Opposition MPs in Vanuatu have sent a clear signal that they will use the strength of feeling against the country's membership of the World Trade Organisation as an election issue.
As the member nations of the Pacific Islands' Forum prepare for the annual leaders meeting, there's been a new call for them to look seriously at reducing their reliance on development aid.
Representatives of Indigenous Pacific tribes are planning to meet on a regular basis, to share information about how their coastal communities deal with rising sea waters.
The secretary-general of New Caledonia’s Customary Senate, Jean-Louis Mahe, says Kanak chiefs will make their contribution to the land use debate when the Noumea Accord enters its final phase in 2014.
West Papua, the easternmost island under Indonesia's control, is a land beset by troubles. Rarely a week goes by without news of some new tragedy in a relentless conflict that has endured and evolved over fifty years
