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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.

Analysis: The Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was detained in a move the opposition condemned as politically motivated, Nadeen Ebrahim writes.

What lies behind the "anti-India activities in New Zealand" that Modi referenced in his prepared remarks to media? Audio

The PNG leader has urged Bougainville's leadership to consider the importance of economic independence alongside political aspirations.

Jope Tarai, an indigenous Fijian PhD scholar, told Pacific Waves that issues like better roads and a reliable, consistent supply of ulitities were "more important than constitutional review." Audio

Autonomous Bougainville Government president has appealed to Prime Minister James Marape "to take ownership and endorse" Bougainville's independence referendum in PNG parliament.

Criticising the opposition's lack of support, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka warns the defeat denies Fijians a chance to shape their supreme law.

Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory of New Zealand and will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its relationship with New Zealand next year. Audio

Community consultation is beginning in Tokelau, ahead of a possible third referedum on whether the island territory should have self-determination.