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Palau's Supreme Court has denied an application by the Senate for a stay order on the government's plan to take third country nationals deported from the United States.

Fiji police have charged former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and former Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho with inciting mutiny.

A new poll shows a majority of New Zealanders want the fishing method of bottom trawling banned, but Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is not of this view.

The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua.

Six of the deaths occurred in Tanna and one in Shefa Province. Three of the deaths were infants.

The 19-year-old won the beauty pageant on home soil during the crowning night in Nadi on Saturday, marking Fiji's first win since 2016.

Since last month, police-led eviction exercises have taken place in some of the capital's informal settlements where thousands of people have been living without a legal claim to the land.

The Nauru government says the island's name "was changed not by our choice, but for convenience" and the proposed changes aims to honour the nation's heritage, language, and identity.

An Auckland University researcher is bringing Samoan medicinal knowledge into virology. Audio

Vanuatu's climate minister said in September the country was drafting a UN resolution to turn the opinion from words into "political action". Audio

The Samoan national, 43, who resides in Australia, arrived on a Fiji Airways flight on Thursday and was allegedly found in possession of six bottles containing marijuana and other drug paraphernalia.

A health survey says almost all adults in Fiji aged between 18 and 69 have at least one risk factor for non-communicable diseases.

Dame Cindy Kiro has shared a message from the King Charles to Tokelau on the 100th anniversary of the constitutional relationship with New Zealand.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says Pacific people "want a fair go" and he is committed to helping them get easier access to Aotearoa.

Fiji Women's Rights Movement has told a parliamentary committee the country should introduce a 12-day paid menstruation leave for female workers as part of labour law reform. Audio

The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for "significant corruption", the US Department of State says.

The petition wants visitors from six Pacific nations to be treated the same as travellers from 60 other countries.

The company said they are cooperating with authorities in the investigation.

The Cook Islands declared a dengue outbreak in May 2025.

The results of the 2026 Tokelau general election have been returned, after voters went to the polls on Thursday.

A high chief and the son of Fiji's first prime minister says Fijians need to decide their own future rather than "recede" the country back to the British Monarchy.

Polling stations are now closed in Tokelau and counting for the national election is underway.

Draws all-round for Solomon Kings FC, South Island United FC, Bula FC and South Melbourne FC.

The New Zealand-based club appears to be in a league of their own, winning five games on the trot and sitting eight points clear at the top of the table.

The election was postponed last month after severe weather conditions delayed the ferry carrying the ballot boxes.