Pacific Beat

There's a National Day of Mourning today for the plight of women in Papua New Guinea.

In a region like the Pacific that depends so heavily on tuna fishing a new study has found that as much as 20 per cent of the global fish catch disappears through illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.

Today is budget day in Australia with the Federal Government handing down its spending and tax plans this evening.

It's been more than a year since Vanuatu announced its long awaited submarine internet cable was "coming soon".

American Samoa's governor, Lolo Matalasi Moliga is being sued by former members of the retirement fund board.

Fiji is commemorating its 134th Girmit Day today 14th May.

Bollywood has come to Fiji again.

If you enjoy a shell of kava, you'll no doubt be aware of the roots relaxing effect.

Planning is proceeding for the Pacific's biggest nature conservation conference, at the end of this year.

Australia and New Zealand could be competing in the Pacific Games in 2023.

Australia's foreign aid program has been confirmed as a casualty of this year's budget.

There's confusion in Fiji over whether the police have threatened to monitor political activity and charge politicians who "spread lies to cause trouble".

Fiji's travel restrictions have led to a delay in the sitting of Tuvalu's Supreme Court.

The Tongan Government is facing an uphill battle to introduce some form of employment regulation in the Kingdom.

A group of 19 young men who changed their ways from being criminals to Christians have trekked across Papua New Guinea to raise funds to build a chapel in their village.

Vanuatu's prime minister, Moana Carcassese Kalosil has sacked his Finance Minister, Willie Jimmy.

On the Ailinglaplap atoll in the Marshall Islands, trees are falling into the lagoon, roads are washing out, and school buildings are increasingly threatened by rising seas.

New Zealand judge Dame Judith Potter has just completed her first two week sitting in the Cook Islands high court and says the country's family law is in a time warp.

The Vanuatu Tourism Office is appealing to police to help maintain law and order at Port Vila's main wharf.