Jordan Fennell

Samoa's government has made it clear that its key priority is using the event to champion action on climate change and gender equality.

Australia is sending RAAF planes, HMAS Canberra and 600 personnel to help Vanuatu's population rebuild after "evil twin" cyclone event. 

Fiji's government summons the country's top military commander after he issues an extraordinary statement raising concerns about the "ambition and speed" of changes being made by the new government.

A Papua New Guinean researcher calls for Australia to help deliver its next national census amid speculation the population is as high as 17 million.

Fiji's national election is only two weeks away and the leaders of three of the major parties have taken to TikTok to campaign — with varying degrees of commitment.

Fiji's National Federation Party leader Biman Prasad is charged with two counts of "insulting the modesty" of a person after hugging and kissing the cheek of a former party candidate's wife.

Papua New Guinea is home to more than 850 native languages that are said to be dying with each generation. But two university students are working to change that.

Children and young people in the Pacific have grown up in the shadow of climate change, watching rising sea levels swallow landscapes and waiting in fear for the next natural disaster to strike.

Despite never having local transmission in the Solomon Islands, Australia refused to let Tommy come join Stephanie over here.   

Samoa's first female Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, is legally recognised in a court decision that ends a three-month political impasse.

There is growing unease within the Coalition over the federal government's proposed new agriculture visa, as experts warn it could undermine Australia's flagship labour schemes for Pacific Island workers.

The worldwide musical hit Hamilton is coming to Australia with its diverse cast including Indigenous and Pasifika actors, and they hope the conversation about representation continues beyond the show.

A Chinese ambassador causes a stir for walking on the backs of people who are welcoming him to his new job in their country — but for the locals it is a sign of respect.

While most Australians shiver through a cold August winter, Kris Fothergill and his family have sailed into tropical Fiji after the Pacific Island country opened its new Blue Lane initiative.

In Papua New Guinea many people earn less than a dollar a day. But that didn't stop one community from donating tens of thousands of dollars to an Australian town badly affected by the Black Summer bushfires.

The 50-year-old survival story of six young boys who spent at least 15 months on a remote Pacific island after a shipwreck enchanted millions of readers across the world. But its retelling has upset some members of the Pacific island community.

Vanuatu is one of only three countries around the world that have no women serving in their parliaments — but as the country heads to the polls, female candidates are hoping to change that.

Damaging gale force winds and heavy rain have lashed Fiji, forcing hundreds to bunker down in shelters as Cylonce Sarai hits.

Medical experts warn Samoans against heeding anti-vax messages spread by social media influencers amid a deadly measles outbreak in the Pacific nation that has so far claimed 39 lives — most of them children.

The death toll from Samoa's deadly measles outbreak climbs to 15, as Australia and New Zealand dispatch medical teams to tackle the contagious disease spreading across the Pacific.

Police in Papua New Guinea say they are investigating footage posted online showing officers kicking and stomping on a group of men in Port Moresby, before beating them repeatedly over the head with the ends of their rifles.

Baron Waqa loses the fight to retain his seat in his constituency in the national election, having seen his Government accused of artificially boosting its support by granting citizenship to Chinese nationals.

Bras can be considered as a luxury item for Pacific women, who would rather prioritise feeding their children than getting the support they need. But an Australian NGO has tried to help those who need them most in the region.

Shin Ok-ju told her followers Fiji was a country chosen by God — when they arrived, she confiscated their passports and subjected them to ritual "collective beatings".

A West Papuan independence organisation has claimed to have unified three armed separatist groups to lobby for independence from Indonesia and "take over our country".