RNZ Pacific reporters

The Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office has given the 'all clear' to TAFEA Province as Tropical Cyclone Urmil moves southeast.

Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office has issued a red alert for TAFEA province as a tropical cyclone hovers near the province.

The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has announced details of key regional meetings ahead of the COP 31 climate summit later this year.

The category one system is generating winds of over 90kms per hour near its centre.

Netball Fiji has announced the appointment of New Zealander Michelle Parsons as its new head coach of the national team.

The Defence Force has carried out upgrade of critical tsunami and volcano monitoring equipment on Raoul Island.

Met services in Fiji and Vanuatu are closely monitoring TD09F forecast to become a cyclone on Friday afternoon.

Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Schmidt and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong signed the agreements "to bolster shared work", the Australia's High Commission in Samoa said.

Construction has begun for a new chancery to be New Zealand's High Commission in Papua New Guinea.

Already playing a catch-up match at the end of the OFC Pro League's round three, Tahiti United now have a second postponed game.

Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department says the Ambae volcano alert level has been upgraded following increased activity.

The Fijian Prime Minister says his government will not interfere with the work of the country's anti-corruption agency following the latest turn of events involving a British-Fijian national.

Fiji's biggest Christian denomination has joined forces with the state in its efforts to address illicit drug use and the spread of HIV and AIDS in the population.

Travellers flying out of Samoa will soon have to pay extra on every trip, with new fees added by the Samoa Airport Authority.

A lack of funding has forced Moana Pasifika to cancel hosting their Super Rugby Pacific round nine match against the Chiefs in Nuku'alofa.

The arrest and detention of Charlie Charters by Fiji's anti-corruption agency has sparked concerns about freedom of expression from the country's politicians, advocates and journalists.

Palau's Supreme Court has denied an application by the Senate for a stay order on the government's plan to take third country nationals deported from the United States.

Fiji police have charged former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and former Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho with inciting mutiny.

A new poll shows a majority of New Zealanders want the fishing method of bottom trawling banned, but Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is not of this view.

The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua.

Six of the deaths occurred in Tanna and one in Shefa Province. Three of the deaths were infants.

The 19-year-old won the beauty pageant on home soil during the crowning night in Nadi on Saturday, marking Fiji's first win since 2016.

Since last month, police-led eviction exercises have taken place in some of the capital's informal settlements where thousands of people have been living without a legal claim to the land.

The Nauru government says the island's name "was changed not by our choice, but for convenience" and the proposed changes aims to honour the nation's heritage, language, and identity.

An Auckland University researcher is bringing Samoan medicinal knowledge into virology. Audio