Pacific Beat

Melbourne Zoo is set to host an International workshop on Tree Kangaroos.

Three specialist organisations in Australia have combined forces to provide education programs for Indigenous entrepreneurs and managers.

China is considering joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, as President Xi Jinping prepares to arrive in California this weekend in meetings with US President Barack Obama.

New South Wales State of Origin captain Paul Gallen has hit-out at the National Rugby League judiciary for suspending him after punching Queensland forward Nate Myles during Wednesday's match.

The Fiji Pearls have taken home a fourth straight Pacific Netball Series crown, in Apia.

A Canberra conference addressing witchcraft and sorcery killings in Melanesia is continuing with delegates from around the region discussing the problem.

The autonomous government of the Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville is being asked not to pay compensation to people who assist the victims of sorcery accusations.

There are concerns in Papua New Guinea about what the PNG government's takeover of the the Ok Tedi mine will mean for the people of Western Province and for the environment.

Unprofessional so called "ghost" immigration consultants in New Zealand are continuing to prey on Pacific island people desperate to stay in the country.

The region's peak environmental organisation says the inclusion of a stronger environmental focus in the new agenda for development to replace the Millennium Development Goals is encouraging but there are still gaps that need to be fixed.

Mobile phones are being used in a new system to make women safer at the markets in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.

The first round of competition in the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour event in Fiji is expected to be wrapped up today.

Fiji is positioning itself to become the communications hub for the South Pacific.

A three day conference addressing witchcraft and sorcery killings in Melanesia has started at Australia's National University in Canberra.

A Canberra conference addressing witchcraft and sorcery killings in Papua New Guinea has been told the growing success of women in PNG is a factor in the increasing number of attacks.

A leader of the West Papuan movement in Vanuatu has welcomed the invitation to the Indonesian Province to attend the 19th Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders summit in New Caledonia.

Marshall Islands is knuckling down to a long-term relief effort in the drought parched northern atolls.

A prolonged drought continues to cause problems for the communities in the Marshall Islands northern atolls.

Fiji lacks the resources to try to save two critically endangered bird species, the Fiji Petrel and the Red-throated Lorikeet.