Teuila Fuatai

New Zealand's Foreign Minister says the Paris Agreement fails to hold the world's biggest emitters accountable. Audio

They say the tougher deportation laws put Pacific people at risk and are hypocritical. Audio

The Papua New Guinea prime minister is rebuffing any suggestion that Beijing has had a hand in derailing a new security deal the country is negotiating with Australia. Audio

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says challenges, like corruption, crime and poverty, will need to be addressed for the country to move forward in the next 50 years. Audio

"1975 was just a construct of nation, as depicted in United Nations Charter. Before that, we were a people that existed."

The Autonomous Bougainville Government says the landing of a NZDF plane in Buka on the day before the region went to the polls breached the Bougainville Peace Agreement. Audio

In Aotearoa, a small community is celebrating a huge win against 80 years of sand mining on their coastline. Audio

Dr Ananda Amarasinghe said a four-year-old Lae boy had paralysis in his left leg and left hand.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spent eight months requesting to view agreements made by Prime Minister Mark Brown with Beijing, documents released under the Official Information Act show.

The Metals Company is advancing deep sea mining ambitions with Nauru and Tonga, bypassing UN oversight by leveraging a United States regulatory pathway.

The Fijian Prime Minister's initiative to declare the Pacific an 'ocean of peace' is slated for approval at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Honiara next month. Audio

Solomon Islands Prime Minister's proposal not to invite the likes of the US, China and Taiwan has been approved at the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Fiji.

The NZ Foreign Minister fell just short of confirming that Honiara has made an independent move to shut the door on Pacific Islands Forum dialogue partners for this year's annual leaders' summit.

The New Zealand Foreign Minister is attending the PIF Foriegn Ministers' Meeting in Suva, the final high-level meeting ahead of the Pacific leaders' summit next month.

While no cases of paralysis had been reported, the risk of further transmission remained high, WHO said.

Deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company announced the deal between the Tongan government and its subsidiary Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd on Monday.

Drug use and trafficking is a major issue in the Pacific. Audio

New Zealand's foreign minister says Cook Islanders are free to choose whether their country continues in free association with New Zealand.

But a local NGO is "quite concerned" and urging the Tongan government to reject it. Audio

The Micronesian nation is a step closer to mining in international waters and earning "a significant amount of money" under highly contentious US legislation. Audio

Australia's visa policy has become a sticking point between the two nations ahead of strategic pact expected to be re-signed in September. Audio

On the anniversary of the bombing of the protest ship, anti-nuclear advocates warn the Pacific region is facing expanding nuclearism through developments like AUKUS.

Pacific advocates in Aotearoa say a proposed law change for out-of-hours immigration visits - like dawn raids - doesn't go far enough. Audio

A former director of Tonga's cybersecurity agency says the country's health data hack last month is a "wake-up call" for the whole region. Audio

Education advocates say an NZ government decision to remove special funding for Pacific and Māori students in vocational training harks back to the days of a one-size-fits-all model.