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Getting across the Cook Strait has been a logistical challenge over the last few months. The Detail looks at why the ferries have become so unreliable.

Bookings for the Milford Track were effectively sold out by noon on Thursday despite the system crashing for several hours after being bombarded with requests.

Summer tourist numbers have bounced back to about half of what they were before Covid-19 as Aotearoa marked the first summer with the border back open.

Niue is this week welcoming its first visiting yachts in three years.

Auckland Council planners have moved to enact stricter noise controls on helicopters using helipads on the Hauraki Gulf islands.

Fiji's coalition government has the task of reflecting on and fulfilling its election promises and addressing the nation's economic woes is top priority. Audio

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has come out on top in the first round of the territorial elections. Audio

The economy is forecast to contract at levels last seen during the global financial crisis. Audio

News round-up from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, French Polynesia

Air Vanuatu's only Boeing 737 is set to take off after being grounded for two weeks.

Thousands took to the streets of US President Joe Biden's ancestral home town in the west of Ireland on Friday for a farewell rally to end a nostalgic three-day state visit.

Rotorua skate park advocates already waiting seven years for a new park say the council's proposal to defer the project is like the rug being pulled out from under them.

The research suggested support was driven by communities benefiting from the return of visitors and avoiding issues associated with high visitor numbers, the survey company said.

The Pacific is expected to sustain its economic recovery, with growth across all of the Asian Development Bank's developing member countries this year.

Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Jotham Napat disappointed in Air New Zealand for not stepping up to assist ongoing Air Vanuatu woes.

The United States is set to pump billions of dollars to upgrade its military infrastructure on the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas island of Tinian.

News round-up from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, Guam

Job ads on Seek have risen in each of the past three months, but so has the number of people applying.

A new Treasury report says New Zealand's economy is resilient and well-placed to cope with what climate change will bring.

Tourism New Zealand says the industry's recovery is beginning to plateau after a stronger than expected return.

West Coast businesses are turning tree sales into traps in a bid to preserve native flora and fauna near Hokitika.