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The head of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement says member countries are hiking fishing fees as a way to protect the increasing value of its fishery. Audio

Nurses in Vanuatu still owed unpaid wages despite Government promises to pay up in March. Audio

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

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

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 '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

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

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

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

Training conducted by the German agency for International Cooperation to prepapre for a forest inventory on Santo, Vanuatu's biggest island. Audio

Reuters is reporting that New Zealand's richest man, Graeme Hart, may sell SIG Combibloc for about 5 billion US dollars. Audio

A new state of the art eye care centre is to be built in Honiara with the assistance of the New Zealand aid programme. Audio

Aid donated for the reconstruction of schools in cyclone-damaged Ha'apai, Tonga. Audio

The Marshall Islands Foreign Minister, Tony de Brum, has told a United Nations climate change meeting in Germany that rising sea levels have exposed the skeletal remains of World War Two soliders from… Audio

Push for diversification in PNG agriculture in the face of challenges such as the cocoa pod borer crisis. Audio

Critics say the Prime Minister of New Zealand's decision to skip Pacifc Islands Forum will leave a bad impression with our Pacific neighbours. Audio

Niue is hoping to further boost tourist numbers now that its recently extended airport terminal has officially opened. Audio

A move in Papua New Guinea to further tighten rules around votes of no confidence in the country's prime ministers. Audio

An emerging writer from Bougainville says its people are steadily taking ownership of the process towards viable independence. Audio

The construction of solar generation systems, which will provide for 95 percent of the electricity demands in parts of Tuvalu and the Cook Islands, are to begin in September. Audio