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Analysis - In touting its new "elevated" engagement in the Pacific, Indonesia has been eager to stress it will work within New Zealand and Australia's efforts in the region, writes Mackenzie Smith.

The Super Fund is effectively providing finance for the hotels projects, which will be developed by the other parties.

A heritage order is being sought by people on the West Coast to protect four 300-year-old rātā trees from being chopped down.

French Polynesian government says new bids will be taken for the Tahitian Village tourism project after a previous arrangement with a New Zealand consortium fell over last month.

Tourism in the Northern Marianas is showing further signs of recovery with Japan's Skymark Airlines confirming nine more charter flights in August and September.

The French Polynesian government has received the head of the Chinese conglomerate Dazhong, Yang Guoping, who is exploring investment opportunities in Tahiti and nearby islands.

Egypt has opened the "Bent" Pyramid built for pharaoh Sneferu, a 101-metre structure just south of Cairo that marks a key step in the evolution of pyramid construction.

People of Tuatapere have described Hump Ridge Track's Great Walk announcement as a "great opportunity."

New Orleans residents are being warned to secure their homes as Tropical Storm Barry closing in.

The Whangārei District Council is to receive a roughly $1 million funding boost to restore Matapōuri Beach in Northland.

The premier of Niue, Sir Toke Talagi, says the world has "stuffed up" on climate change.

Tuvalu's government wants assistance with developing a tourism policy that embraces the fight against climate change.

The one year reign of a Tongan beauty queen has been wiped from the record books in retaliation for her speech at last week's crowning ceremony.

Tourists are trespassing, camping illegally and dumping rubbish in an "influx of waste" as they flock to Uluru to climb the rock before it is permanently closed on 26 October.

A major Indonesian trade show has kicked off in New Zealand, as part of efforts by Jakarta to win over Pacific allies.

Redundancy payouts to 250 staff at Immigration New Zealand have cost almost $8 million - and the restructure has achieved a fraction of the savings it set out to.

The new head of the newly formed Tourism Authority of Kiribati says the country has recgonised sustainable tourism as a potential contributor to the country's economic progress.

The Papua New Guinean beauty queen who endured a racist insult at a Tongan beauty pageant over the weekend has thanked Tongans for their support and called for unity of Pacific people.

Angry criticism on social media over apparent attempts to shut down a speech by Tonga's outgoing beauty queen has put the deputy prime minister in the spotlight.