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Journalists who attended the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru have been criticised for focusing on refugees.

Indonesia's influence in the Pacific Islands is growing, but is shadowed by disquiet over its region of Papua, known widely as West Papua.

The Chinese President Xi Jinping is offering to host a meeting with Pacific leaders in Port Moresby ahead of the APEC leaders summit in November.

New Zealand's foreign minister says it is looking to completely re-shape its aid spending, announcing the establishment of a "Strategic International Development Fund."

French Polynesia could become the location of the world's first floating city as early as 2022 - says the co-founder of a non-profit think tank.

One child has died and nearly 500 people have become unwell in Kiribati over the past two months due to suspected dengue fever.

New Zealand Defence Force aircraft are spending hundreds of expensive hours every year looking for missing fishing boats and ferries in the Pacific. Audio

Pacific islands will receive the bulk of New Zealand's increased foreign aid budget, announced this evening by its Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

New Zealand is to send accident investigators to help investigate the sinking of the MV Butiraoi in Kiribati.

More aid money should be put towards sustainable shipping in the region to avoid tragedies like the recent Kiribati ferry disaster, according to Pacific maritime researcher Peter Nuttall.

A summit next week in Majuro will bring together the leaders of the eight nations that control waters where most of the world's skipjack tuna is caught.

UNICEF says the rate of newborn deaths in Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia remains alarmingly high.

Calls by Pacific leaders for action on protecting oceans have ratcheted up a notch in recent days in Suva.

Australia has defended its border protection policies at a refugee and migration summit in New York.

Pacific island countries have called for help in dealing with refugees at a major UN gathering in New York.

The 47th Pacific Islands Forum summit begins today in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Police in New Zealand hope new Pacific coordinators will help reduce the number of Pacific people in prison, and increase the number of Pasifika police officers. Video

TVNZ has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the 2018 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in a deal that with also benefit the Pacific Islands.

Pacific Island nations have told the United Nations climate change summit in Paris they are already feeling the effects of climate change and urgent action is needed. Audio

Papua New Guinean Loa Dika Toua has emerged with the best result of the Pacific contingent at the IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Houston.