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RNZ Pacific's bulletin editor Christina Persico looks in the rearview mirror at 2025. Audio

He was responding to concerns raised by Tongans locally and abroad about a citizenship by investment proposal touted to earn US$400 million over five years for the government.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Nauru's deputy minister for public health saying diabetes is a national crisis.

The most obese 5-19-year-olds globally live in three Pacific Island nations, a UNICEF report found.

Incumbent President David Adeang has been re-elected, but he is not automatically reinstated as president - that will be decided by the new parliament.

A total of 60 candidates are vying for seats in parliament.

Nauruans will head to the polls on Saturday for two important votes: to elect their members of parliament and to decide on a change to the nation's constitution.

The Speaker of Parliament Marcus Stephen issued a notice of a general election on Saturday. Candidate nominations are now open.

A round-up of news from around the region, including French Polynesia hosting the 2031 Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting.

When it comes to airport runways, once the safety side is taken care of, in a few parts of the world, things get a little inventive.

The event was moved due to delays in the construction of Nauru's first-ever national stadium, the Micronesian Games Council said.

The country's Health Ministry said cases for the week of 18-24 August had dropped by 19 percent compared to the previous week.

During the outbreak, which was declared on 19 February, 907 cases were recorded and three people died.

The first reported case of dengue fever in Nauru was on 27 June. Audio

A round-up of news from around the region, including Nauru's president saying re-establishing diplomatic relations with China is paying "great dividends".

A call has been made for compassion for the mother of a baby found in a sanitary bin in a Fiji university hostel.

Laws over international deep sea mining are being thrashed out at a meeting in Jamaica, but the process has so far taken over a decade and we don't even have a draft set of rules

And Tahiti has stamped its mark as the team to beat when it hosts the Pacific Games in two years' time.

The French territory has more than double the gold medals of nearest rival with 59, and 117 medals in total.

Samoa now has nine gold medals to its name, while Fiji and Australia have jumped into third and fourth spots, respectively.

Tahiti's lead on the medal table continues to grow, as day two came to an end on Tuesday night.

Tahiti's Teimoana Taputu claimed the first gold medal in Palau, taking out the V1 500 metres open men's final in va'a (outrigger) racing. Audio

Penny Wong embarks on a major visit to Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu following Labor's recent election victory.

Anti-deep sea mining advocates warn Trump's fast-track order circumvents long-standing international sea laws by providing an alternative path to mine the seabed.