Stories by Lydia Lewis

Véronique Roger-Lacan says part of the pro-independence group agrees unfreezing the electoral list "is the way to go", and it will be on the French Overseas Minister's agenda in Nouméa next week.

The head of Nauru's citizenship by investment scheme hopes the initiative will bring in tens of millions of dollars for the island this year.

The visit by New Zealand's foreign minister "was cancelled by NZ itself" but blame is falling on Kiribati's president, a Cabinet minister in Taaneti Maamau's government says.

Victoria University's Jon Fraenkel says "there are difficulties in the relationship between Wellington and Kiribati" but "Kiribati does have alternatives" both in Beijing and elsewhere.

His wife and four children live on an island, and he's not had contact with them since the quake hit.

Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, who quit from the top job on Monday ahead of a vote of no confidence, believes "the government is still in the right hands".

Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni has resigned, the Tongan parliament office has confirmed.

Surangel Whipps Jr says he would "love" Donald Trump to visit Palau and even go snorkelling to see firsthand the impacts of climate change. Audio

Palau's media has "lost its credibility", is "not ethical", and "sensationalising" reports, the leader of the North Pacific island nation has claimed.

President Surangel Whipps Jr says countries will continue their reliance on fossil fuels, but "what's most important is what are we doing to transition away from that".

A Pasifika community leader, based in Auckland said he has seen a drop in community engagement by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples since the workforce was slashed.

Unofficial results show Whipps ahead of former four-term President Tommy Remengesau Jr by more than 1000 votes, with around 1600 votes yet to be counted.

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

The association's president Kalafi Moala said the role of the media as defenders of democracy is more crucial now than ever before.

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says that as far as Fiji is concerned, Fijians of Indian descent are Fijian.

Communications minister Simon Kofe said the framework will allow citizens to better question the government and journalists to hold leaders to account.

A three-day fact-finding mission, headed by three Pacific leaders, has wrapped up in Nouméa. Audio

Reverend Billy Wetewea says that the indigenous peoples of New Caledonia are fighting for their humanity and dignity.

Tuvalu's Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe has expressed doubt about Australia's reliability in addressing the climate crisis.

The Fijian prime minister is cautioning New Caledonia's local government to be reasonable in its requests from Paris, ahead of a Pacific fact-finding mission.

The intensification of geopolitics between China and the United States is fueling existing xenophobic rhetoric, an expert in Pacific geopolitics says.

Sitiveni Rabuka has brushed off concerns around a rift in his ruling People's Alliance Party.

Pacific leaders are preparing for COP29 which is set to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan next month.

One of the final tasks the New Zealand Navy ship undertook before it sank off the coast of Samoa was surveying another vessel stranded on a Pacific reef. Video

A former refugee, who spent almost a decade at Nauru's offshore detention centre, wants the former Nauru president to admit responsibility for the "cruel and inhumane" treatment of refugees.