Wellington, New Zealand: The Catholic Church is distancing itself from cases of child sex abuse in New Zealand.

Port Vila, Vanuatu: The New Zealand Government has confirmed New Zealand judge Justice Nevin Dawson and his family have left Vanuatu after threats were made against them.

After meandering tentatively for several months on a number of issues that gripped the country last year – not least of all the deleterious effects of the financial

Wellington, New Zealand: The New Zealand High Commissioner to Vanuatu has welcomed the Government’s first official response to a damning Coroner’s Report

Auckland, New Zealand: The New Zealand Broadcasting Authority has found TVNZ in breach of standard broadcasting laws in relation to a news item

Hamilton, New Zealand: The Maori King has threatened to abdicate his title if tribal members do not fall back into line.

Suva, Fiji: Fiji and New Zealand say they have cleared the way for diplomats to return to their embassies in Wellington and Suva, following a second round of talks in three weeks.

Auckland, New Zealand: Samoa's organic banana exports are set to get a boost from a new partnership between a New Zealand food company and a Samoan women's group.

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand became the first country to sign a new convention to manage non-highly migratory fisheries in the high seas of the South Pacific.

Auckland, New Zealand: A Samoan has been reappointed as chair of the New Zealand National Pacific Radio Trust.