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A Cook Islands counselling centre says it hopes to empower victims of domestic violence, by giving them access to free legal advice. Audio

A legal expert says the outcome of the Lecretia Seales right to die case could have wider implications than just setting a legal precedent. Audio

Tony Bouchier is the President of the Criminal Bar Association. Audio

An Australian paedophile who hit the news last year after abandoning a surrogate child born in Thailand because he had Downs Syndrome, is back in the news -- this time because he's trying to get his… Audio

Ten asylum seekers have launched a High Court challenge on the legality of the Australian government's offshore detention policies, in a bid to prevent their return to Nauru. Audio

Pacific Island nations have some of the highest rates of violence against children in the world - an issue UNICEF says needs to be brought out of the shadows. Audio

A new study from Otago University shows that getting synthetic cannabis off the shelves has virtually stopped the flow of users needing mental health care. Lead reseracher, Dr Paul Glue, is the Otago… Audio

Hopes have been raised for greater access to the Pacific's hidden region after the Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised West Papua would be open to foreign media. Audio

The Chief Trade Advisor of the Pacific Island Countries says significant progress was made on development assistance negotiations in this round of PACER-Plus talks. Audio

An Australian human rights advocate says the Nauruan government's Facebook ban is extremely concerning particularly for asylum seekers who are now further isolated from the world as they continue to… Audio

The Solomon Islands government says there is an urgent need to protect the country's culture, traditional knowledge and practises from exploitation in the internet age. Audio

Pacific civil societies and trade union groups are calling for the immediate suspension of PACER-Plus negotiations. Audio

Transparency Solomon Islands says concerned Solomon Islanders are preparing to challenge the controversial granting of income tax free salaries for Parliamentarians in court. Audio

The Prime Minister has confirmed he is paying for the legal advice he has sought about the prospect of facing an assault charge for pulling an Auckland waitress' ponytail Audio

Pacific chief justices are contemplating the future growth of the region's judiciary as a five-year development programme draws to a close. Audio

The Samoan government and the ADB are being criticised for not properly consulting the country on its plans to promote the economic use of customary land. Audio

Suspended Nauru MP says there is growing public concern that the government lacks proper scrutiny. Audio

A long-running major court case in French Polynesia involving the territory's former president Gaston Flosse has come to a sudden halt. Audio

This week on One in Five: staff describe it a magic place. We visit Nelson's Salisbury School, a residential special education facility for girls with intellectual and behavioural difficulties. Three… Audio

The waitress whose hair was repeatedly tugged by the Prime Minister John Key is understood to be seeking legal and union advice, in the latest developments over what's become known as 'ponytailgate.' Audio

Solomon Islands is in the process of reviewing its draft intellectual property strategy in a push to modernise the country's protection laws which date back to the early 1900s. Audio

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, or ASRC, says a Bill which would allow force to be used in immigration detention would encourage a greater culture of abuse and mistreatment. Audio

Four of the country's biggest broadcasters are taking legal action against two internet providers offering a service called Global Mode. Audio

Bougainville lays groundwork for a referendum on independence to be held in the next term of the region'ss parliament. Audio

The Pacific Freedom Forum has condemned an editorial in Papua New Guinea's National Newspaper calling for strict control measures on social media users. Audio