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A round-up of news from around the region, including a typhoid update out of Tonga.

Politicians were welcomed to Rātana Pa with a pōwhiri this afternoon.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including concerns about time-wasting in the Cook Islands parliament sittings.

The signing comes after a year of strained diplomatic relations between Wellington and Tarawa.

The Foreign Affairs Minister had said the government was rethinking development support after the country's president cancelled a visit here.

The procedure related to an old rugby injury, a spokesperson said.

RNZ Pacific's bulletin editor Christina Persico looks in the rearview mirror at 2025. Audio

Peters says New Zealand has a 'good reputation', but it is not the reputation it once had.

Ruth Cross Kwansing says special seats for women in parliament are needed to achieve gender equity in Pacific. Audio

Nauru's president said climate change is more than an environmental crisis - it is a direct threat to the peace, security and survival of the Pacific region.

Speaking for the first-time since the diplomatic fallout with New Zealand, Taneti Maamau says that if Foreign Minister Winston Peters "wishes to come, he's welcome" to visit Kiribati.

Analysis: The prime minister believes the freshly signed Ocean of Peace as a framework for unity among countries in the region.

The Prime Minister says a surge in methamphetamine use and trafficking is something the whole region is grappling with.

The Kiribati opposition is formally condemning the government's refusal to debate the suspension of the country's Court of Appeal, which occurred more than two years ago.

On the anniversary of the bombing of the protest ship, anti-nuclear advocates warn the Pacific region is facing expanding nuclearism through developments like AUKUS.

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.