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Refugees with temporary visas to settle in Nauru say they are losing faith in both the local government and Australia's to help them build a meaningful life on the island. Audio

A Fiji unionist says he will still act as an advisor to his union despite having to step down formally to comply with Fiji's election laws. Audio

Samoa is encouraging people to help offset carbon emissions caused by the Small Islands Developing States conference being held there in a month. Audio

Western Pacific fisheries managers are angry that four Asian nations are refusing to provide data that would help determine the current level of tuna stock. Audio

The Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office says it will no longer assist those still living in a Honiara evacuation centre following flash floods in April. Audio

The Samoa Ministry of Health says it is planning a mass clean-up to curb a chikungunya virus outbreak there, by spraying public spaces and checking people at the border. Audio

An advocate says the Australian government's haphazard policies towards asylum seekers have left genuine refugees on Nauru and Papua New Guinea, with nowhere to go. Audio

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister could face a Leadership Tribunal after a referral by the Ombudsman Commission over a controversial government loan. Audio

A Solomon Islands academic expects the upcoming election will again be characterised by people voting for MPs who they think will give them access to development funds, rather than voting for them on… Audio

The Samoa police are testing the country's readiness for the Small Islands Developing States Conference next month. Audio

The French Polynesian government is planning to declare the proposed Mahana Beach Resort a "special zone" with different labour laws than the rest of the territory. Audio

The chair of the Tongan Advisory Council in New Zealand says Tonga needs to focus on expanding its agricultural industry to an export market. Audio

A former U.S airforce chief of staff says America should massively ramp up its air strikes against Islamic State forces in northern Iraq. Audio

Fiji's newest political party to be registered in Fiji is outlining its manifesto in Suva. Audio

A group in Australia, including those prominent in academia, the arts, medicine and the law, along with faith-based and non-government organisations, is calling for an end to Canberra's asylum seeker… Audio

Fiji's largest church is planning its biggest conference in years, and says it doesn't expect to have the same kind of run-ins with the government that has plagued previous ones. Audio

A former head of Papua New Guinea's defence force Major General Jerry Singirok says efforts to rebuild the army are floundering for a lack of political will, while the military remains in a dire… Audio

New Zealand's Cook Island language week has prompted community leaders to call for urgent intervention over the declining number of Cook Island Maori speakers. Audio

Fiji's Prime Minister was in Auckland to garner support for his Fiji First party ahead of next month's election. Audio

Bougainville passes a transition mining law, which the ABG says ensure the landowners own their resources. Audio

The World Meteorological Organisation says global cooperation is essential to improve weather services for small island developing states. Audio

There's been little surprise in Fiji to news that the developer of the country's first casino has sold its stake to another party. Audio

Issues of sovereignty are central to opposition to a Vanuatu government scheme linking citizenship sale and investment. Audio

A coalition of farmers and environmental groups in Hawaii is backing a county law which is being challenged in court by the world's biggest biotech trade association. Audio

Associate Professor of History at Auckland University Dr Jennifer Fros specialises in the social, cultural, and political history of 20th century America. Her last book Hedda Hopper's Hollywood… Audio