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The Pacific Islands Forum is facing unprecedented disruption at a time when it's arguably needed the most, to present a united front on issues such as Covid and climate change. 

Diplomat looks to Honiara for guidance on Bougainville border issue; three more Covid-19 related deaths in French Polynesia; Cooks flight resumption approved

Cook Islanders are being told that any decision to mine billions of tonnes of rare earth minerals is still years away.

Fiji is calling on Micronesia to reconsider its plans to leave the Pacific Islands Forum.

The Marshall Islands has launched the process for officially ending its membership in the Pacific Islands Forum.

University of Canterbury's John Hopkins and Toni Collins explain disaster law and shortcomings in NZ's legal system highlighted by the Canterbury earthquakes.

PNG's Prime Minister has backed Micronesia's leaders and called for regional solidarity in the wake of the Pacific Islands Forum leadership split.

Fiji is continuing to push for a travel bubble between its major tourist markets Australia and New Zealand.

More than a thousand people fully vaccinated against Covid in French Polynesia; Amiercan Samoa holds prayers for repatriated residents; Vanuatu hit by second quake; a Customs Officer in Samoa appears…

A mass cleaning campaign aimed at bringing to a halt a dengue outbreak in the Cook Islands, has gone up another level.

Vanuatu government minister appears in court; remittances to Samoa increase during Covid pandemic and the Cook Islands revise driver licence rules.

Ocean scientists say the importance of providing Pacific governments with accurate data about the potential impacts of deep sea mining cannot be underestimated. Audio

Papua New Guinea's former prime minister Peter O'Neill has lamented the failure to reach consensus at the latest Pacific Islands Forum meeting.

Former Premier League striker Paul Ifill is eying a place at the 2023 World Cup after being appointed coach of the Samoa national women's football team.