Nauru

New Zealand foreign affairs officials have not talked to Nauru about New Zealand's suspension of aid to the island's justice sector more than two years ago.

The Nauru government has issued a plea to Nauruans to make road safety a priority as the country enters the festive season, and is backing up the call with a police blitz.

New Zealand is to provide aid to Nauru for solar power generation and education.

The Nauru government is calling for assistance from the international community for its land rehabilitation plan.

A refugee advocate says Australia is forcing refugees on Nauru to make impossible choices between their families and their freedom.

Refugees on Nauru have been told by Australian Border Force officials that they must separate from their wives and children to apply for resettlement in the US.

Nauru is encouraging people to shed pounds in a weight loss competition coinciding with celebrations marking fifty years since independence.

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement, or PNA, says the roll out of its Vessel Day Scheme in the long line tuna fishery is progressing well despite stiff opposition from distant water fishing nations.

US officials told about 35 refugees yesterday their applications had been approved and about another 40 were to be notified today, but hundreds of others are still waiting.

The Australian construction company Canstruct has reportedly been awarded a $US290 million contract by the Australian government to operate the refugee detention centre on Nauru.

The Nauru government says refugees who have arrived in Nauru from Manus Island are settling in well.

Some expatriate staff from the company which runs Australia's offshore refugee detention centre on Nauru have been sent packing from the island.

Georgia's foreign ministry has condemned a visit by Nauru's President Baron Waqa to its break-away region of Abkhazia as a blatant violation of international law.

Nauru is sending 5000 metric tonnes of rocks to Tuvalu to help with coastal protection.

Nauru's president Baron Waqa has reaffirmed his country's ties with Abkhazia during a visit to the Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia.

A high-level meeting in Rome has warned that climate change poses an "alarming threat to food systems and food security in the Pacific islands."

The Nauru Government says claims the death of an asylum seeker in a motorcycle crash was not an accident are false.

Incoming prime minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's offer to take refugees from Australia's offshore detention centres remains on the table.