Previously, a person 15 years of age could marry with parental consent.Soana Aholelei, RNZ Pacific reporter The Government of Tonga has changed the legal age of marriage to 18, effective ...
The strong debut puts the film on track to become one of the highest-grossing New Zealand documentaries of the past five ...
The annual event is one of the biggest festivals of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, with 2025 seeing more than 85,000 ...
Across the ten-year period, more than half of victim-survivors each year were under the age of 18. The trend worsened in the last two years, with 93% of victims under 18 in 2024 and 100% in 2025, ...
Hilda Heine says drug users in the Marshall Islands “are not being prosecuted as much as I’d like to see”, but warned that authorities are “serious about catching ...
The proposal comes amidst new data indicating that the 1.5C limit on global temperature rise under the Paris Agreement could be exceeded as early as May 2029. GENEVA (12 March 2026) – All states ...
An American right-wing think tank is proposing a “Pacific Charter” that advocates for a greater United States presence in the region.Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist An American ...
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is noncommittal about resigning after another u-turn over the sacked former head of the anti-corruption commission.Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist ...
The delegation, led by Kiribatis Minister for Employment and Human Resources Hon Auria Kitina, will meet with EIT staff involved in the programme during a visit to the institutes Hawkes Bay campus ...
Ocean conservation projects throughout the Commonwealth will be financed by the Incubator, with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation specifically targeting its support to projects in Asia and ...
From 1 June this year, the total cost of applying for a visitor visa for Pacific nationals will drop from $216 to $161, for a 12-month period, as part of NewZealands ongoing work to deepen Pacific ...
Celebrations will take many forms. From Samoa to Saint Lucia, and in diaspora communities worldwide, people will mark the day ...