Nauru

Nauruan voters head to the polls today with polling stations open till this evening.

Kiribati drought set to continue; search in Tonga for missing fishermen called off; and Nauruans go to the polls next Saturday.

Civil appeal to Japan over nuclear dump fear; Nauru will go to the polls next month; and Pro-independence camp in New Caledonia strengthened by Pacific Awakening

Nauru is looking for more donor partners to support the country as it looks to build a new athletics stadium and bolder infrastructure ahead of the 2026 Micronesian Games.

250 people a day in Samoa seeking help for flu, some voting early in Cook Islands election, and no new community Covid cases in Nauru in latest figures

Call in PNG for changes in Electoral Commission operations after chaotic opening to poll; New Caledonia re-introduces measures to control Covid spread; nearly half of Nauru has had covid; New…

A refugee stranded on Nauru says he's terrified of contracting covid-19 as the virus spreads throughout the community.

A Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Olympian is the first recorded covid-related death in Nauru.

Samoan man charged with double murder; Namah says party members using violence will be dumped; Green Climate Fund says help is coming for Tonga and Nauru Covid numbers continue to soar

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the community in Nauru has almost doubled in three days.

Nauru President Lionel Aingimea is encouraging residents to mask up, social distance and stay home to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Representatives of Pacific civil society and conservation groups are calling on the New Zealand government to show regional leadership and support a moratorium on deep sea mining. Audio

The Nauru Government says too many vehicles are being imported into the country.

Food insecurity is a growing challenge for Pacific Island countries in the face of more frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, and the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns.

The president of Palau said the pause on Micronesia's pending withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum is the last chance for leaders in the south to set things right.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, is set to leave the post after just 18 months to try and repair a rift in the organisation.

The Australian Government is being called to explain why it is spending $AU3.5 million of taxpayers' money annually for each refugee it is detaining on Nauru.

Half of the refugees incarcerated in a Melbourne hotel now have Covid-19 and an advocate says Australian officials are to blame.