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A petition to the United Nations with the signatures of 1.8 million West Papuans seeking self-determination could be a watershed moment for the independence movement Audio

Tiny Carruthers of John McGlashan College talks about the two sides to contact sport. Audio

A Lutheran missionary in Papua New Guinea's Highlands says a perfect storm of traditional spiritual beliefs mixed with local interpretations of Christianity has resulted in a marked increase in… Audio

The Australian government is to allow more Pacific Islanders into the country under a new labour scheme. Audio

A New Zealand Catholic lay missionary working in Papua New Guinea says he wants to raise concerns about the country's deportation process. Audio

Human Rights Watch says in the past year, Indonesia's government has freed the majority of political prisoners in its Papuan provinces. Audio

Samoa's attorney general says he supports a proposed increase to tax on alcohol in order to thwart violent crime. Audio

The world head of Transparency International, Jose Ugaz, says the watchdog organisation is planning to take a new approach to dealing with corrupt and fraudulent practices. Audio

A New Zealand academic says the world heritage listing of Taputapuatea marae in French Polynesia is a recognition of the Pacific's sea-faring history. Audio

The Pacific Games Council is seeking a new host for the 2019 Pacific Games beginning the process of terminating Tonga's host agreement. Audio

Four Nepalese refugees who'd been detained on a ramshackle boat in Pohnpei for months have been moved to a house as they wait to be resettled. Audio

Papua New Guinea's former prime minister Sir Mekere Morauta says the national election is being rigged under the watch of the Electoral Commissioner. Audio

A chance discovery by two men spending a day fishing on a New Caledonia reef has led to a new species of fish being named after them. Audio

Works from four female choreographers from the Pacific will open the second Pacific Dance Festival in Auckland with a show called Wahine Toa. Audio

Four Nepalese men are stuck on a rickety boat in the Federated States of Micronesia nearly a year after they were given refugee status. Audio

Aid agencies are planning how best to provide supplies to worst affected areas in Vanuatu in the wake of Cyclone Donna. Audio

Australia was labelled 'a rogue state' over the pending deportion of Manus Island asylum seeker, Azzam el Sheikh. Audio

A former Australian soldier turned trek leader, Reg Yates, wants to see more and more people experience the vast number of tracks that can be walked across Papua New Guinea. Audio

A Papua New Guinea NGO says poverty is a prominent factor in ongoing sorcery-related attacks and killings. Government efforts to legislate around the problem are complicated by both an entrenched… Audio

A Fijian missionary who survived a pirate attack in Papua New Guinea waters last week has described a slick operation run by a network of people. Audio

Cook Islands residents living in Aitutaki are said to be worried by the sacking of their local power station board. Audio