Search Results

The trade deal known as Pacer Plus will have immediate benefits for the Cook Islands when it comes into force later this year, says the Cooks' deputy prime minister. Audio

Palau has been put back on a European Union blacklist of tax havens, after Brussels said it failed to implement promised reforms.

Australia's government has cut its aid budget to some Pacific countries deeply, despite an overall increase as part of its so-called Pacific step-up.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has added the names of six Cook Islanders to its records.

Severe weather that has caused flooding and forced schools to close in both Samoa and American Samoa is easing.

Strong winds and swells as high as four metres are striking Tokelau and Tuvalu, while schools in Samoa and American Samoa have been ordered closed amid heavy rain.

A festival celebrating the diversity of South Auckland will return for its third year, as part of efforts by organisers to showcase a range of cultures on one stage. Audio

Using a cell phone while driving is set to be banned in the Cook Islands, where a New Transport Amendment Bill is being drafted.

As disputes over incursions by fishing fleets spread south through the Pacific Ocean, so too the face of maritime patrols is changing. Jonathan Milne reports from Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.

Māori and Pacific people only make up two percent of the technology sector in New Zealand, according to an IT specialist. Audio

A young Pacific writer has been formally acknowledged by her university for her creative achievements since she graduated. Video

Researchers say councils need to be doing much more to ensure homes and buildings aren't wiped out when a mega-tsunami eventually strikes the east coast of the North Island.

Samoa's Anne Cairns has secured a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following her K1-500 race in the Canoe Sprint Championships held in Sydney.

Samoan sisters Anne and Bridget Cairns are hoping to paddle their way into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when they race in the Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships under way in Sydney. Audio

A secretive group excavating a cave they believe is filled with a race of 8-foot-tall pre-Polynesian giants' skeletons have iwi and archaeologists worried.