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Papua New Guinea's Catholic Health Services is facing difficulty in accessing drugs to cope with serious TB and malaria problems in Western Province as the government cuts funding. Audio

The MP for Manus Open in Papua New Guinea, Ronnie Knight, has warned of growing social problems around the presence of refugees in the community as questions remain over where they will be re-settled… Audio

A Fiji union says government efforts to address workers rights do not go far enough, and it's asking the International Labour Organisation to continue to pressure the government to rectify these… Audio

Bougainville may move to formalise the alluvial mining industry and to boost tax coffers. Audio

A Fijian academic says the members of Fiji's suspended National Federation Party have a case to challenge their suspension from parliament in the courts. Audio

Papua New Guinea's government is reviewing asylum claims by over 1,000 West Papuans and beginning a registration of all West Papuans living in PNG, many of whom have been there for decades without… Audio

The Marshall Islands' newly elected President hopes to build on international awareness about the effects of climate change created by her predecessors. Audio

Bougainville reiterates it will take legal action against the PNG government if it continues to be underfunded. Audio

The author of 'Inside the Crocodile: The Papua New Guinea journals', a book about her time working in development in PNG, says the one-size-fits-all approach must be dispensed with in the country. Audio

People have taken to the streets in American Samoa to protest over a bill which seeks to almost double lawmakers' salaries. Audio

An agreement to look to form a coalition government has been signed by most of Vanuatu's leading political groups, comprising around 36 of the 52 MPs elected in last month's snap election, but the… Audio

A chance find of Lapita pottery in Fiji's north last month is expected to spark further interest in the ancient people who settled islands in the Pacific. Audio

There's a dispute in Fiji over whether the suspension of a political party, the National Federation Party, was an excessive move by the Supervisor of Elections. Audio

Australia's highest court has thrown out a challenge to the lawfulness of the country's offshore detention of asylum seekers. Audio

New Zealand's Volunteer Service Abroad and the regional body, the Pacific Community, have formed an alliance. Audio

More than 40 riders have started a 2,000 kilometre bike ride from the South Island to the North Island of New Zealand. The bike riders, part of the USO family, will also stop along the way to Pacific… Audio

The Australian government has put clamps on the Norfolk Island community radio station, directing it to avoid broadcasting political interviews. Audio

There are hopes that Vanuatu's elected representatives can put politics aside and sign off on an urgent upgrade of the country's main international airport runway. Audio

No Pacific island country produces more asylum seekers in New Zealand than Fiji. Audio

The World Bank is set to come to Vanuatu's assistance for a swift rehabilitation of the country's main airport runway with activation of an earlier almost $US 60 million loan to upgrade Bauerfield… Audio

The Sevens World Series resumes this weekend with Pacific teams admitting the Wellington event is simply another step on the road to the Rio Olympics.Fiji and Samoa are the only Pacific nations… Audio

A Human Rights Watch spokesperson says women in Papua New Guinea are being ignored and marginalised, and the government isn't doing anything about it. Audio

Vanuatu's Supreme Court has found as baseless an attempt to obtain an arrest warrant on the former prime minister Joe Natuman who believes he's been the target of a political witch hunt. Audio

The editor of a magazine in Tahiti says it appears most people have forgotten about the date of France's last nuclear test in the Pacific. Audio

The Marshall Islands has a new female president, Hilda Heine. She is the first woman to head a government of a Pacific Island country. Audio