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The governor of Chimbu Province in Papua New Guinea says the effects of El Niño there are so severe schools have closed, public servants aren't working and the hospital has shut its doors. Audio

The chief executive of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, Transform Aqorau, says a quota-based fisheries system won't work in the Pacific. Audio

An Australian surgical team is hoping to improve the lives of about 30 people in Tonga during a two week visit to perform heart operations. Audio

On World Literacy Day, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community sent out its second major assessment of literacy and numeracy in four years. Audio

Dr Ingrid Visser usually spends her time rescuing orca, but on Monday she made a rescue of a different kind, when she carried out her first shark rescue in the Bay of Islands. And it sounds like it… Audio

Harold is an author, leadership expert and clinical psychologist. Working with many of our top corporates, including Air New Zealand and Fonterra, Hillman was a member of the task force commissioned… Audio

Marine biologist Dr Regina Eisert's work is helping uncover the unknown journeys of killer whales, or orca, from Antartica, to Northland, New Zealand, a near 5000 kilometre trip they make in a just a… Audio

An historic site threatened by government development has triggered the creation of the Tonga's first Heritage Society. Audio

The Sampler's Nick Bollinger hosts a Sampler Summit. The subject: Dr. Dre's Compton: A Soundtrack, his first album in 16 years. Audio

CSIRO Land & Water researcher Dr Andrew Higgins has developed a logistics tool called TRANSIT which will reduce the cost and time of transporting cattle around Australia. Audio

The scientific community is calling on Pacific Island countries to adopt a collaborative approach to developing sea bed mining in the region. Audio

Frost in Papua New Guinea's Enga has destroyed vegetable gardens depended on by hundreds of thousands of people. Audio

A New Zealand-based Pasifika organisation working to reduce suicide rates in New Zealand's Pacific community has signed an agreement with the princess on Tonga to help with measures there. Audio

70 is the new 50. Or so it seems when you look at the stats that show we're living longer. Dr Rudi Westendorp is one of the world's leading experts in geriatric medicine. He says we shouldn't be… Audio

Pacific regional body puts an emphasis on developing composting to improve soil quality and stop waste. Audio

Scientists are descending on Whakapapa this weekend to commemorate nearly 20 years since the eruption of Mt Ruapehu. The 1995 eruptions were the most dramatic in five decades and caused disruption to… Audio

The Office of the Chief Trade Advisor says concerns about the PACER Plus trade agreement being unbalanced are unfounded and inaccurate. Audio

The latest round of negotiations on the regional trade agreement PACER Plus are underway in Samoa with a focus on labour mobility, development assistance and trade in goods. Audio

Local council board agrees to look at carving up the Chamberlain Park Golf course in Auckland - a step closer to making it nine holes, instead of 18. With the city's population expanding at a rate of… Audio

Unwell asylum seekers on Nauru will be sent to Papua New Guinea for medical treatment, not Australia, to the ire of a medical refugee advocate. Audio

A new photographic exhibition is opening next week, to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. It's a series of portraits aimed at promoting public discourse around the criminal… Audio

About 300 people turned up to learn about the science of firewalking last night. And, some of the brave gave it a go. Christchurch physicist, Dr John Campbell, gave a public lecture at the University… Audio, Gallery

Dr Magdalena Harris is a former drug user who is now an academic in social research for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine. Getting clean led her to pick up her abandoned studies –… Audio

A government case against opponents of PNG's Pacific Marine Industrial Zone has been dropped and the campaigners have dedicated their victory to a tireless fighter for the cause, the late Nancy… Audio

The Pacific's Chief Trade Advisor says significant progress has been made with the Pacer Plus trade agreement and it should be concluded by September next year. Audio