Richard Pamatatau

Auckland's Pacific island communities say they want more control over the rehabilitation of violent offenders, and how violent crime is being dealt with. Audio

The King of Tonga is set to get a 300 per cent pay rise taking his allowance from the government to almost a million paanga a year or 700 thousand New Zealand dollars. Audio

The Government is again being forced to defend the allocation of nearly five million dollars to a little known organisation. The Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Georgina te Heuheu, was told by… Audio

The furore, sparked by the former All Black Andy Haden's comments about Polynesian Rugby Players, may have kept talkback radio humming, but has not translated into official complaints. Audio

Pacific Island leaders say many in their community will not be better off because of the budget's tax changes. Audio

Pacific leaders are questioning today's budget announcement - that 4.8 million dollars is going to the Pacific Economic Development Agency over the next four years. Audio

Members of the Indo-Fijian population who have migrated to this country because of the political situation in Fiji say they're struggling with competing cultural identities. Audio

Members of the Pacific population are hoping the budget will bring education and training programmes to stem the rising unemployment rate among its young. Audio

New Zealand Post is running a literacy programme for staff in two of its Auckland sites to lift workplace productivity and boost worker confidence. Audio

A senior Tongan minister has defended her government's performance after the sudden resignation of the country's Attorney General last Friday. Audio

Tonga's Attorney General has resigned in protest over government interference in the judiciary saying the country is heading down the same path as Fiji. Audio

A leader of the Niue Community in Auckland says her country's contribution to the first world war has been ignored by many war historians. Audio

The Government's decision to shift its focus on aid to the Pacific Islands is being described as short-sighted. A letter sent to agencies by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, has… Audio

The Aitutaki community in Auckland is dismayed by scant progress on repairing damage on their island after February's cyclone and wants action from the New Zealand and Cook Islands governments. Audio

A flotilla of traditional double-hulled voyaging vaka or canoes, left Auckland last night on a voyage that will take them round the Pacific drawing attention to conservation issues in the region. Audio

Four Pacific Island Vaka or voyaging canoes, made with modern material but based on traditional design, leave Auckland this Wednesday carrying a conservation message to the Pacific. Audio

Harsh new controls on the media are set to be introduced in Fiji. News organisations face being fined half a million Fiji dollars for publishing stories deemed against the public interest or order by… Audio

The Royal Commission's report into the sinking of the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika says the ship was unquestionably unseaworthy and sailed in a horrendous and frightening condition. Audio

The Tongan Royal Commission report into the sinking of the ferry Princess Ashika will be presented to the King of Tonga and the Privy Council today. Audio

Pacific Island leaders in east-Auckland are unhappy plans for urban renewal have not involved the community. Audio