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Foreign ministers or reps from 11 islands that have diplomatic relations with Beijing will meet in Fujian province for the third China-Pacific Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Penny Wong embarks on a major visit to Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu following Labor's recent election victory.

Kiribati has reaffirmed its commitment to Pacific regionalism.

A years' long legal wrangle in Kiribati that is keeping the Australian judge separated from his family remains unresolved.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson has confirmed New Zealand is not cutting its assistance to Kiribati.

RNZ's Corin Dann is in Beijing, following Foreign Minister Winston Peters as he meets with Chinese officials.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters wants to 'reset' New Zealand's relationship with Cook Islands.

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese influence.

Diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand is growing. Here's what it's about, what China has to do with it, and why it matters.

Mediawatch -Trump's alarmed the world with trade tariffs, turning off aid and proposing to take over Gaza. But New Zealand's had diplomatic drama in the news too - with the media in the middle of it.

Victoria University academic Dr Iati Iati says the New Zealand Foreign Minister needed "to be a bit more humble" in deadling with the situation. Audio

"The strong bonds between Kiribati and New Zealand will enable a resolution to this unfortunate standoff," the Kiribati President's Office said on Monday.

Opinion - We are seeing power plays from the US, but it is surprising from New Zealand, writes Sione Tekiteki.

Ruth Cross Kwansing has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between Wellington and Tarawa.

Ruth Cross Kwansing, a New Zealand-born Kiribati MP, has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between Wellington and Tarawa.

The Foreign Minister has hit back at comments by a Kiribati government minister that the island nation's leader failed to receive him because of pre-planned commitments.

The visit by New Zealand's foreign minister "was cancelled by NZ itself" but blame is falling on Kiribati's president, a Cabinet minister in Taaneti Maamau's government says.

The country's president was unable to meet New Zealand's Foreign Minister because of "a pre-planned and significant historical event", a cabinet minister says, after a third failed bid to talk.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister says he doesn't buy that the Kiribati president had something else pre-planned. Audio

Victoria University's Jon Fraenkel says "there are difficulties in the relationship between Wellington and Kiribati" but "Kiribati does have alternatives" both in Beijing and elsewhere.