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A round-up of news from around the region, including Pacific nations pushing for the International Maritime Organisation to a carbon levy.

Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning - as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill is officially killed in Parliament.

Waiata, heckling and cheers rang out as ACT's Treaty Principles Bill was voted out of Parliament, but some say it should never have got off the ranks.

The French government has appointed Jacques Billant, 65, whose career involves a long stint in the French military, as the new High Commissioner.

The Autonomous Bougainville Government president says the people of Bougainville will not accept any unlawful veto by the PNG parliament of their democratic decision for self-determination.

A 15-year-old boy from Whakatāne's walk for wards aims to keep Māori voices in local government.

The initial reaction from Tokelauans to President Donald Trump's tariffs of surprise and laughter has turned to sadness.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has changed his diary to speak at the second reading of the bill and says Christopher Luxon should do the same.

Māori ward councillors from around the motu met in Taupō last week, with many of them up for reelection this year and their seat at the council table also on the ballot. Audio

Parliament's Justice Committee has recommended the Treaty Principles Bill go no further, but David Seymour says he is not giving up.

The US president reportedly told close contacts the tech billionaire step back from his government role.

Mark Brown has recently been caught up in a bitter dispute with New Zealand over agreements he signed with China.

French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has returned to Paris Tuesday, without any deal as yet regarding the French Pacific territory's political future.

But legal scholars warn the move sets a worrying precedent.

Less than a month after his previous visit, Manuel Valls intends to further talks on the French Pacific territory's political future.

Analysis - Come May only one can be Australia's prime minister. Audio

The next phase in Bougainville's transition from autonomy to independence has begun, President Ishmael Toroama says.

The supreme law of the land effectively legalises dictatorship, according to one of the deputy prime ministers of the island nation. Audio

Nouméa-based Véronique Roger-Lacan was in Vanuatu on a four-day visit, where she held talks with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat.

The MMA star says he will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year on an anti-immigration stance.

A round-up of news from around the region, including the economic cost of violence in Papua New Guinea.

Wellington-based trio Laser Kiwi have managed to impress two of the biggest names in magic. Video, Audio

Police have been investigating since 2021 what happened to more than $1.3m raised by Scottish independence campaigners in 2017.

The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville's push for independence are planning to meet several more times before a deadline in June.