Pacific Beat

Fiji's simmering racial tensions are in the spotlight after a recent social media post from an opposition MP, with a petition now calling for his resignation— while a Fiji politics and ethnicity expert says the case shows there's still a lot more work required.

On the program: PNG's acting police commissioner says a team of officers and soldiers will head to head to Hela province to catch those responsible for the massacre of 16 women and children, the head of PNG's Building Safer Communities Program says the lack of police resources is a key factor in tribal fighting, the mining company involved in the Solomon Islands oil spill disaster has been accused of interfering in local politics, and business owners in Apia say the Pacific Games has provided a much-need economic boost.

The brutal massacre of women and children in PNG's Hela province this week has renewed attention on the country's death penalty.

As Kiribati marks 40 years of independence, the man who's brought the country's fight with climate change to the global stage, Anote Tong, says more needs to be done.

The Police Minister Bryan Kramer has announced he will heading to Hela province where the massacre took place.

On the program: PNG's acting police commissioner says a team of officers and soldiers will head to head to Hela province to catch those responsible for the massacre of 16 women and children, the head of PNG's Building Safer Communities Program says the lack of police resources is a key factor in tribal fighting, the mining company involved in the Solomon Islands oil spill disaster has been accused of interfering in local politics, and business owners in Apia say the Pacific Games has provided a much-need economic boost.

It's boom time for Apia businesses while Samoa hosts the Pacific Pacific Games

Papua New Guinea's acting police commissioner has promised justice will be brought to the killers involved in the brutal massacre of women and children in the country's highlands.

A mining company at the centre of February's oil spill in Solomon Islands has been accused of interfering in local politics. It has rejected the allegations but anti-corruption group Transparency is calling for an investigation.

On the program: Papua New Guinea shaken by the horrific massacre of women and children in the country's highlands, the head of the Australia's new Office of the Pacific defends the government's Step Up in the region, and the traumatic ordeal continues for the families of an American couple who died while on holiday in Fiji.