Stories by Margot Staunton

Home Affairs Minister Pio TIkoduadua denies claims the country is a drug haven and is optimistic the government can turn things around. Audio

Nearly a third of Tonga's population still has no internet and is unlikely to have access until mid-August.

Four New Caledonian MPs met with the French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday, calling for political dialogue to resume urgently.

The 58-year-old suspect in the double-homicide in Fasito'o Uta, who was on the run, was arrested in the northwest coast of Upolu on Tuesday, Samoa police have confirmed. Audio

A Kanak political commentator in New Zealand says calls to separate New Caledonia into pro- and anti-independence provinces would worsen racial inequality in the territory. Audio

A third of Tonga's population has had no internet for more than two weeks, with officials blaming an earthquake.

Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories Gérald Darmanin says the armoured vehicles will help put an end to all roadblocks and completely re-establish public order.

Police brutality will further escalate tensions between pro-independence activists and French security forces in New Caledonia, a senior church leader in Nouméa says.