Vanuatu's 17-strong team for the Commonwealth Games has jumped through hoops to get to England.

Analysis - Despite China failing to gain endorsement from a dozen Pacific Island countries to sign up to its new regional multilateral trade and security agreement, Beijing has made its intentions known to the region: It is here to stay.

Fiji-born Lisa Tai has been appointed as partner at Deloitte New Zealand - to become only the second Pasifika female to make such a senior role at Deloitte, the largest professional services firm in the world.

First Person - Pasifika journalist Sela Jane Hopgood was sceptical when offered medication for perinatal depression, but, she writes, saying yes saved her life.

Explainer - Samoa has been struggling with a confrontational constitutional crisis. Audio

The New Zealand city of Lower Hutt has become the first, outside Auckland, with a Pasifika resident district court judge Michael Alaifatu Mika. Audio

A new video series in Pacific languages aims to bust health myths surrounding stroke.