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A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Cook Islands Prime Minister saying he will re-establish community policing to tackle rising crime rate in Rarotonga.

The green fuel will power the equivalent of 165 jet flights between the capital and Auckland.

The government is being "very cagey" about whether the previous order for the new ferries has been cancelled or not, the Labour leader says.

Engineers are today probing the stricken ferry, as the government weighs up the costs of replacing the country's ageing interisland ferry fleet.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including recovering tourist numbers in the Northern Marianas.

Australians and New Zealanders have been fighting over which nation invented the pavlova for years.

A Fijian circus, a Canterbury fossil that predates dinosaurs and a hospital gardener sharing his skills are among this week's feel-good stories from RNZ.

The Aratere grounding shows the fragility of the link between the North and South islands, Transporting NZ says.

The Aratere has been refloated - but when it's back in Picton can't move again until it gets the all-clear from investigators.

The grounding of the Aratere ferry is a wake-up call for the coalition government to invest in new vessels and infrastructure, critics say.

Nadine Taylor says the grounding of the Aratere near Picton has raised questions about how KiwiRail is looking after its Interislander ferries.

The government was "highly unimpressed" with KiwiRail's ferry maintenance standards, Simeon Brown said earlier this week.

With NZ's only rail ferry out of action, trains can no longer get between the North and South islands, cutting the rail network in half.

Mayor Monique Croon says the island has been out of petrol for about a month and out of LPG cooking gas for the last three weeks.

A preview of the Super Rugby Pacific final, OFC Nations Cup clashes and Vanuatu women's beach volleyball team's final attempt to qualify for the Paris Olympics.

Why do place names get changed, who can suggest a new one and what's in a name anyway? Audio

Rising Stars - A Māori-Cook Islands doctor who once dreamed of becoming an All Black is now changing lives with an exercise programme inspired by preparing coconut cream.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a vaccine warning for the CNMI, Guam, Palau, Micronesia, and Alaskan cities.