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Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato says his country has growing strategic importance as the link between Asia and the Pacific Islands region. Audio

The UNDP were behind a social media campaign called #Champions4Equality that highlights stories of individual women and men around the Asia and Pacific region that focus on gender equality. Audio

Celebrity chef Robert Oliver appointed UNDP Pacific advocate for food, sustainable development and wellbeing. Audio

The United Nations Development Programme representative in Papua New Guinea has called for greater efforts to get the government budget executed properly.Ropy Trivedy says there is an issue of… Audio

Fifteen years since Timor-Leste proclaimed independence, a new generation tries to move on from its traumatic past. Sally Round investigates how the country's faring.

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A conservation agreement has been signed this month in Papua New Guinea that will focus on promoting sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in the provinces of East and West New… Audio

UN says protection of PNG rainforests a global responsibility. Audio

The East West Centre based in Hawai'i may look to getting extra funding from countries in Asia after proposed budget cuts under the Trump administration. Audio

Filmmaker Gaylene Preston has just spent a year with Helen Clark at the UN, and a new documentary My Year With Helen is the result. Video, Audio, Gallery

Kathryn Ryan talks to young New Zealander and Rhodes Scholar, Max Harris on the New Zealand Project. It is a vision for confronting the country's challenges.The New Zealand Project, is also the title… Audio

Terry Waite is a British humanitarian and author who visits NZ each year during our summer to write. He talks to Kim about writing, empathy and his love of silence. Audio

Tonga's government is looking for up to US$50 million of funding to deal with issues like climate change issues in the country. Audio

Participants in Papua New Guinea's Practice Parliament for Women say more female MPs would reduce government corruption. Audio

An intending female candidate in this year's Papua New Guinea general election is relishing a chance to better understand the rules of engagement in parliamentary politics. Audio

It is just months before Papua New Guineans go to the polls to elect a new 111 seat parliament and there are renewed efforts to get women into the Parliament. 5thne. Audio

Twenty-two women from several Pacific nations are this week developing their leadership and negotiating skills at a workshop in Suva. Audio

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has resigned from her post heading the United Nations Development Programme. Audio

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has resigned from her post heading the United Nations Development Programme. An Australian boy's dad talks about his son's close encounter with a Great… Audio

Vanuatu's director of public health says the elimination of filariasis is cause for celebration but eradication is the target. Audio

New Zealand is importing millions of kilograms of fish that men die to catch, but Customs won't reveal who's selling it. These are the stories of the men who catch that fish: the lost years of their… Audio

Our wellbeing is said to be influenced by our natural environment - so what is the cost of losing it? Recorded in Wellington, the second panel in the Cities of Tomorrow series discusses how a… Audio

A new study in Papua New Guinea is looking at the viability of offering insurance to people in settlements and villages. Audio

Its hoped a project that's been launched in Tuvalu will reverse the decline in fish stocks that's threatening the food security and livelihoods of local fishing communities. Audio

Delegates from around the South Pacific are taking back new lessons and strategies to help tackle policing issues in their home countries. Audio

The fight against corruption is gaining momentum in the Pacific according to the UNDP regional office in Fiji. Audio

More coherence between health, trade and investment laws, policies and sectors could play an important role in combatting non-communicable diseases in the Pacific. Audio

It's less than two weeks until the Rio Olympics begins, and there are doubts things will be ready in time. The Australian team will not move into the Olympic Village for the Games because of problems… Audio