Tagata o te Moana

The state of people displaced by the volcano in Vanuatu is yet to be determined; The lack of psychiatric care outside PNG's Manus Island detention centre raises fears of more deaths; Indonesia has… Read more Audio

Authorities in Vanuatu are evacuating the entire island of Ambae - about 11,000 people - as the island's volcano continues to erupt; A petition to the United Nations with the signatures of 1.8 million… Read more Audio

Mixed feelings on Manus Island as 54 refugees are accepted for US resettlement; Several government departments in Papua New Guinea locked out of their offices because of unpaid rent;Australia is to… Read more Audio

Papua New Guinea politics is reeling after the move by a main opposition party, the Pangu Pati, to join government; This year's Pacific Islands Forum Summit, held last week in Apia, was heavily… Read more Audio

Reactions in Tonga to the king's dissolution of parliament; West Papuans petition the UN for a supervised independence vote; Call for Bougainvilleans to look at independence options; Manus financial… Read more Audio

Tongan's interim prime minister's ok with dissolution of Tongan parliament; Climate change, sustainable development, conservation and possibly West papua will be items on the agenda of a newly… Read more Audio

Tonga's King Tuupou VI has dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections to be held by November 16th this year; As Yazaki winds down its operation in Samoa, a union is working to ensure… Read more Audio

More deaths in election related violence in Papua New Guinea; people on Guam rally for peace amid the tension between North Korea and the United Sattes; Pacific foreign ministers discuss building a… Read more Audio

Guam a pawn in US - North Korea confrontations - Academic; Manus detainees resist attempts to force them from camp; Resurfaced arrest warrant overshadows PNG PM's re-election; New Zealander who had… Read more Audio

The true success of the Pacific region's first ever peacekeeping intervention is now being tested in Solomon Islands as the country tries to chart a course for its future while trying to forget the… Read more Audio

Unrest and farce as PNG election draws to a close; UN accuses Canberra of reneging on offshore detention deal; Claims financial mismanagement in Fiji's government is getting worse; A survey shows many… Read more Audio

Calls to end secrecy over unwanted Samoan teen pregnancies; Fears about magnitude of family violence confirmed in Samoa; Lobbying to form PNG government intensifies; Solomon Islands' PM yet to deliver… Read more Audio