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The National Party says the decision to call in the Army to help during the nurses strike shows the Government mishandled the situation. Seventeen Defence Force nurses were called in to help in… Audio

Roimata Smail is a lawyer but in her spare time she writes songs in Te Reo for teachers to use in primary schools. She came up with the idea after her husband, a teacher, complained that he didn't… Audio

An academic says the United States should work with Taiwan and Palau to resist Chinese influence in the region. Audio

Doctors in both Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea are complaining of chronic shortages of medicines -- to the point where one major hospital is about to shut down. Audio

An environmental project in Vanuatu has been helping people adapt to new laws being brought in to save the country's marine and terrestrial environments. Audio

A love story that transcends culture and faith lies behind a new collaborative album from Shihad’s Jon Toogood. Video, Audio

A Tongan NGO is aiming to boost the disaster preparedness of locals to help avoid some of the psychosocial issues that were created out of February's Cyclone Gita. Audio

One of Tonga's most well known athletes is now an official, regional advocate for children.  Audio

New Zealand's international aid and development efforts came under scrutiny recently at a workshop in Wellington.  Audio

Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu are working on developing national kava standards as the product becomes more popular with domestic and international markets. Audio

Quinn Patterson illegally got hold of 10 guns before who fatally shot his property manager and her daughter. Michael John Hayes helped him acquire the guns and was today sentenced to home detention… Audio

The number of Pasifika people reaching out for help has been on the rise since the recent launch of New Zealand's first national violence prevention programme aimed at Pasifika people. Audio

PNG business owners call on the government to put a stop to foreigners exploiting their traditional arts and crafts. Audio

A kindergarten in Porirua fighting to save Pacific languages has won a prestigious prime minister's award for engagement and service to its community. Audio

We're constantly bombarded by information on screens. Texts, news alerts, social media updates. It may not be great for our minds and mindfulness is often pitched as a solution to the overload. But… Audio

Vanuatu's ground breaking ban on single-use plastics began this month and environmental campaigners including the government are setting their sights on new targets. Audio

Moves are under way to trial a rooftop solar power programme in Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby. Audio

A Supreme Court judge in Nauru has declared legislation passed earlier this month 'null and void'. Audio

Research into an increase in typhoid fever in Fiji has shown poor sanitation and contaminated water appear to be behind the illness. Audio

A phone helpline for women experiencing violence in Papua New Guinea says thousands have used the service but the problem continues to affect nearly every woman in the country at some point during her… Audio

The Pacific Dance Festival in Auckland, now in its third year, attracted international talent for the first time. The festival headlined a mix of traditional and contemporary talents and provides a… Audio

Zac Fleming travelled to a remote, mountainous region of northern Vietnam, to visit two New Zealanders helping to rescue and rehabilitate the country's ill-treated, vulnerable moon bears. He travelled… Video, Audio

Samoa will become the latest country to ban all single-use plastics from January. Audio

China is making a concerted foray into radio broadcasting in the Pacific Islands, and is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's former shortwave radio frequencies into the… Audio