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A saving scheme for women in Gizo in Solomon Islands has been set up to help improve their economic status and eventually set up their own businesses. Audio

Observers see deterrent value in a jail sentence handed to Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner Tom Kulunga. Audio

There are suggestions that an eminent persons group should be sent to Nauru ass the small island is again enveloped in a debiliting political crisis. Audio

How many Kiwis can say they've appeared on Oprah and Iron Chef America or redesigned meals for American school kids with basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal or made meals for the President of the… Audio

Parties to the Nauru Agreement nations have agreed to crank up the fees they charge to fish in their waters. Audio

Fiji sugar workers say they'll accept a pay rise they've been offered but they've dismissed the increase as a mere vote-buying exercise. Audio

The Labour Party says the Government's land transport plan for the next decade is weak, one-dimensional and stuck in the 1960s. Audio

The public ban on betelnut in Papua New Guinea's capital has cleaned up Port Moresby's streets but is forcing the market underground, driving the cost of the product skywards and harming income… Audio

The 'Festival of Democracy' conference next week expects to spark discussions on the issue in light of Tonga's election later this year. Audio

A graphic novel advocating West Papuan independence has been released online, as part of efforts to provide an alternative version of the history of the Indonesian-run province. Audio

The Asia Development Bank has completed what it says is the first comprehensive assessment of the role of women in Solomon Islands society. Audio

Creative New Zealand has just announced a new national touring initiative. Nearly two million dollars will be allocated to an agency to develop and manage medium-sized tours of theatre, dance and… Audio

Kava growers around the Pacific are hoping the industry can come back to life, following the overturning of a 12 year ban on kava. Audio

A United Kingdom research centre is refuting claims by the Papua New Guinea police that a Paga Hill community was resettled peacefully. Audio

An NGO in Papua New Guinea says the proposal for the world's first deep sea mining project is comparable with Pacific nuclear testing and people are feeling like experimental guinea pigs. Audio

A Jakarta newspaper report says the recent decision by Indonesia to axe New Zealand's planned police training programme in Indonesia's Papua region stems from suspicions over hidden motives. Audio

Kava producers and growers have won a victory in a European court over the ban on the traditional herb which has cost the region hundreds of millions of a dollars in the last decade. Audio

The WWF in New Caledonia says the conditions given to the Vale nickel processing plant on its re-opening are not enough to protect the environment. Audio

Tuvalu signs on for deal that promises high speed internet to reach all islands. Audio

United Kingdom research centre to ask UN to step in over Paga Hill removal case. Audio

One of five opposition MPs suspended from Nauru's parliament says they have now been stripped of their entitlements, offices and salaries for speaking out against the current regime. Audio

Amnesty International is calling for an investigation into the alleged burning of up to 200 homes in the Papua New Guinea gold mining town of Porgera. Audio

The Tongan government says it is overhauling its policies in a bid to deal with what it says is the biggest killer in the region - obesity. Audio

Save the Children in Solomon Islands says there's an outbreak of leprosy affecting people in Honiara's evacuation centres. Audio

The Fijian sporting community is in mourning after athletics representative Roy Ravana Junior was killed in a shooting incident in the United States. Audio