Stories by Caleb Fotheringham

"The relationship between China and the Cook Islands does not target any third party," the Chinese Foreign Ministry says, as opposition leaders in Rarotonga plan protest.

库克群岛的一系列举动让新西兰产生不满--最新分歧是库克群岛计划在协议内容未经与新西兰磋商的情况下与中国签署"全面战略伙伴关系"。

库克群岛总理Mark Brown本周访华，预计将与中国签署一份全面协议。

Diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand is growing. Here's what it's about, what China has to do with it, and why it matters.

Police spokesperson Trevor Pitt told RNZ Pacific that they were in need of between 30 and 40 staff. Audio

The Cook Islands prime minister says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with Beijing which is expected to be signed next week.

"We can confirm that there are a number of issues on which New Zealand and the Cook Islands Government currently do not see eye to eye," the spokesperson for Deputy PM Winston Peters said.

Two large saltwater crocodiles living in caged pits behind a café in Solomon Islands are set to be rehomed by a New Zealand animal charity.

The international advocacy group, Human Rights Watch, has put out a plea to Indonesia's President to stop human rights abuses in West Papua.

Victoria University academic Dr Iati Iati says the New Zealand Foreign Minister needed "to be a bit more humble" in deadling with the situation. Audio

Ruth Cross Kwansing, a New Zealand-born Kiribati MP, has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between Wellington and Tarawa.

The country is putting two of its most remote atolls, Bikar and Bokak, under protection from fishing, covering 48,000 square kilometres - about the size of Switzerland.

The Foreign Minister has hit back at comments by a Kiribati government minister that the island nation's leader failed to receive him because of pre-planned commitments.

Samoa and New Zealand have been in discussions over Manawanui compensation, Samoa's CEO of Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure says.

Cook Islands Police is short by about 40 staff and low remuneration rates are making it difficult to drum up new recruits.

Total visitor numbers in the Cook Islands in 2024 could rival the pre-pandemic high set in 2019.

A Cook Islands atoll is totally rat-free after recent monitoring confirmed the success of an eradication programme.

Thermal anomalies have continued to be detected on Home Reef Volcano.

The acting head of Fiji's Meteorological Service says the South Pacific's first cyclone coming two and half months into the season is not unusual.

The risk of cyclones in Pacific Islands close to the coral sea could increase as a La Niña watch remains in place.

In the aftermath of December's devastating earthquake, many people in Port Vila have been displaced and left jobless.

"I'm hoping that by educating the people, we can get a workforce of biomedical technicians that are there year-round."

A long-running education trip has given hundreds of New Zealand teachers a chance to experience life and learning in a Samoan village.

Vila Central Hospital staff have been pulling long hours with many leaving their families to look after the injured after last week's devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake.

The Cook Islands can only have its own passport if it gives up New Zealand citizenship, the office of New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters says.