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The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed to ask the president of the republic Nikenike Vurobaravu to dissolve Parliament.

RNZ Pacific has confirmed from multiple sources that Nauru's president David Adeang has departed the Cook Islands just 24 hours after he walked out of a plenary meeting in Rarotonga.

RNZ Pacific has confirmed from multiple sources that Nauru's president David Adeang has departed the Cook Islands just 24 hours after he walked out of a plenary meeting in Rarotonga.

The wounds of last year's rift at the Pacific Islands Forum has been reopened after a dramatic walkout by the Nauru President David Adeang, followed by a no-show for the leaders retreat on Aitutaki.

A pro-Palestine protest is taking place outside the main auditorium where the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting is taking place in Rarotonga. Audio

Signs of potential disagreements are starting to surface at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in the Cook Islands.

The stage is set for the 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship in Brisbane, Australia this weekend.

The controversial former Nauru president Baron Waqa is set to be the next Pacific Islands Forum secretary-general, Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr has confirmed. Audio

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.

The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting opening ceremony erupted with song, dance and the fierce drumming performances involving hundreds of Cook Island children. Audio

Pacific Churches welcome Melanesian Spearhead Group decision to appoint Fiji and Papua New Guinea PMs as special envoys to Indonesia to "address West Papua issue".

Outgoing deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni will attend the leaders retreat as the National Party leader stays in New Zealand to try to form a government.