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Immigration New Zealand is rejecting claims it has breached the rights of overstayers to legal advice before being deported. The lawyer for two Tongan overstayers arrested in the North Island...

A New Zealand immigration lawyer says overstayers are being denied access to lawyers and interpreters when they're arrested to be deported. The director of Pacific Legal, Richard Small, has laid...

An immigration lawyer says some Pacific overstayers are being denied access to lawyers and interpreters when they're arrested to be deported. Audio

How to better co-ordinate maritime surveillance in the Pacific was one of the key issues discussed by defence ministers at the first ever regional defence summit in Tonga this week.

Rugby League Samoa says its thoughts are with the family of Alex Elisala, following the sudden death of the Toa Samoa representative. The North Queensland Cowboys representative was involved in...

Rugby League Samoa has expressed its condolences to the family of Alex Elisala, who died yesterday after his life support was switched off. Radio New Zealand International understands the North...

In New Zealand, soldiers from the Pacific islands are being honoured in ANZAC commemorations at the Auckland War Memorial Museum today. More than 450 mostly Niueans and Cook Islanders served...

Tonga rugby league captain Brent Kite says the team has come a long way in the last 13 years. The Penrith Panthers prop will resume his Mate Ma'a career tonight...

Pacific artists in New Zealand are opposing a bid by Air Pacific to trademark patterns from Fijian tapa prints.

Samoa and Tonga will resume their rugby league rivalry this weekend in a test match that's been dubbed as 'a long time coming'. Both countries have enlisted some high profile...

Domestic violence statistics have prompted an outcry from Tongan community leaders and health officials. Tonga's Director of Health Dr Siale 'Akau'ola says the statistics are disturbing and it's time…

Tonga's Police Commissioner, Grant O'Fee, says the criminal records of 172 people which were wiped included grievous bodily harm and one manslaughter case. Police and the Solicitor General launched…

Six Tongans, who had been living in New Zealand, have been deported or have returned voluntarily to the Kingdom, after it was revealed their criminal records had been illegally wiped...

The last Papua New Guinea Defense Force, PNGDF troops serving with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands were farewelled at a ceremonial parade held at RAMSI headquarters in Honiara...

The win column remains bare but Tonga A coach Mana Otai insists his team is making progress in the Pacific Rugby Cup. The Kingdom were held tryless in their tournament...

Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakem says she will ask Immigration New Zealand not to deport any overstayer who comes forward to try to get a visa under a new ruling.

A Tongan community leader is calling for an inquiry into immigration service failures because he believes an ombudsman's report represents only the tip of the iceberg of immigrants who have been let… Audio

A Tongan community leader is calling for an inquiry into immigration service failures because he believes an ombudsman's report represents only the tip of the iceberg of immigrants who have been let…

The head of the University of the South Pacific says Kiribati will be the first to benefit from an upgrade to tertiary education planned for the region over the next...