Political parties, candidates and Members of Parliament gearing up towards Fiji's upcoming general elections have been encouraged to adhere to strict campaign rules.

An environmental group in American Samoa is taking legal action against the United States government over its plans for deep-sea mining near the territory'.

The Solomon Islands delegation supported 140 out of 181 recommendations from the country's most recent Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The island nation, one of the world's smallest, has had 10 substantive governors-general - all of them men - since gaining independence on 1 October 1978.

Pacific Island contingents are finalising their preparations for the upcoming 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Daka, Senegal.

Police said they are responding to the incident in Cambridge Terrace after receiving the call at 6:40pm on Thursday.

Erika Rodrigues Coelho has not been seen or heard from in weeks, with her rental car found near Coronet Peak.

The New Zealand Professional Guides Association want to cap the number of guides in the country.

Neil Yardeni was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on 21 charges including rape, sexual violation and indecent assault.

Police are investigating after a man was found unresponsive on Leckhampton Court, with the street closed most of Thursday.