The 2024 theme for Niue Language Week is 'Leveki mo e Feaki e Vagahau Niue ma Anoiha - Protect and Nurture Vagahau Niue for the...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the annual East Asia Summit (EAS) held in Laos this week underscored the critical role that the Association of...

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has announced details of its Court of Inquiry (COI) into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa. The dive...

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) divers have confirmed the stricken HMNZS Manawanui is in water about 30-metres deep, with a light oil sheen from...

It’s Fijian Language Week and the theme is ‘Vakamareqeta na Vosa Vakaviti - Nurture and sustain the Fijian language.’  The archipelago of the Republic of Fiji...

SAMOA The Samoa Police, Prisons and Corrections Services (SPPCS) has responded to an emergency involving the grounding of the New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui...

CANBERRA/AUSTRALIA The Australian Government has deployed Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and aircraft to the Middle East conflict as part of Operation Beech. Australian Army and...

Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has welcomed the announcement of Sir Jerry Mateparae as an independent moderator, to work with the Government of Papua New...

This week’s South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) has concluded with a renewed commitment to regional security. Defence Ministers and senior civilian and military officials from Australia, Chile, Fiji,...

AUSTRALIA/HEALTH From 1 October 2024, people 18 years and older can buy vapes from participating pharmacies with a nicotine concentration of 20 mg/mL or less...

AUSTRALIA/PHILIPPINES Representatives from Australian and Philippine agencies have discussed their civil-military preparedness and response to major disasters in a three-day tabletop exercise in Manila. The activity,...

Trade Minister, Todd McClay has hosted Australian Trade Minister, Don Farrell, for the annual Closer Economic Relations (CER) Trade Ministers’ meeting in Rotorua over...

New Zealand pilot, Phillip Mehrtens, who was taken hostage in Papua, Indonesia, more than 18 months ago has been declared "safe" today by Foreign Minister, Winston...

Trade Minister, Todd McClay, will host Fijian Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica and Australian Trade Minister, Don Farrell, for trilateral trade talks in Rotorua this...

Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, will head to New York next week to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, followed by...