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A rare cultural exchange between a South Auckland Sikh temple and a Cook Islands Mamas group has led to a new twist on a historic Cook Islands craft. Audio

Vanuatu's former prime minister Joe Natuman says his political career is not over yet. The Court of Appeal last week upheld a decision by the Speaker of Parliament to declare the Tanna MP's seat… Audio

Christianity's spread across the Pacific was enforced from the top-down, rather than spreading through some kind of social movement. Audio

Christianity's spread across the Pacific was enforced from the top-down, rather than spreading through some kind of social movement. Audio

A World Health Organisation's vaccine expert in the region is asking Samoans to continue on with immunisations for their children as it saves lives. Audio

An environmental project in Vanuatu has been helping people adapt to new laws being brought in to save the country's marine and terrestrial environments. Audio

A Tongan NGO is aiming to boost the disaster preparedness of locals to help avoid some of the psychosocial issues that were created out of February's Cyclone Gita. Audio

New Zealand's international aid and development efforts came under scrutiny recently at a workshop in Wellington.  Audio

Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu are working on developing national kava standards as the product becomes more popular with domestic and international markets. Audio

Work has started on a new chancery building for New Zealand's' High Commission in Niue. Audio

Getting more women elected, getting young people involved, and trying to tell people what it is they actually do were the main themes when the speakers of the region's parliaments gathered this week.

Samoa is investigating the sudden deaths of two infants hours after being immunised for measles, mumps and rubella last week. Both had received the MMR vaccine shortly before their deaths and public… Audio

A kindergarten in Porirua fighting to save Pacific languages has won a prestigious prime minister's award for engagement and service to its community. Audio

Vanuatu's ground breaking ban on single-use plastics began this month and environmental campaigners including the government are setting their sights on new targets. Audio

A documentary aimed at creating awareness about the effects of climate change on nations has triggered a political debate in Kiribati. Audio

Refugees exiled to Manus Island and Nauru by Australia have a new champion in the form of a boxer fighting on their behalf. Audio

A lengthy criminal case in Nauru is set for further delays as the government says it will appeal a Supreme Court ruling that a recently passed law is unconstitutional. Audio

There's concern in Papua New Guinea that the violent unrest in Hela and Southern highlands is spreading to other provinces as the defence force confronts the challenge posed by a build-up of illegal… Audio

Tonga is invited to the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise but China is excluded. Audio

Tonga's King has appointed Laki Niu as the first Tongan to the Supreme Court bench in over 100 years. Audio

The police chief in Papua New Guinea's Manus province has defended the use of an overnight curfew for refugees in Lorengau. Audio

A phone helpline for women experiencing violence in Papua New Guinea says thousands have used the service but the problem continues to affect nearly every woman in the country at some point during her… Audio

The Pacific Dance Festival in Auckland, now in its third year, attracted international talent for the first time. The festival headlined a mix of traditional and contemporary talents and provides a… Audio

Samoa will become the latest country to ban all single-use plastics from January. Audio

China is making a concerted foray into radio broadcasting in the Pacific Islands, and is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's former shortwave radio frequencies into the… Audio