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Competition for the mini games in the Cook Islands gets underway later today After a stunning opening ceremony yesterday the athletes now get down to some serious competition Elma MaUa...

An advisor to New Zealand's Department of Labour says cases of people smuggling and human trafficking in the Pacific could increase as other regions clamp down on the practice. Api...

New Zealand's Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs is encouraging Niuean business operators in this country to return to the island and help build up its economy. The Ministry has teamed...

An annual hunt for illegal maritime activities in the Pacific Ocean has been hailed as a success by the Forum Fisheries Agency.

The Pacific's biggest annual hunt for illegal maritime activities has been hailed a success by the Forum Fisheries Agency. The FFA ran this year's Operation Kurukuru, coordinated inter-country…

The Forum Fisheries Agency reports that three vessels have been forced into ports during a major surveillance operation. Operation Kurukuru, involving four aircraft and eight patrol boats, covered an…

A Fiji political party that is supportive of the interim Government, says Fiji's links with the other Melanesian countries is a welcome counter to the co-ordinated moves against Fiji by...

A Fiji political party that is supportive of the interim Government, says Fiji's links with the other Melanesian countries provide a welcome counter to the co-ordinated moves against Fiji by...

About half the population of Niue has attended a memorial service for a young policewoman who perished in the Tongan ferry accident two weeks ago. Sisiliah Puleheloto was serving with...

The President of Niue's Tourism Association, Patricia Hunter, says she hopes the governments of New Zealand and Niue can work constructively to build up the island's fledgling tourism sector. Her...

A New Zealand Government appointed tourism advisor, Trevor Hall, is on Niue this week investigating how to grow the island's visitor industry. Niue's premier Toke Talagi has several time criticised...

Bad weather is continuing to hamper the divers' efforts to conclusively identify a ferry that sunk in Tongan waters. The Princess Ashika went down about 86 kilometres northwest of Tonga's...

Niuean police have confirmed that a policewoman holidaying in Tonga is among those missing in the Tongan ferry disaster. Niue's Chief of Police Ross Ardern says his police staff are...

The outgoing chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum has called on Fijians to rise up and challenge the country's military rulers.

French Polynesia's President, Oscar Temaru, says other Pacific Islands Forum leaders have offered support to his country becoming a full member of the regional grouping. French Polynesia is an…

New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, says a call for civil disobedience in Fiji is unhelpful. The outgoing chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum, Niue's Premier Toke Talagi, says international...

The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told the Pacific Islands Forum that any solution to the problems facing Fiji, must be a peaceful one. In his speech during the...

The 40th Pacific Islands Forum has officially been opened in Cairns, Australia. The meeting, attended by leaders of all 16 Forum countries, except Fiji, which has been suspended from the...

The outgoing chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has called on the people of Fiji to rise to challenge the military regime's undemocratic rule. Fiji was suspended from the Forum...

Regional leaders are to ask for advice on whether Fiji must be included in regional trade talks. The formal start of negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations...

The regional free trade agreement known as PACER Plus is unlikely to be launched at this week's Pacific Islands Forum. The formal start of negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on...

The regional free trade agreement known as PACER Plus is unlikely to be launched at this week's Pacific Islands Forum. The formal start of negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on...

Pacific Island small islands states are taking a strong message to the Pacific Islands Forum on climate change. The Smaller Islands States, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, the Marshall...