New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory's accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France.

Sustainability of the language and culture will be the main focus of this year's Rotuman language week.

A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island today when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges.

The commander of the French Armed Forces in the Pacific says France wants to be a power of balance amid the rivalry between the United States and China.

A ten-day international military exercise will be launched in French Polynesia today, simulating assistance after a cyclone.

The French Polynesian government has launched sweeping discussions on how to cope with the rising cost of healthcare.

Fiji has been ranked as the worst place in the Pacific region for journalists in the latest assessment by global press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders.

Samoa border reopening plans will be 'robust' ; Vanuatu opposition wants financial assistance for businesses; Ten Covid-19 cases recorded in Tahiti; and more

There is a call from Papua New Guinea police for the establishment of a permanent victim and witness protection facility to help with the prosecution of sex crimes.

Two double-hulled voyaging canoes from Hawaii have arrived in Tahiti to a welcome ceremony attended by more than a thousand French Polynesians.

French Polynesia has been left with just one daily newspaper after a rescue plan for La Depeche de Tahiti failed and the court of appeal ordered its liquidation.

Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government but docked in western Fiji, will stay in the country for at least another month.

With his May 13 impeachment trial fast approaching, the Northern Marianas Governor Ralph Torres is optimistic that the Senate will eventually acquit him.

There's fury on Norfolk Island with Australian Federal Police expected to shortly attempt to evict a couple from a house in the island's World Heritage Site.

Two MPs in Vanuatu want PM to stop mandatory Covid vaccination; Political upheaval in Tonga; Solomon Islands police official denies protest.

The impact of Covid-19 in the Pacific has highlighted the inter-dependence of health security and health systems, and the need to improve resilience.

One positive effect of the pandemic crisis may be the resolution of a Cook Islands hotel fiasco that began more than 30 years ago.

A professor of Pacific studies says the increase in the frequency of natural disasters and land erosions, and rising ocean temperatures, means new terminology is now needed to reflect how drastic the environmental situation has become.