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Identifying barriers to gender equality and proposing actions to overcome them is the focus of a weeklong forum now underway in Solomon Islands. Audio

A group of volunteers is working on plans for a national memorial to those killed in the Mount Erebus crash. They want one erected by 2019. Audio

The WHO says Pacific nations are on track to eliminate filariasis by 2020. Audio

Fiji makes history as the first Pacific nation to propose global trade restrictions on threatened marine animals. Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to the chair of the Otago Conservation Board, Pat Garden, who is sounding the alarm about the impact of booming visitor numbers on our national parks. He says New Zealand risks… Audio

Indonesia has asked Australia to pass on a message to Solomon Islands and other Pacific states that they should not interfere in Indonesian domestic affairs regarding West Papua or invite West Papuans… Audio

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation says the full extent of a crisis of non-communicable diseases in the region is yet to be acknowledged. Audio

Trade negotiators, NGO leaders and economists discuss the best combination of trade and aid to lift people out of poverty. Audio

There are fears capping the number of foreign workers allowed into the Northern Marianas could hold back the US territory's booming economy. Audio

A master carver and three weavers from Tokelau have traveled to New Zealand to share their passion and knowledge with the local community. Audio

A former Papua New Guinea cabinet minister says Port Moresby has to do more to help prepare Bougainville for its referendum on independence. Audio

Niue wants a say on international issues and is planning to seek membership of the United Nations. Audio

The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation has been reported to the police for allegedly racist and inflammatory content on one of its TV shows. Audio

Prison guards in the Cook Islands have confirmed the female victim of a deadly shooting last Thursday visited her attacker the day before the incident. Audio

A co-author of a new report demonstrating the importance or the ocean to Melanesia's economy and future prosperity says there is a sense of urgency about protecting this asset. Audio

Solomon Islands risks social instability unless more is done to occupy the country's growing youth population, according to an academic. Audio

Many Australians are deeply ashamed of how their government treats asylum seekers, according to a social agency. Audio

The Fiji Public Service Association says firefighters have been coerced into joining an "in-house" union by the National Fire Authority; and that the Registrar of Trade Unions has been hampering their… Audio

Civil unrest could grip the Pacific unrest unless more is done to occupy the region's growing youth population. Audio

Fiji's University of the South Pacific says it will review a process that resulted in thousands of students locked out of the university system days away from exams. Audio

Communities in several provinces in mainland Papua New Guinea are reeling from the impacts of floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. Seven people are understood to have been killed in one… Audio

Fiji's University of the South Pacific says it will review a process that resulted in thousands of students locked out of the university system days away from exams. Audio

Vanuatu's director of public health says the elimination of filariasis is cause for celebration but eradication is the target. Audio

The National Party has officially announced its candidate in the Mount Roskill by-election as Parmjeet Parmar. Dr Parmar joins Checkpoint from the Auckland studio. Video, Audio