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Auckland shop sells almost 1000 Samoan and Tongan flags in two weeks
Cultural pride on show in Auckland as Samoan and Tongan fans back their team this weekend.
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Tiny Fijian village restores dying fishery with coral planting
The area now has heat-resistant 'super corals' and sharks are back – to locals' delight.
'Drunken, violent stabbing': RSE worker stabs workmate with filleting knife
Fine Muli was saving money for a car to take his children to school. Now he's in prison.
Cook Islanders urged to get ready for potential cyclone
Experts say a weather system may become a category 1 cyclone within 12-18 hours.
Cyclone alert in force for Cook Islands as tropical depression intensifies
TD01F was about 352km north of Suwarrow at 8am local time.
Up to 11 tropical cyclones forecast as El Niño strengthens
At least four could reach severe category 3 strength or higher.
Fiji's Justice Minister resigns after explicit video appears on Facebook
The video appeared on Siromi Turaga’s social media profile days before he resigned.
Meet De La Salle College’s champion international debating team
The school has a new breed of champions – led by a teacher with a famous literary name. Video / Dean Purcell / Annaleise Shortland
'They've won everything': How a rugby school became a debating powerhouse
The school has a new breed of champions – led by a teacher with a famous literary name.
Niue imposes total burn ban amid ‘imminent threat’ of drought
Wildfires in several areas have damaged Niue’s water infrastructure and plantations.
Samoa PM apologises for Nazi gesture in historical video
The footage was recorded at a private family gathering in Savai’i in 2007.
Questions after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos
The Prime Minister’s son reportedly deleted photos taken at a police event.
Niuean Government buys $2.2m luxury property in Auckland as 'strategic asset'
'Niue does not need two houses in New Zealand' - Niuean community leader.
Vanuatu mourns 45 lives lost in recent boating tragedies
The MV Matui disaster left 14 survivors, two confirmed dead and 30 missing.
Trump impersonator flies US flag from Govt research ship in Wellington
Greenpeace activists have boarded the Tangaroa, an Earth Sciences ship.
Search ends for dozens missing after Vanuatu’s MV Matui disaster
An independent inquiry will examine the MV Matui sinking and safety system.
El Niño and heat fuel destructive storms across Pacific Ocean
Bloomberg: Pacific cyclones have caused more than 230 deaths since April.
Malaria, dengue fever: Tropical diseases to 'thrive' in Auckland as climate warms
Council report – mosquitoes and parasite-borne diseases future 'threat to public health'.
‘Monstrous’: Winston Peters on the state of the world and realism over idealism
Peters says NZ's 'anti-nuclear' stance built national identity but not without cost.
Fiji HIV crisis: The dangerous ‘bluetoothing’ trend driving the epidemic
Fiji has declared an HIV national emergency, with one in 60 people infected.
Labour unsure how many people will come to NZ under new Pacific Island visa policy
'We're not entirely sure of the numbers that will come over.'
Kiwi in Samoa charged in relation to gang-hit murder in Vietnam
Lorenzo Lemalu, 24, was shot and killed in a suspected gang-hit while in Vietnam in May.
Why New Zealand can no longer treat defence as discretionary
New Zealand's defence rebuild must survive political cycles and fiscal pressure.
Rugby great Sir Michael Jones discussed Moana Pasifika funding with Winston Peters as 'immediate priority'
Winston Peters caught up with Sir Michael Jones in Samoa in June.