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A new Pacific trade deal could prove divisive in the region, according to NZ Green Party MP Barry Coates. Audio

A scientist says further studies are needed to find out if people in the Pacific are being harmed by high levels of mercury.

The Cook Islands prime minister, Henry Puna, says he is looking forward to building the same kind of friendship with New Zealand's new foreign minister as he has with the outgoing one.

The tail ends of two cyclones this month have left many crops underwater or too wet to get machinery in to harvest it.

Senior officials from 22 Pacific Island countries and territories along with medical professionals have gathered in Suva for the Fifth Heads of Health meeting.

A new study has found that 96 percent of women of childbearing age in four Pacific countries have elevated levels of mercury.

New Zealand's Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy has acknowledged the 1000 men from the Pacific Islands who served in the First World War.

England coach Wayne Bennett has named a 20-man squad for next weekend's rugby league test against Samoa at Campbelltown Stadium.

Drought-hit farmers in North Canterbury are breathing a sigh of relief, with the rainfall brought by two cyclones turning parched paddocks green. Video

A Chinese foreign aid scholar says the region is likely to see more trilateral aid projects involving China like the Cook islands Te Mato Vai water project.

Negotiations for the Pacific regional trade agreement PACER Plus have concluded in Australia after eight years of planning.

The Pacific is likely to see more teamwork involving China such as the Chinese-New Zealand partnership to pipe water around Rarotonga.

More relief funds have been released in New Caledonia in the aftermath of Cyclone Cook.

New Caledonian communities hit by Cyclone Cook last week will get emergency assistance from the local government.

Storms - and the trees they bring down - are to blame for New Zealand's rising number of power cuts, the Electricity Networks Association says.

Hundreds of people on the North Island's East Coast are now into their fourth day without power following last week's storm.

Hundreds of households in New Caledonia are still without power, a week after Cyclone Cook crossed the main island.

Hundreds of households in New Caledonia are still without power, a week after Cyclone Cook crossed the main island.

Several houses are being evacuated in Waikato after a river stopbank burst.

Hundreds of people have joined an army of volunteers to help clean up flood-stricken Edgecumbe over the Easter weekend.

The lines company Unison says it expects to have all Hawke's Bay properties reconnected to the grid by the end of tomorrow. Video

The worst of Cyclone Cook may be over but there is a huge clean-up job ahead in the coming months, Civil Defence says. Video

Some Edgecumbe residents have been allowed back into their flood-hit town today but many have been devastated by the state of their homes. Video