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Samoa court to hear 28 election challenges, PNG begins its Covid-19 vaccine rollout beyond the capital, and more.

Doctors in Papua New Guinea say the coronavirus crisis there is only getting worse, as hospitals struggle without supplies as basic as gloves in a country with no grasp of just how widespread the…

Tonga vaccination process gets the thumbs up, PNG's covid controller urges people to follow the rules, Mongolian workers being repatriated from the Marianas and more.

A shipping company based in Singapore says it is working with Vanuatu authorities to trace the contacts of a dead crew member found washed ashore and infected with Covid-19.

In today's sports news - Coles back at the helm for Hurricanes, Chelsea held by Brighton, Tongan coach reminds New Zealand of obligation to Pacific player development and Kobe ends deal with Nike.

NZ foreign minister concerned about Pacific indebtedness to China; Six-60 concert to be broadcast to Pacific; Wallis and Futuna extends lockdown and more.

Hong Kong will suspend flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from 20 April after the N501Y mutant Covid-19 variant was detected in the Asian financial hub for the first time.

The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Another 219 Covid-19 cases in PNG, death toll in Eastern Highlands tribal violence reaches 31, Fiji Corrections officers heading to Sth Sudan get Red Cross training, and more.

Already facing the threat of a new coronavirus outbreak, the tiny nation of Timor-Leste has been hit by devastating flooding and landslides. Audio

Fiji rice farmers called on to improve production, US Peace Corp to return to Vanuatu, arrests in Solomon Islands after village clashes, another Covid case in quarantine in Fiji and Tuvalu gets…

A former Papua New Guinea provincial governor, Malcolm Kela Smith, has died in Australia from Covid-19.

Conditions for quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand have been met, and a bubble will start in less than two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Audio

Over 100 tourists have descended on Palau to kick off the first travel bubble with Taiwan.

Former Italy international, Federica Tonon, has been appointed as the new national beach volleyball coach in Vanuatu as the country chases an historic Olympic qualification.

NZ's Foreign Minister says her government is working to make it easier to get vaccines into the Pacific

Vanuatu's government is being encouraged by the Opposition to expedite approval of a Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

A debate has emerged over how critical it is for children to be immunised against Covid-19. Audio