Kiribati

It's World Water Day and Childfund New Zealand is raising awareness about the issues people in Kiribati face with contaminated groundwater.

Covid-19 continues to have a significant impact around the Pacific.

Covid-19 outbreaks in some Pacific countries are showing signs of slowing.

The president of Palau said the pause on Micronesia's pending withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum is the last chance for leaders in the south to set things right.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, is set to leave the post after just 18 months to try and repair a rift in the organisation.

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The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed 138 new infections on Wednesday taking the total number of people infected with Covid-19 to nation high of 767 people.

Kiribati has recorded its highest daily increase in new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 629. Audio

The Kiribati Government has extended its state of disaster by another month as the remote Pacific Island nation's Covid-19 infections climbs to almost 400.

The Kiribati government has extended its lockdown of South Tarawa, Betio and Buota for another seven days due to a rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.

The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island has surpassed 100 Covid-19 cases after it recorded 37 new positive infections on Wednesday.

From this afternoon Kiribati, which was Covid-free until just days ago, is going into lockdown, with the Covid-19 virus now in the community.

An oceans' expert is supportive of the Kiribati Government's plan to open the Phoenix Island Protected Area, or the PIPA, to commercial fishing.

One of the directors of the Phoenix Island Protected Area Trust says the marine sanctuary is a conservation treasure for the world.

An opposition MP in Kiribati says the government plans to open an internationally valuable marine sanctuary because it needs the revenue to pay for extravagant election promises.