A youth-led Pasifika mass vaccination event in Auckland has immunised several thousand people over the past four days.

The Cook Islands has been declared free of Covid-19, allowing churches to reopen this weekend.

The Tongan Government has announced that the main island Tongatapu will go into lockdown from midnight after the discovery of the first case of Covid-19 in the Kingdom.

The Indonesian government says it will "surely look" into claims its officials attempted to bribe and intimidate an RNZ journalist at a Melanesian leaders' meeting in Vanuatu.

New Caledonia has elected a pro-independence government, its first since 1999.

Pacific Community vaccination events successfully engage Pacific Youth.

A group representing Chinese people in Solomon Islands says many Chinese families have lost everything and been left homeless following the riots.

A PhD student from the FSM has become the first person from her nation to explore the ocean floor in the southern end of the Marianas Trench.

A 97 percent majority has voted for independence in Bougainville's historic referendum.

A person of Pacific descent has been appointed to Head of History and Pacific Cultures at New Zealand's national museum for the first time.

Fiji's deportation of USP Vice-Chancellor and ongoing uncertainty at the regional university has some council members pondering a move to Samoa.

New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard University in the US.

The Cook Islands government has vaccinated more than 90 percent of its eligible population against Covid-19.

Samoan-born New Zealand actor, writer and director, Oscar Kightley, will front the first-ever Pacific focused sport show on New Zealand television.

There are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga, as the Defence Force prepares to head to the islands, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Pacific and Caribbean states, the EU countries, China, and the shipping industry have submitted proposals for a global carbon levy, ranging from $100-$150/tonne of GHG emissions.

Dr Audrey Aumua is the new Chief Executive Officer of The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand, the first Pacific woman to head the Foundation.

Three Pacific leaders have called out Indonesia at the UN for their human rights abuses in West Papua.

South Auckland-based Pasifika teen, Josh Nanai, has continued to make waves in the music industry, hitting number one in the US charts with his "Savage Love (Laxed -Siren Beat)" collaboration.

A pro-Palestine protest is taking place outside the main auditorium where the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting is taking place in Rarotonga.

The Kiribati Parliament has made history today with MPs voting in the country's first female Speaker of Parliament.

Several thousand people in French Polynesia have joined a march demanding France own up to the damage caused by its nuclear weapons tests.

More than 20,000 contacts in the Auckland outbreak have now been identified, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed.

Samoa's first woman prime minister expects her new government to be able to take up office tomorrow morning.

A tsunami has hit Tonga's largest island Tongatapu, with tsunami waves crossing the shoreline in the capital Nuku'alofa and flooding coastal roads and properties.

Fiji has dedicated its Olympic rugby sevens win to the people back home who are struggling amidst the country's Covid-19 health crisis.

A United Nations human rights review has raised serious concerns about the ongoing political violence in West Papua.

A crew of young Cook Islanders has embarked on a journey through the 15 islands of the Cooks, across two million square kilometres of ocean, with only the stars, wind and ocean currents to guide them.

The Supreme Court in Samoa has thrown out the electoral office's decision to appoint an extra woman member of parliament.

A young Pasifika male nurse has been recognised as New Zealand's Young Nurse of the year.

A 57-year-old Tongan man who says he swam about 27 hours after getting swept out to sea during Saturday's devastating tsunami has been hailed a "real life Aquaman".

Fitness guru Naca Cawanibuka has been instrumental in Fiji's success in sevens and fifteens for almost 15 years. Now he's taking on a new challenge as Head of Athletic Performance for the country's...

New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio, is pleased to add the Kiribati language to this country's Pacific language weeks programme.

A leading figure in West Papua's independence movement has been arrested by Indonesian police in relation to large protests in 2019.

The British Government has been pressed on the floor of the House Lords to clarify its foreign policy position towards Indonesia's alleged human rights violations in West Papua.

Thousands of Papua New Guineans marched through Port Moresby in support of West Papuan freedom today.

Pacific women in New Zealand have the highest rates of antenatal and postnatal depression, yet low numbers get help. Sela Jane Hopgood asks why.

The World Health Organisation says ten Pacific states have not had any cases of Covid-19 to date.

Samoan-born New Zealand actor Oscar Kightley is this year's winner of the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency at the University of Hawaii.

One of Samoa's trailblazing women, Va'asiliifiti Moelagi Jackson, has been farewelled at a funeral on Savaii.

There are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga, as the Defence Force prepares to head to the islands, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Solomon Islands Sharon Firisua will make history when she competes in the women's final marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics today.

First Person - Although Banabans share the language with the people of Kiribati, they have an identity and history that is distinct, writes Hele Ikimotu.

A Fijian has been elected to head the United Nations Human Rights Council, the first time a Pacific country has held the role.

A tsunami has hit Tonga's largest island Tongatapu, with tsunami waves crossing the shoreline in the capital Nuku'alofa and flooding coastal roads and properties.

One of the Pacific's most successful musicians Daniel Rae Costello Junior has died following a long battle with cancer.

New Zealand has donated additional Pfizer vaccines to Tonga and Samoa.

The Indonesian Military has officially escalated its operational status in West Papua to "ground combat ready" following a clash with the West Papuan Liberation Army over the weekend.

Fiji's former elections supervisor Mohammed Saneem is under investigation by the anti-corruption agency for alleged abuse of office and has been stopped from fleeing the country.

New Zealand's first Pacific drama series has been created that is written, directed, produced and crewed entirely by the Moana people.

A tsunami threat has been issued for Vanuatu, Fiji, and New Caledonia, after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southeast of Loyalty Islands.

Seasonal workers from Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu will be allowed into the country without having to go into managed isolation from September, the government says.

Palau has become the first nation in the world to ban common commercial sunscreen products for containing chemical sunscreen ingredients that are harmful to the coral reefs.

The first student to be awarded a Doctorate of Climate Change has just graduated from the University of the South Pacific in a ceremony in Fiji's Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment.

Fiji's main opposition parties, led by Sitiveni Rabuka, have formed a coalition to oust Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst government.

Growing up in Vanuatu, the idea of females surfing was frowned upon. Despite a number of surfing competitions being held on the island, girls were never included. But thanks to pioneers like Risu...

Pacific health experts are rejoicing over strong Pasifika vaccination rates - all thanks to community driven initiatives.

While gender is finally no longer seen as a binary choice in western societies, Pacific cultures have understood this for hundreds of years. Joe finds out what it means to be takatÄpui and fakafifine.

There has been little contact with Tonga since an underwater volcano, Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, erupted.

West Papua pro-independence supporters are calling Indonesia's condemnation of Israel hypocritical considering its occupation in Papua for 61-years.