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Regional support for New Caledonia sovereignty cools. Audio

Samoa's Ministry of Health is working with the World Health Organisation to win back the public's trust after the death of two babies following vaccination a month ago. Audio

A new funding push by the United States into the Indo-Pacific region has been labelled late to the party and amounting to little in dollar terms. Audio

A Cook Islands developer hopes work will be underway later this year on a five star hotel on Rarotonga. Audio

Papua New Guinea is preparing to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, leaders summit in November. Audio

National is sitting pretty above Labour in the latest Colmar Brunton poll, but Simon Bridges' personal numbers have dropped Audio

Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have still to announce a date for a critical meeting to prepare for the autonomous region's referendum on independence. Audio

New rules restricting internal migration to Chile's Rapa Nui need to be rigorously enforced, an indigenous activist says. Audio

An Australian economist with a long interest in the state of the Papua New Guinea says the government is inflating revenue figures and understating spending. Audio

The struggle for a tourist village high on the slopes of an erupting Hawaiian volcano. Audio

Indonesia's government has dismissed a claim by the West Papuan independence movement that it is interfering in politics of Pacific Island countries. This comes amid ongoing calls for human rights… Audio

A New Zealand government MP says the issue of West Papuan self-determination should be heard at the United Nations. Louisa Wall made the comment at the launch of a new book,'See No Evil: New Zealand's… Audio

The acting Prime Minister, Winston Peters, says the government did not lose confidence in Pauline Kingi to conduct an inquiry into a top police appointment, but she quit of her own accord. The former… Audio

There are plans in Papua New Guinea to restore shortwave radio services in Bougainville Audio

The ANZ bank says business conficence is at a 10-year low. Conventional wisdom cites this is because a Labour-led government is in power. Part of this uncertainty is put down to a plan to increase the… Audio

A new law in Chile that limits the amount of time tourists can spend on Rapa Nui is in fact aimed at Chileans, an anthropologist says. Audio

As the Vanuatu government prepares to move thousands of people from Ambae Island, many others on the island are expected to go, or have already gone, independently to Santo or Port Vila. Audio

A Vanuatu journalist says conditions are becoming critical on parts of Pentecost and Maewo islands as a result of volcanic ash fall from neighbouring Ambae. Audio

The National Party had its conference on the weekend. Former PM John Key spoke and offered words of support to the current party leader Simon Bridges. A for their policy announcements - did vowing to… Audio

It was back to the future for National's Simon Bridges at the weekend with the key focus on education policies some say were recycled from ACT and the Labour Party. Mr Bridges delivered his first… Audio

It's all about education for Simon Bridges as he looks to stamp his mark as the National Party leader. Mr Bridges has revived an old Labour Party policy to reduce class sizes in primary schools -… Audio

Transparency International in Papua New Guinea says MPs crossing the floor and claiming they are doing so to secure funding for their electorates is out of order. Audio

Day two of the the National Party conference at Sky City in Auckland is on today. Today Simon Bridges gives a speech at midday. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson is attending the conference. Audio

The National Party goes into its first conference since losing Government this weekend, with a focus on renewing its policies and turning its eye to the 2020 election. There will no doubt be some… Audio