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Explainer - What is the Australia New Zealand refugee resettlement deal and why has it been agreed after nearly a decade? RNZ is here to clear it all up.

Nauru records first two cases of Covid-19 in MIQ; Samoa's Ministry of Health confirm 245 new covid cases; Kiribati government extends curfew, and more.

Week in Politics: The Prime Minister announces a significant easing of Covid-19 restrictions - but she doesn't please everyone - and New Zealand offers non-lethal military aid to Ukraine.

The Australian government has agreed to New Zealand's refugee resettlement offer purely because it is politically expedient, Amnesty says. Audio

In a major about-turn, Australia has accepted New Zealand's long-standing offer to take 150 refugees a year for three years from detention centres in the Pacific.

Food insecurity is a growing challenge for Pacific Island countries in the face of more frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, and the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns.

For two years Niue has been in it's own bubble of the Pacific sheltered from the virus which has plagued the rest of the world.

Assaults on fishermen alleged; Solomons' covid crisis expands; and help for Tongan schools, and more

A Solomon Islands academic wants the government to establish an Economic Advisory Council to provide it with sound budget advice.

Fiji records eight more Covid deaths; Kiribati extends curfew; American Samoan health officials find some covid infections historical; Vanuatu will resume repatriation flights this weekend; Nauru gets…

American Samoa confirms six Covid-19 cases at the border; US Labor Dept Covid-19 testing rules applies to American Samoa; Vanuatu Teachers Union unhappy with the sacking of its President and Secretary…

CNMI Governor confident Senate will absolve him; Bodies of men killed in American Samoa will be returned to families; Nauru implements new pre-travel arrangements in Brisbane, and more.

Indonesian logging camp torched in West Papua, post-election government formation in Tonga streches out, and more.

NZ and other countries must combat rampant vaccine misinformation in the Pacific, which threatens the whole region, a researcher says. Audio

Every year, a potential showdown looms between Pacific island countries and distant water fishing nations at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

Marshalls' Heine appointed USP pro-chancellor; PNG law reform head hits out at Pandemic Act, US seizes drugs bound for Fiji and more.

Village in Samoa takes hardline against unvaccinated residents; PNG outlines how it will support Bougainville post-referendum consultations;Nauru eyes 737 aircraft, and more.

The every-four-year Micronesian Games have been postponed due to ongoing uncertainty about Covid and restricted travel in the region.

Global climate talks have started in Glasgow, but most Pacific leaders won't be there. Audio

Half of the refugees incarcerated in a Melbourne hotel now have Covid-19 and an advocate says Australian officials are to blame.

Call in Australia for detainees to be released after multiple Covid cases; Samoan Minister speaks out after drunk driving episode; Illegal mining on Kiribati coast increasing; Cook Islanders arriving…

The Marshall Islands is urging collective global action over both the climate crisis and the pandemic.

Samoa Airlines explains delay; Samoan sailors head for work abroad; Tongan brothers killed in US city of Oakland, and more.

A Tuvaluan leader in Aotearoa New Zealand is urging his community to take their eligible family members to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Leaders of several Pacific Islands nations have told the UN General Assembly that Taiwan should be able to participate fully in the UN and World Health system.