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When China opened its fifth research station in Antarctica this month, analysts sounded alarm bells about potential security threats on Australia's southern doorstep.

A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including Nouméa's sharks monitored by ultra-light aircraft.

Despite public calls for information the source of two dead wallabies in Northland is likely to remain a mystery.

Almost 5 tonnes of meth seized during two major drug raids last month has a street value of about FJ$2b. Police won't comment on where it's stored "due to security reasons".

A single variant has not caused such an impact since BA.5 in mid-2022.

The Kiribati government and New Zealand's Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) have joined forces in their efforts to improve the health outcomes for i-Kiribati people.

A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a strike by employees of the only petrol retail company in Wallis and Futuna causing all service stations to run dry.

A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a new drug that has already become a major issue in the US believed to be arriving soon to the Pacific.

As the Defence Minister meets her counterpart in Melbourne to raise the prospect of joining the alliance, documents show officials have talked it up.

The decision is likely to send ripples through China's financial markets.

There were 5757 new cases of Covid-19 reported last week and 258 people were in hospital.

A fight between gang members in Christchurch Hospital has highlighted the importance of having extra security guards in emergency departments, Te Whatu Ora says.

They were found by the police dive squad about two hours after the incident was reported.

The most recent wave appears to have peaked in the first week of January at 8.46 million genome copies per person per day.

The second joint operation between the US and Uk targets underground storage and missiles, they say.

Police in Fiji have seized one tonne of methamphetamine, some of it in kava bags.

More than three tonnes of methamphetamine seized by Fiji police on 14 January remains under 24-hour surveillance.

More than three tonnes of methamphetamine seized by Fiji police on 14 January remains under 24-hour surveillance, the country's Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua says.

The level means a terrorist attack remains a realistic possibility, but no credible plots have been found.

A new patch of invasive seaweed has been found on Aotea Great Barrier Island.