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November 8
Tuvalu minister stands in sea for speech to show climate change
Tuvalu's foreign minister has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change.
World
September 7
Cocaine, geography and Covid-19, drug trafficking in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police network says one of the biggest challenges countries in the region face with drugs washing up on their shores is geography and that Covid-19 could be making recruitment easier for drug traffickers.
World
November 17
Solomon Islands to ban Facebook
Solomon Islands' Cabinet has agreed to ban Facebook, citing a need for stricter cybercrime legislation and regulation.
World
October 5
New Caledonia rejects full independence from France again
The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia voted against independence from France on Sunday for the second time in as many years, a provisional final count showed.
World
November 30
Samoa measles death toll rises to 44
The death toll from the measles epidemic in Samoa has climbed to 44.
National
October 30
3 killed by measles epidemic in Samoa
Two babies and an adult are believed to have been killed in the measles epidemic in Samoa.
World
September 1
Ten jailed in Pacific for drug and child prostitution racket
Ten people in French Polynesia have been given jail sentences of up to seven years over a racket with child prostitution sex and drug dealing.
World
August 18
Tonga considers treason charges for royal slurs on Facebook
Tongan police are considering laying treason charges against people insulting the royal family on Facebook, says the kingdom's attorney general.
World
May 25
Yoga teacher found after 17 days lost in Hawaii forest
Rescuers in Hawaii have found a yoga instructor who went missing for 17 days while hiking in a forest reserve and survived by drinking from streams and eating plants.
World
November 22
'Desperate' Vanuatu seeks to sue climate change culprits
Low-lying Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies and industrialised countries that use them for their role in creating catastrophic climate change, the foreign minister of the Pacific island nation says.
National
September 5
PM discusses refugees detained on Nauru
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met people working with refugees in Nauru but not any of the refugees themselves during her brief visit to the island.
National
July 30
Fire breaks out at Cook Islands resort
Three accommodation units and a beach bar have been destroyed in a fire at the Aitutaki Lagoon Resort and Spa in the Cook Islands.
World
May 14
Huge fissure opens on Hawaiian volcano
A massive new fissure opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, hurling bursts of rock and magma with an ear-piercing screech as it threatened nearby homes and prompted authorities to order new evacuations.
World
February 12
Tonga braces for Cyclone Gita
Tonga was bracing for Tropical Cyclone Gita to hit on Monday after the powerful storm sparked evacuations and cut off water supplies in Samoa over the weekend.
World
February 11
Samoa cleans up after cyclone Gita
The clean up is continuing in the two Samoas after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit on Saturday morning.
National
January 27
NZ search for missing ferry carrying 50 in Pacific
A passenger ferry with 50 people on-board has gone missing in Kiribati and New Zealanders have today joined the search for it.
National
November 1
Climate change refugee status visa welcomed
Thousands of Kiribati people are living in Auckland illegally because climate change has made their homeland almost uninhabitable, a human rights lawyer says.
World
October 31
Magnitude 7 quake hits near New Caledonia
major undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck close to New Caledonia in the South Pacific today, the US Geological Survey said.
National
October 3
New Zealand sends aid to Vanutau
A New Zealand Air Force plane is taking generators, tarpaulins and other emergency aid supplies to Vanuatu to help cope with families fleeing a possible volcanic eruption.
World
September 28
Vanuatu volcano spurs full evacuation of Ambae island
Vanuatu ordered the full evacuation of the South Pacific nation's northern island of Ambae as a volcano there threatened to erupt.
World
September 26
Vanuatu volcano threatens island, thousands evacuated
More than 6000 people have been moved to emergency shelters on Vanuatu's northern island Ambae in the South Pacific as a volcano threatens to erupt, officials said on Tuesday.
World
August 25
NZ SAS troops in Tonga as King dismisses PM
The King of Tonga has unexpectedly dismissed Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva, dissolved the Tongan Parliament and ordered a new election to be held by November 16.
World
August 20
US warship found 15.5km deep in Pacific
Researchers have found the wreckage of the US warship 'Indianapolis', which was sunk by a Japanese torpedo in the final days of World War Two, more than 15.5 kilometres below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
World
July 6
TV producers, historians clash over new Earhart pic
A never-before-seen photograph has reignited the debate as to the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart after she vanished while attempting a round-the-world flight 80 years ago.
National
June 15
Trump climate change policy isolating US in Pacific
Cook Islands' PM Henry Puna says the US has isolated itself in the Pacific region in its actions on climate change, and says there are others to fill the gap - including China, India and Russia.
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