their New Zealand tour with matching nil-all draws against team from Māori Football Aotearoa.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.