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A NZ-based professor says 45 Fijian peacekeepers being held by Syrian rebels are being used as bargaining chips in an unprecedented challenge. Audio

The United Nations has launched a new project to help low-income and rural Pacific Islanders access affordable savings, insurance, credit and other financial services. Audio

Fiji's National Federation Party says pre-polling due to start this week is confused, rushed and disorganised and there are voters who still don't know they are meant to vote before election day. Audio

An NGO in Guam fears young people on the island are being targeted by human traffickers. Audio

World Bank to lay its plans to help small island countries improve resilience to climate change at SIDS conference in Apia. Audio

Solomon Islands has passed legislation that aims to protect people from domestic violence and severly punish perpertrators of the crime. Audio

Joe Nunweek explores the strange story and eventual rediscovery of long-lost North American crooner Lewis. Audio

SPC urgues Pacific youth to adopt healthy eating practices to avoid NCDs later in life. Audio

New Zealand and Samoa are marking the centenary of New Zealand's invasion of Samoa with commemorations in Auckland and Apia. Audio

A United States conservation group is partnering with a New Zealand university to boost research into marine conservation in the Pacific. Audio

The Acting Governor of Papua New Guinea's West Sepik says projects underway to develop cross-border trade and services with neighbouring Indonesia should provide a springboard to prosperity. Audio

A New Zealand academic is urging leaders of small island developing states to address 'blatant inequalities' in the region. Audio

American Samoa's only hospital has some funding to resume payments for people forced to travel overseas for medical care. Audio

A prominent Tongan politician explains his ideas on the need for MPs to work in a more collaborative way. Audio

The European Union's ambassador for the Pacific says its experts will bring substantial experience to the observer group that will be monitoring Fiji's upcoming elections. Audio

Tonga's Meteorological Service says it will share what it learned from January's Cyclone Ian with other Pacific nations at the Small Islands Developing States conference in Apia next week. Audio

The buying and selling of access to fishing days in the area under the control of the PNA fishing bloc of nations is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Audio

The Governor of Papua New Guinea's capital says his long-term goal of re-moulding Port Moresby as a progressive international city requires changing values and behaviour. Audio

Pensioners in the Cook Islands have vowed to protest on the first day of parliament to demand that taxes back-paid to the government are refunded immediately. Audio

A survey of New Zealand's political parties has found the vast majority of parties agree the country's aid budget is too low should be increased. Audio

A New Zealand energy consultant says a technology which converts any kind of waste to renewable energy could be the way forward in making the Pacific region sustainable. Audio

A hospital ship from China has spent a week in Tonga providing free medical services to more than 4,000 patients and performing 39 surgeries. Audio

A group of minority shareholders in Bougainville Copper Ltd are crying foul over Bougainville's new mining law and say they want billions of dollars in compensation. Audio

Fiji's week long Hibiscus Festival is on at the moment and thousands are pouring to Suva to enjoy the funfair, talent quests, beauty pagent and stage shows. Audio

Fiji coach proud after sevens team wins the bronze medal at the Youth Olympics in China, the country's first medal at that level. Audio