Caleb Fotheringham

A group of Pacific states, known as the 6-PAC, is leading the call for the shipping industry to align itself with the 1.5 degrees climate target.

The world is another step closer to protecting 30 percent of the ocean after the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty was adopted by the United Nations in New York. Audio

More than 6500 coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish have been removed from Cook Islands' reefs since 2020 when the latest outbreak was first detected. Audio

Health authorities in American Samoa are hoping the upcoming school break will help curb the spread of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) which has caused a spike in hospital admissions this month.

The remote reefs in the Southern Line Islands in Kiribati are recovering quickly after an El Niño warming event in 2015-2016 decimated its coral, the National Geographic's Pristine Seas' team.

The global regulator for international shipping is expected to agree to completely decarbonise the industry by mid-century to avoid dangerous climate change.

A 49-year-old woman from New Zealand has drowned outside The Edgewater Resort and Spa in Rarotonga.

The mayor of Guam's second largest and most populated village says she feels the recovery has been "very slow" two weeks after Typhoon Mawar made landfall in the territory.

The Fijian Drua had to sail through rough seas in Christchurch as they were outdone 49-8 by the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinals on Saturday night.

A shipping industry expert says the International Maritime Organisation climate summit in London next month is the last chance for the sector to get in line with global climate targets.

A Christchurch art gallery that displays exclusively Pasifika art has brought in nearly 8000 Pacific visitors since opening in July. Audio

Paediatrician Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King's Birthday Honours List for 2023.

National Geographic's Pristine Seas initiative has launched The Global Expedition to support conservation efforts in the remote tropical Pacific. Audio

Money has been set aside in the Cook Islands 2023 budget for caregivers and people on minimum wage to get a pay rise.

Guam is in a recovery phase after being pummelled by typhoon Mawar.

Category four typhoon Mawar is heading directly for Guam with the worst conditions expected around 4pm on Wednesday, the US National Weather Service said.

New Zealand's Pacific package in its annual Budget focuses on strengthening the Pasifika workforce and includes funding for media entities to deliver Pacific language programming.

The Pacific Islands Forum chair has taken aim at global leaders for failing to keep their climate promises.

The Australian government has committed almost three quarters of its $AU1.9 billion Pacific budget-package to enhance "peace and security" in the region. Audio

US President Joe Biden will cut his historic trip to Papua New Guinea to return to complete debt ceiling negotiations in the US, according to a White House statement.

Medicinal cannabis products could be available to some people in the Cook Islands as early as June and will "definitely" be available by the end of the year says the country's secretary of health. Audio

Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on the foreign affairs minister to resign after calling critics of his trip to London for the King Charles' Coronation "primitive animals". Audio

A Fijian British Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq has welcomed the proposal to allow Pacific Islanders to enlist and boost Australia's Defence Force. Audio

The number of confirmed and probable measles cases have remained the same since May 4 in American Samoa, the territory's Department of Health epidemiologist says.

Cars have been swept out to sea and homes damaged after extensive flooding this week in the south Tahiti village of Teahupo'o.