Stories by Jamie Tahana

China has been embarking on a diplomatic and publicity blitz in an attempt to rally support for its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.

It's 400 years since Tonga had its first contact with European explorers, when two Dutch sailors came across the northern Niuas islands. Audio

Papua New Guinea's support for the death penalty and its struggles with gender equality and police brutality have been criticised at a United Nations review in Geneva.

Solomon Islands first Prime Minister Sir Peter Kenilorea and the country's founding Father has died. Audio

The scars of Cyclone Pam are still visible on Tanna, 10 months on from when the category five storm devastated Vanuatu.

Successful candidates from Friday's snap election in Vanuatu paraded through the potholed streets of Port Vila.

Once a place where history was made, now it's a place where history is stored.

A Tongan fine arts graduate and a marine biologist in training are among five young leaders from New Zealand's Pacific community who were recognised at a ceremony at parliament on... Audio

Fiji's director of public prosecutions has charged three police officers and two military personnel in relation to the beating of a man which was shown in a video leaked online two years ago.

Vanuatu's government has been severely shaken, and its future is uncertain, after half its MPs were convicted of bribery.

The civil war on Bougainville ended nearly 20 years ago, but the whereabouts of hundreds of people who went missing during the conflict remains unkown. Their families are demanding answers. Audio

The thorny issue of West Papua has stirred controversy during a state visit by Indonesia's President, Joko Widodo, to Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea's government is hoping revised child protection laws will put a halt to increasing numbers of children forced to fend for themselves on the streets.

A refugee advocate says asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have been banned from using a phone and talking to their case workers. Video

Jamie Tahana reflects on the Wainuiomata he discovered while producing a documentary for The Wireless.

We find out what life is like for 20-somethings living in Wainuiomata.

A Chinese-backed joint venture hopes to build a huge nickel smelter in Vanuatu but it appears to have caught many in the island nation's government by surprise.

A play devised from interviews with violent offenders has the potential to bridge "siloed" communities in Hawke's Bay.

Jamie Tahana talks to war veterans at the Petone Working Men's Club ahead of Anzac Day.

Self-described agnostic Jamie Tahana spends the weekend exploring Parachute.

The Psychoactive Substances Bill has been in force for six months. What effect has it had?

Tim Bunckenberg has broken bones and “lost quite a bit of skin” as a result of his addiction to adrenaline.

Christmas Eve at the airport. First circle of hell, or genuine excitement? We send Jamie Tahana to find out.

The problem of youth homelessness is "bigger than a lot of people imagine".

A group of young Wellingtonians who weren't born when the series was on TV, plan to perform an entire episode of Star Trek verbatim.