MFAT officials advised ministers against taking up the offer to join the Canada-led initiative.

Fiji is set to hold its first-ever constitutional referendum, if government legislation to draft a new document passes through parliament.

Vanuatu's government has condemned a "shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant" made by a pro-France New Caledonian lawmaker who mocked and ridiculed the island nation.

Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'aiuli) Leuatea Schmidt has apologised for a historical video in which he used the term "Heil Hitler".

Ahead of COP31 in Türkiye, Pacific leaders and climate advocates gather in Fiji to call on global leaders to listen to people on the climate frontlines.

Emergency services were at the scene on Dairy Flat Highway.

Police are now looking into the time Hammam al-Hammami spent in New Zealand.

The service has become an alternative for people seeking a diagnosis for the condition, but not wanting to wait months for an in-person consultation.

The trial will cover why it took 12 minutes for a 111 call to be made, 13 minutes for the fire safety system to activate, and why an alarm only sounded on the lower floors, says the Crown.

The man and woman were standing outside a bar in Wellington when they were shot at.