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Prime Minister James Marape has summoned his Health Minister and other health officials to meet this Friday to address issues of hospital overcrowding.

There is certainly a will amongst local Bougainvillean people to have New Zealand police here for as long as possible, says police team leader Owen Maurirere.

There are concerns in Australia that as more emphasis in paced on defence spending, foreign aid will suffer. Audio

While Papua New Guinea and Bougainville continue the mediation process over the region's desire for independence, Bougainville's leaders are separately laying down markers of what they are expecting. Audio

A Ministry of Froeign Affairs and Trade spokesperson said, "Any future climate finance commitment beyond 2025 is yet to be determined by the government." Audio

A damning report explains how the disaster on a Samoan reef happened, including a full transcript of the dramatic night.

"We'll get in our liferafts and we'll survive," the captain told the crew as the navy ship grounded in Samoa, the full transcript shows.

Matthew Kelly was originally sent to prison in 2016 after he was found with objectionable material on his cellphone and laptop.

The autonomous Papua New Guinea region, which is seeking independence, continues to face trauma of its past, says a former member of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army.

There are hopes that a formal meeting of journalists from Tonga and Papua New Guinea last week will lead to the development of a collective media voice in the Pacific. Audio

They revealed a confidential council plan.

There will be a substantial commitment to the Pacific, and money has also been earmarked to fill some of the gap left by the United States withdrawing its global aid programme.

RNZ Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala says the strategic planning meeting in the Kingdom allowed people to air their ideas and things that they have experienced.

Earlier this month, the Papua New Guinea government amended the country's constitution to make it more difficult to bring votes of no confidence in the government.

The government of Tonga, led by Prime Minister Dr 'Aisake Eke and formed at the end of last year, is holding its first national development summit in Nuku'alofa.

Robin Davies, an honorary professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy, is confident that overseas development assistance to the Pacific will continue.

US State Department says Trump administration is reviewing information to determine "who's allowed into the country."

Teaching students are struggling to meet the demands of full-time study without the money.

Councillors voted unanimously at an extraordinary meeting to dump the unpopular plans.

New Zealand First wants to "remove woke 'DEI' regulations" from legislation that it voted for five years ago.

Fighting in the Bougainville-Papua New Guinea civil war officially ended in 1997, with the Peace Agreement signed in 2001, but many in the region continue to suffer severe trauma.

The government has been struggling to set up a National Identity system by for more than ten years, spending spent approximately NZ$211m in the process, but "failed to deliver".

The Australian journalist who has covered some of the dramatic stories in the region for nearly four decades shares about her journey. Audio