Civil society groups in Timor-Leste say paedophile and ex-priest Richard Daschbach should be taken off the list of offenders put forward for a presidential pardon after being knocked back a second time this year.

Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale has returned from trips to Australia and New Zealand that he said were designed to reset Solomon Islands' relations with the two countries.

Some argue that the 8% increase to the minimum wage in Samoa is still insufficient to meet the rising cost of living and unlikely to stem the flow of people seeking seasonal work abroad.

Locals could be unable to fish or travel by boat for weeks as a floating layer of volcanic pumice rock surrounds the islands of Manus province.

One of the West Papuans featured in the controversial documentary 'Pig Feast', has changed her stance on the film and even laid a complaint with police.

Fiji's Environment Ministry has delivered a damning critique of the environmental impact assessment report submitted by the proponent of the controversial waste-to-energy project.

Solomon Islands and Australia will start negotiations for a new security and bilateral treaty in a reset for the relationship between the countries.

A PNG parliamentary vote on whether to ratify Bougainville's desire for independence, is the final step in the Bougainville Peace Agreement, which brought the-decade long conflict known as "The Crisis" to an end in 2001.

The case of a Fijian man living under a bridge in Sydney after arriving in Australia under the PALM scheme only to disengage and become homeless isn't an isolated one.

Over the weekend police announced that the search operation for a boat carrying 10 passengers was being scaled down, after fuel tanks and items believed to be from the boat washed ashore.