There's political turmoil in Vanuatu after the president dissolved parliament, sending the nation on a path towards a snap election within the next 60 days.

A coral five times the size of a tennis court has been discovered in Solomon Islands, with scientists saying it's the largest standalone coral in the world.

You probably know about the last moments of the Rainbow Warrior. But what do you know about the Greenpeace ship's last voyage before it was bombed by the French in New Zealand in 1985? Where had it come from, why was it there and what was it doing? Find out in The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior.

Pacific leaders congratulate Trump on election success, but win raises concern over support for climate change. 

More than 100,000 women in seven Pacific countries will benefit from expanded cervical cancer screening and treatment services thanks to a $29-million donation to the University of New South Wales' Kirby Institute.

Samoa is playing host to a royal visitor, prime ministers and high-level leaders as it hosts the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting. 

Villagers in Samoa are calling for compensation, saying they can't fish or use the shore after a New Zealand Navy ship sunk off the coast of Upolu two weeks ago.

Samoan villagers are worried a sunken New Zealand navy ship could be leaking oil off the coast of Upolu.

It's the NRL grand final this weekend with the Penrith Panthers taking on Melbourne Storm. But in Papua New Guinea where love for rugby league is unmatched, there are concerns about sports gambling.

Failed Fiji coup leader George Speight has been released after spending 24 years behind bars for a violent takeover of parliament where he held the prime minister, hostage, for 56 days. But there's concerns his release will re-ignite ethnic division.

A roundup of major stories from across the region and the people involved and affected by them.

The Fiji government says it will investigate organisers of the Miss Universe Fiji pageant after the contest ended in disarray. 

Politok pulls back the curtain on what goes on in Pacific politics. PNG journalist Scott Waide speaks with the region's leaders, public servants, aid workers, academics, and everyday people to uncover the real stories and unpack the big questions.

Pope Francis is in Papua New Guinea this weekend where he'll be taking Sunday mass with more than 30,000 people in the capital Port Moresby.

China's Pacific ambassador furious after Pacific leaders allow Taiwan to continue attending Forum meetings as an observer.

Seventeen people have been arrested and several kilograms of methamphetamine seized in police raids across the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa. 

The ringleader  of a notorious gang that allegedly killed eleven children in Papua New Guinea has turned himself in to police.

India's President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Fiji this week marks the first-ever visit by a head of state from her country, and its growing interest in the Pacific.

Papua New Guinea police are using a gruesome social media video that shows a gang decapitating a corpse in the hunt for the suspects of a mass killing.

Dozens of people including women and children were killed in a vicious attack on a village in Papua New Guinea's East Sepik region. 

Tonga's US$119 million loan from China has been sitting on the Tongan government's books for almost 15 years and now a deadline is looming.

Up to 3000 men, women and children living in a settlement outside the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby, will soon be displaced after losing a long legal battle to stay on the land where they've built their homes.

Pro-independence groups have issued a call out to Kanak voters to head to the ballot boxes this weekend in the second round of the French national elections.

Violence has flared up in New Caledonia after pro-independence activists charged with organising last month's deadly protests were sent to France to face trial there.