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Forest and Bird is asking the High Court to stop the Conservation Department swapping an area of protected land needed for the proposed Ruataniwha dam. Audio

Legal experts say hundreds of victims of domestic violence can't get protection orders because of tough legal aid rules. Audio

Legal experts say hundreds of victims of domestic violence can't get protection orders because of tough legal aid rules. Audio

All countries in the Pacific are being urged to start discussions on how to help people forced to move from low lying atoll nations like Kiribati and Tuvalu. Audio

A Somali woman who became pregnant after she was allegedly raped on Nauru and brought to Australia for an abortion has been suddenly flown back to the island. Audio

The opposition in Vanuatu has called for the government to explain why it has deposited one million Vatu into each of the opposition MPs private bank accounts. Audio

Vanuatu's opposition has launched a multi-pronged attack on the government amid a political crisis triggered by last weekend's controversial pardon of 14 convicted MPs. Audio

A specialist in Vanuatu governance issues says the scandal surrounding government MPs could be a rare opportunity to finally stabilise the country's politics. Audio

Family First is looking at its legal options, after the Film and Literature review board voted yesterday four-to-one to remove all restrictions on Ted Dawe's book "Into The River". Audio

Refugee and rape crisis organisations have criticised the Nauru government's decision to release the name of a Somali woman who was allegedly raped in Nauru. Audio

A professor of constitutional law Bill Hodge says Vanuatu's President may have the power to reverse the pardons controversially granted at the weekend to 14 convicted MPs. Audio

The convicted speaker of Vanuatu's Parliament has pardoned himself and 13 other convicted MPs after stepping in to act as President while the country's head of state was abroad. Audio

Papua New Guinea's government says moves to investigate a Chief Magistrate have nothing to do with her issuing an arrest warrant against the Prime Minister last year. Audio

Two senior fraud squad members, recently sacked by the Commissioner of Police in Papua New Guinea, have their jobs back for now. Audio

Australia's highest court has reserved its judgement in a case challenging the constitutionality of Canberra's offshore detention of asylum seekers in the Pacific. Audio

Papua New Guinea's government says moves to investigate a Chief Magistrate have nothing to do with her issuing an arrest warrant against the Prime Minister last year. Audio

A South African diplomat in Fiji may escape penalty after a fatal road accident. Audio

The suspended Nauru opposition MP Roland Kun says processing 600 asylum-seeker applications in one week is logistically impossible. Audio

A Papua New Guinea NGO has responded cautiously to a signal by the government that it is advancing with the process of revoking land leases issued under a fraudulent lease system. Audio

Meanwhile Forest and Bird are considering a legal challenge to the landswap. Audio

An executive member of Australia's peak legal body says reports that two Australian lawyers have been banned from entering Papua New Guinea raises serious questions about judicial independence. Audio

For its stance against the nuclear powers, Marshall Islands has been awarded the alternate Nobel prize. Audio

A Nauru opposition MP says the revoking of pensioners' benefits for allegedly participating in anti-government protests in June is a blantant abuse of power. Audio

The public solicitors office in Solomon Islands has released a new environmental law book aimed at educating and informing stakeholders in the country. Audio

There are lingering tensions among victims of rape by employees of Canadian miner Barrick Gold at its Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea's Enga province. Barrick Gold is being urged to come… Audio