Attacks have raised concerns for a Fiji sedition charges lawyer; casualties in West papua on Flag Day; there are calls for immediate changes to the Bougainville mining law; Campaign against Gender-based violence sparks events across the Pacific; the search for solutions to the algal bloom in the Cook Islands' Muri Lagoon; students' tribute for Jonah Lomu a hit; a resourceful solution to a shortage of Samoan language resources in New Zealand.