Stories by RNZ Pacific

The Vanuatu Supreme Court has approved the implementation of the Deed of Compromise which Ernst & Young Australia said is a positive outcome for the airline and its creditors.

Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East are "well, safe and in high morale" amid escalated tensions in the region, the country's acting home affairs minister says.

The Prime Minister said when PNG turns 70 in 2045 it needs to have broken free of the constraints of being a low-income nation to a high-income economy.

Navunikabi villagers in Namosi on the main island of Viti Levu are protesting Sitiveni Rabuka government's proposal to construct a hydro dam.

Former New Zealand Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae is in Port Moresby this week to meet with the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister and the Bougainville President.

"We sustainably manage our forests, land and sea, because our livelihood depends on them," Prime Minister James Marape told world leaders in New York less than a week ago.

Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele said the opening of the embassy "has built a bridge of friendship that shortens the distance between our two countries".

Paific Island leaders have wrapped up the 79th Session of the UNGA reinforcing their message to global leaders that the world needs to act urgently to combat the climate crisis.

Former secretary general to parliament, Mary Chapman, who spent over 4 decades in the civil service wants "somebody to put their foot down" on MPs behaviour.

Mase Mahonri Schwalger has been charged with multiple serious offences, including unlawful sexual connection, attempted sexual violation, sexual conduct with a person under 16.

George Maggi is denying that the former deputy prime minister, jailed in March for fraud, is receiving special treatment after being hired by family on a prison work scheme.

Uduch Sengebau Senior told world leaders that the global response to the climate crisis "is a matter of life and death" and "science, conservation, and the well-being of people" must be prioritised.

Ratu Viliame Katonivere has told the United Nations that cultivating a culture of peace is now more urgent than ever.

Speaking on the second day of the UNGA in New York, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine said that "the world's oceans are too fragile to turn into a speculative experiment".

This is the assurance given by the military chief Ratu Jone Kalouniwai following the presidential pardon of the main instigator of the May 2000 coup and the leader of the November 2000 mutiny. Audio

NASA also said this amount of rise will occur regardless of whether greenhouse gas emissions change in the coming years. Audio

The economic prospects of the Pacific are primarily determined by PNG and Fiji, collectively accounting for 90 percent of the subregion's GDP. Audio

"Our states, maritime zones, and rights remain intact under international law, no matter the rising seas; we are here to stay." Audio

The Fiji Corrections Service said the two prisoners, who were employed in the facility's kitchen, were temporary removed from their duties following a dispute over the handling of food supplies.

The report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research details nine factors that are crucial for regulating the planet's ability to sustain life.

Four films capturing the lives of the Samoan community in the US have been included in Visual Communications' Pacific Cinewaves event in Carson City. Audio

Warring clan leaders in Papua New Guinea's Enga province have agreed to peace talks after chronic tribal revenge killings among local terrorists with military-style weapons.

The man behind the 2000 coup in Fiji, and the head of the mutineers, former soldier Shane Stevens have been granted Presidential pardons.

The World Meteorological Organisation has issued its annual Ozone and UV Bulletin, which looks at the role of meteorological conditions and a major volcanic eruption on the Antarctic ozone hole in… Audio

Fiji, FSM, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tuvalu and Tonga voted against; Australia, Samoa, Kiribati and Vanuatu abstained; NZ, Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands voted in favour.