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By Robert Iroga in Honiara Tulagi in the Central Islands province of Solomon islands is the first provincial capital to ban the sale of betel...

RNZ Pacific The second day of a drive to receive emergency supplies in Aotearoa New Zealand to be sent to Tonga has started in Auckland...

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting journalist A New Zealand iwi development and social services leader in Taihape is urging rural people to prepare urgently...

Kaniva News King Tupou VI has offered sympathy and prayers to all those who lost relatives in last weekend's Tongan volcano eruption and tsunami disaster...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea's death penalty Act of 1984 has been repealed by the National Parliament and all prisoners on death row...

RNZ News Specialist New Zealand Defence Force staff will be checking Tonga's shipping lanes are passable and the wharf is safe so desperately needed humanitarian...

By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is warning New Zealand's covid-19 case numbers in 2022 will be unlike anything seen...

RNZ Pacific A World Health Organisation representative in Tonga says the international airport has been cleared of volcanic ash which will allow humanitarian aid flights...

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter A covid-19 Māori health analyst is calling on the New Zealand government to prioritise Māori and Pasifika children in...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Solomon islands government endorsed a 60 hour lockdown in the capital Honiara last night after an urgent special national...

RNZ News New images appear to show the majority of structures on the Tongan island of Atatā have been wiped out after a volcanic eruption...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Tongan communities in New Zealand feel relieved to hear official information from the government of Tonga for the first...

RNZ News The Tongan government has confirmed that all houses on the island of Mango were wiped out in the tsunami that followed Saturday's volcanic...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An RNZAF P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over the small Tongan island of Nomuka showing the heavy ash fall from last Saturday's...

RNZ News Two New Zealand naval ships are being sent to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency provisions, and diving teams. It comes as...

By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A microbiologist has warned more contacts of the omicron-infected MIQ worker in Auckland may test positive, after a household...

By Kalino Latu and Philip Cass in Auckland Lack of backup satellite and cable links in the wake of Tonga's volcanic eruption at the...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Fiji's Department of Mineral Resources needs time to liaise with a number of agencies before emergency warnings or alerts are...

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist It could be weeks before Tonga's crucial undersea communications cable - which connects it to the world -...

ANALYSIS: By Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Langi Fatanitavake's wife and son live on one of the islands flanking Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano, but...

RNZ News Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki was arrested today and has been remanded in custody. He appeared by videolink in Auckland District Court this afternoon. His...