The Prime Minister says Kiribati's departure from the Pacific Islands Forum won't detract from the group's first meeting in several years.
Kiribati announced it was withdrawing just days before leaders are set to gather in Fiji.
The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit has dropped further, with both the President of the Marshall Islands and the Cook Islands prime minister pulling out.
Read more: More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out
With cases reported in a number of countries, human monkeypox infection is generating global interest and concern as an emerging infectious disease threat even in the midst of a slowly relenting COVID-19 pandemic.
Associate Foreign Affairs and Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio believes New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific is strong enough to fend off the approaches of a powerhouse country like China.
G20 foreign ministers called for an end to the war and grain blockade in Ukraine on Friday, as Russia's top diplomat walked out of a meeting and denounced the West for "frenzied criticism" and squandering a chance to tackle global economic problems.
Options to streamline the pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders living in Australia will be developed by the two countries' governments by Anzac Day next year, with greater voting rights for Kiwis also on the table.
Read more: Jacinda Ardern, Anthony Albanese reveal plans to improve Kiwis' rights in Australia
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has scored a major win for Kiwis living in Australia - a promise to work on a pathway to citizenship.
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, who sought to lift the economy out of chronic deflation with his bold "Abenomics" policies, beef up the military and counter China's growing clout, has died at 67.
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