This article recounts, as a lesson-learning exercise, a chain of events that played out in the 1990s — financial misconduct…

An environmental group in American Samoa is taking legal action against the United States government over its [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/749226/pacific-voices-condemn-us-plan-for-offshore-mineral-extraction-off-american-samoa plans for…

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has urged the international community to prioritise humanity ahead of war for the sake of…

On behalf of the United States of America, I extend warm congratulations to the people of Palau as you celebrate…

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The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is losing about 1000 people a year because of a lack of economic opportunities, a…

In a press release on Wednesday, Fiji’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) confirmed that the missing and…

Fiji’s police chief has confirmed that six persons of interest have been identified following investigations into 40kg of missing cocaine…

U.S. soldiers carry out construction work on a former Japanese military airfield on Peleliu Island, in February 2025. (Photo by…

Lakapi Samoa is disappointed that the Oceania 7s rugby tournament has been cancelled.Chief executive Seumanu Douglas Ngau Chun told the…