Metropolitan France may be around 16,000 kilometres from the middle of the Pacific, but its telling influence extends to the Oceania Football Confederation.

Two of the final four nations to qualify on the path to the World Cup from next year's OFC semi-finals in Aotearoa are the French overseas collectivities of New Caledonia and Tahiti where residents can vote in France's general elections, despite their nations holding distinct FIFA memberships.

Both New Caledonia and Tahiti are set to meet next March for a spot in the final against New Zealand or Fiji where the OFC champions advance into the FIFA World Cup while the runners-up get one last chance against five other nations in an inaugural worldwide qualifying tournament.

Two of the four Oceania semi-finalists had already qualified prior to their final pool matches that were held on Sunday and Monday.

Fiji joined New Caledonia from their pool to progress, clinching the final position into the third and final OFC round after the two teams played out a fairly tame 1-1 draw in Port Moresby.

A Roy Krishna penalty late in the first-half was enough for the Bula Boys to finish as Group A runners-up while the point also guaranteed the New Caledonians topping the section.

"I'm not really happy," Fiji coach Rob Sherman said after the qualifying result.

"We were taking far too many touches in midfield and didn't turn them around enough and the one time we did, we nearly scored, so we will work with the squad (before the third round starts in March)."

Jean-Jacques Katrawa tapped in an equaliser in the 59th minute from a Jekob Jeno burst to the box and a cut-back to ensure on paper, at least, the Kagus took a share in the glory.

The Bula Boys had a chance of their own to snatch a late winner and top the group following Fijian substitute Chris Wasasala's header crashed off the post in injury time.

In contrast to Sherman, New Caledonia coach Johann Sidaner appeared pleased with how the contest unfolded.

"They played the match that the scenario called for; a tremendous game, full of self-sacrifice and mental resources," he said.

"In that second half, we really deserved the draw and the first place (in the group).

"We now have got three months to prepare for this semi-final."

That final result though ensured the Solomon Islands 2-1 win over its Melanesian neighbours Papua New Guinea was a dead rubber before the teams walked onto the pitch.

Late in the first half, the Solomon Islands struck first following Junior David surging into the box and producing a run of stepovers that left the home defence flummoxed before firing the ball into the Papuans' net.

Substitute Micah Lea'Alafa doubled the lead in the 68th minute with his first touch of the contest after being released by a well-weighted pass from his Solomons teammate Raphael Leai.

The Cuscus hosts grabbed a late consolation to give the crowd a celebrations when Tommy Semmy nodded home a deep cross from Raymond Gunemba.

The victory ensured the Solomon Islands jumped Papua New Guinea into consolatory third place in the group.

New Zealand handed out its second thrashing of an OFC rival, claiming an 8-0 home win on Aotearoa soil, this time over Samoa.

In the first meeting between the nations in remarkably 37 years, the All Whites scored eight goals in successive games for its first time in history, but this time without conceding any goals like the one they did days earlier against Vanuatu.

"We had so much of the ball, they made it difficult, dropped off and slowed the game down," All Whites coach Darren Bazeley said from the lopsided international.

"It became a little frustrating, we won fairly comfortably, we scored some goals but we left a lot out there."

Striker Chris Wood starred again up front, netting in New Zealand's second, third and fourth goals in the 28th, 34th and 60th minutes, after Callum McCowatt took 24 minutes to score the opener for the home side.

Marko Stamenic scored his first international goal in the 62nd minute before Francis de Vries in the 75th, Elijah Just in 87th and Ben Waine in the 92nd minute completed the destruction.

Samoa coach Jess Ibrom remained positive, just as he had been all campaign, about the opportunity that was handed to his players.

"I'm immensely proud, it was absolutely incredible for our players to take the field against professional players like this with a massive gulf (between the teams), so I thought every player was absolutely outstanding," he said.

Tahiti were locked on points with Vanuatu before the decisive international, but Toa Aito held a superior goal difference over Vanuatu, knowing that a draw would be enough to reach the final four.

But in the end, a 2-0 Tahitian win secured a final-round berth to give them impetus ahead of the semi-finals against its traditional Pacific rivals, New Caledonia.

From an 8th-minute corner from Manuarii Shan, Tahiti went one goal up following a vital fumble from Vanuatu keeper Jonathan Spokeyjack.

But Tahiti had to wait until the 67th minute to all but start celebrating despite Vanuatu's pressure during a competitive first half.

A Mitch Cooper header rippled the side net and a set-piece opportunity was pushed wide by Brian Kaltak until after the break Benoit Mathon made no mistake from a spot kick to score for a second straight qualifier.

That all but ended hopes of a Vanuatu comeback and advancing to play in March next year while Tahiti won through to winning successive qualifiers for the first time since 2012 and booking a spot in the final round for the fourth straight qualification dating back to the same year.

Tahiti coach Samuel Garcia was ecstatic after the breakthrough victory.

"It was a great game, the boys played very well and they succeeded in scoring in situations that the whole group was working on with free-kicks and penalties," he said.

"So really happy and proud of the mindset of the whole group.

"We'll be back in New Zealand in March and we were joking that we might need to stay and live here."