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- 7 June: The Niuean general election results in three new members of the legislative assembly but leaves no single candidate for the premiership with a clear majority.
- 7 June: Joseph Kabui, President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, dies of a suspected heart attack.
- 29 May: The Tongan government has promised that political reform will begin in June, and be in place for the 2010 elections.
- 26 April: Nauruan elections are held after the dissolution of Parliament on April 18. Marcus Stephen's government is returned to power.
- 15 April: Gaston Tong Sang becomes President of French Polynesia after a motion of no confidence in the government of Gaston Flosse.
- 30 March: Aloha Airlines, a Hawaii based airline which operates interisland and trans-pacific flights, has suspended all passenger services effective 31 March 2008, due to bankruptcy.
