Pacific Beat

Vanuatu's opposition leader takes decision to dissolve parliament to the Supreme Court. Also, a curfew is imposed in Mendi in PNG's Southern Highlands, as election-related violence erupts.

Samoan international bestselling author Lani Wendt Young is announced as the recipient of the 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel.

Just over two years since Vanuatu last headed to the polls, the country will again hold an election as a result of a controversial move by the government to request the president to dissolve parliament.

Kiribati's attempt to deport Australian-born High Court Judge David Lambourne has shone a spotlight on the role of foreign judges in the Pacific.

A Fijian lawyer says he's fled the country to avoid a jail sentence after making posts on Facebook critical of the Prime Minister and Attorney-General.

Fears parliament dissolution being used for political gain in Vanuatu. Also, a Fijian lawyer flees to avoid jailtime for criticising the Prime Minister on social media.

Hundreds of Fijians living overseas are back in Fiji for this week's Fiji Australia New Zealand and Canada Muslim sports tournament.

Men's and women's cricket teams from Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu are set to join the Australian ranks as part of a new partnership between Cricket Australia and the Australian Government.

The head of Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League says fans are disappointed that the PNG Hunters will not play their match weekend's in Port Moresby.

Vanuatu's opposition members say they will go to the Supreme Court to challenge the President's decision to dissolve parliament.

Vanuatu's opposition say they'll challenge a shock decision by the president to dissolve parliament. Also, time is running out for the PNG Hunters to return to Port Moresby in the Hostplus Cup.

The film is loosely based around real events which took place in the trenches between Anzac and Turkish soldiers where men would throw food and other items to each other across enemy lines.

An opposition politician labels an attempt from the Vanuatu Prime Minister to dissolve parliament "undemocratic". Also, Pacific leaders welcome the biggest climate funding package in United States history.

Pacific leaders have welcomed the biggest climate funding package in US history. The more than $624 billion bill, signed into law by US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, is designed to cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions and boost investments in renewable energy.

Vanuatu's Opposition party believes it has the numbers to oust prime minister Bob Loughman when parliament sits on Friday.

Vanuatu has become the first Pacific country to eliminate Trachoma a tropical disease that causes irreversible blindness.

Scientists using the help of special robots have discovered more than 30 potentially new marine species deep down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.

Residents of Lami in Fiji have hit out at plans to build an Australian-funded maritime naval facility close to their homes, with construction set to begin in coming weeks.

An upcoming Australian-funded maritime centre comes under fire from Fiji locals. Also, a major flu outbreak forces the closure of one of the Solomon Islands' largest boarding schools.

A major flu outbreak has temporarily shutdown schools in Solomon Islands and caused an overflow of cases at the National Referral Hospital in the capital, Honiara.