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An ocean-going tug and barge are due to depart New Zealand this week and head to Samoa to assist with the sunken HMNZ Manawanui.

A New Zealand-born Samoan academic has become the first student of Pacific Island heritage to be awarded a PhD in physiotherapy. Audio

The annual secondary school festival, which began in Ōtara in 1976 to celebrate Pacific and Indigenous culture, has grown into one of the largest Pacific festivals in the world.

But both the Chief of Navy and the Samoan government say community engagement is being led by local authorities. Audio

Greens MP Teanau Tuiono told RNZ Pacific that anyone born in Samoa between 1924 and 1948 can apply for citizenship.

Explainer - New Zealand's Parliament will, on Wednesday, hear the third and final reading of a bill that will, if passed, restore a pathway for citizenship to a group of Samoans stripped of it decades…

Terence Wood from the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre says: "If I were the leader of Pacific country, I'd be asking myself what's going on here."

Survivors of abuse in faith and state-based institutions seek meaningful redress that restores their cultural identity, following the New Zealand government's formal apology. Audio

Chief executive Joanna Bourke said the organisation will continue to advocate for the Pacific amid government funding blow.

The Pacific employment rate for the September 2024 quarter was at 60.8 percent, down from 63.3 percent for the same time last year. Audio

Samoa's Marine Pollution Advisory Committee says equipment is being prepared in Whangārei. Audio

The project, Our Whare Our Fale, will deliver up to 300 fit-for-purpose, affordable, and multigenerational homes in eastern Porirua.

The annual celebration of culture kicks off this weekend in West Auckland.

Former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi has expressed appreciation to Green MP Teanau Tuiono but raised concerns about the Bill's potential impact on extended family recognition.

If passed, the proposed legislation would "provide entitlement to New Zealand citizenship for a group of people born in Western Samoa whose citizenship was removed through the Citizenship (Western…

An historic bill to restore entitlement to New Zealand citizenship for people born in Western Samoa between 1924 and 1949 has passed its second reading in Parliament.

Project Ikuna offers Auckland businesses with jobs at risk of automation and technological advancements the chance to upskill their Pacific workers.

A bill that aims to restore citizenship to a group of Samoans born between 1924 and 1949 has unanimous support from the select committee to procced but will not include the decedents of the cohort. Audio

Located on Scarborough Terrace in Parnell, Auckland, Studio Carolina Izzo is a hub of art preservation, focusing on the conservation of cultural heritage.

A Samoan University of Auckland Masters student is looking to explore the relationship between cardiovascular disease and psychological wellbeing among Pasifika, particularly fathers. Audio