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A newspaper editor in Papua New Guinea believes that signs of poverty worsening are becoming more evident. Audio

Protesting students at the University of Papua New Guinea are today waiting on an official response from the Prime Minister to a petition calling for him to resign by 3:00pm this afternoon local time.

Asylum seekers and refugees held on Papua New Guinea's Manus island have written to the country's chief justice and told him they are still being held against their will on the island despite a… Audio

The Samoan government has been warned not to consider proposed changes to the constitution to further recognise Christianity. Audio

Australia is partly to blame for enabling an authoritarian approach to government by the Baron Waqa-led administration on Nauru, according to an Australian academic. Audio

Armed police have moved in on the University of Papua New Guinea's campus in Port Moresby as student protests enter a third week. Audio

A Papua New Guinea opposition MP says the prime minister is vandalising the constitution by refusing to act over Manus in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that the deal with Australia was… Audio

Amanda Millar discusses proposed changes to the self defence laws. Audio

The Law Commission is recommending a radical overhaul of the self-defence law for family violence victims who kill their abusers. Under the current law, a person must be under immediate threat to use… Audio

Fiji's deputy opposition leader Biman Prasad says he has been effectively removed from a key parliamentary body and that's a further erosion of democracy and accountability in the country. Audio

Detectives working for Papua New Guinea's police fraud squad have been allowed access to their office and files again, but under tight conditions. Audio

A woman who kills her abuser while he sleeps may be able to argue she acted in self-defence, under a radical law change recommended by the Law Commission. Audio

A school teacher in Guam is campaigning for the removal of a statute of limitations for civil claims relating to child sexual abuse. Audio

The Inland Revenue Department says it is making the most of new laws requiring overseas buyers of New Zealand property to have a tax number. Audio

A former Government minister and opposition leader in the Cook Islands says the Panama Papers leaks don't damage his country's reputation. Audio

The International Parliamentarians for West Papua has called for an internationally-supervised vote on independence in West Papua and is preparing to build pressure on Indonesia over the issue. Audio

Bougainville Copper Limited, which had operated the controversial Panguna mine, remains keen to return to the region but its chief executive this would only happen with the firm backing of the local… Audio

A leading Papua New Guinea anti-corruption officer says he has faith in the judiciary to be able to rule fairly on myriad cases before the courts related to a major fraud case. Audio

Another incident of school students brawling in Samoa has some in the country calling for a return to corporal punishment. Audio

Anger over the manslaughter convictions for the brutal killing of 3-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri shouldn't be used as a reason to change murder laws, lawyers say. Audio

New Zealand unlikely to offer PNG resettlement for Manus detainees. Audio

Contempt proceedings have been filed in a Papua New Guinea court against the police commissioner Gary Baki. Audio

An expert in Australian foreign aid says hundreds of millions of dollars promised to Papua New Guinea for hosting an asylum seeker detention centre is unlikely to be threatened. Audio

A Northern Marianas school association says it will appeal a court ruling which threw out the Weapons Control Act, despite the local Attorney-General believing it would be in vain. Audio