Stories by Caleb Fotheringham

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.

At least 14 people are confirmed to have been killed.

The Tourism Fiji CEO says there has been improvement in some symptoms, while the health secretary said two out of the seven affected individuals had been placed on life support. Audio

Climate envoy Ralph Regenvanu said: "It is particularly concerning that some of these nations, upon whom we depend for aid and support, have not acknowledged the severity of the [climate] crisis. Audio

Conversations on the Edges of Rooms is a compilation album from 12 Christchurch Pacific artists sharing original songs across a variety of genres.

World leaders, including the Pacific, are currently meeting in South Korea to try agree on a new international treaty to fight plastic pollution.

Cook Islands Prime Minister says most people on Rarotonga understand why a water tariff is needed, but people fighting the tax says it breaks a historic agreement with landowners. The...

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

Pacific climate leaders are frustrated by the sluggish rate of progress made during the first week of the UN climate meeting.