Pacific Beat

Emergency aid still needed in Makira Province in Solomon Islands, a month after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake caused significant damage. And, the world's most expensive sushi - a single Pacific Bluefin tuna knocked down for six hundred thousand dollars at auction in Tokyo.

Much needed Tents, tarpaulins and water containers make it to quake affected parts of Solomon Islands and promising developments on a possible malaria vaccine with human trials.

Indonesia formally suspends all military co-operation with Australia over offensive training material on display at an Australian base and two asylum seekers from Manus Island appear in court on charges of being drunk and disorderly while they say they were beaten by police.

Peace negotiations begin in PNG's Hela province after last month's outbreak of tribal violence. And, the UN voices concerns over Fiji's tsunami warning system.

We remember the contribution to media freedom of two senior journalists from Papua New Guinea who died within days of each other. And, in rugby-mad PNG, a push to focus on improving the skills of school children.

Fiji residents breathe a sigh of relief as a tsunami threat fails to eventuate, and tributes for two giants of PNG's media.

Two asylum-seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island treated for their injuries after reportedly being bashed by police and immigration officers. And, family violence in the spotlight as it's the busiest time of the year at Fiji's Women's Crisis Centre while in the Australian outback town of Dubbo, a new approach to rehabilitate family violence offenders is working well.

PNG's defence force promises to come down hard on soldiers involved in the weekend clash with police, and a push to get rugby played by more school kids in PNG.

A neighborhood rugby club gets a welcome cash donation in Fiji. And, the Fiji Roads Authority starts counting the cost of the recent rainfall and it's a bit higher than expected.

Questions are being asked as to why the PNG government has not released the findings of the annual International Monetary Fund survey of its economic performance this year. And, the rare collection of early Indigenous folk songs providing a valuable insight into our history.