Pacific Beat

Fiji hails its relationship with Australia as it looks to trade to broaden its economy putting it's promise on display at a Trade and Investment symposium in Sydney. And, a huge step for Fiji rugby with plans to include a local team in the Australia's National Rugby Championship from next season.

Fiji lifts its remaining bans on foreign journalists. A pilot programme for workers from Pacific microstates gets underway.

Research on Vanuatu's recovery from Cyclone Pam finds that the communities that fared best were those where women had been included in disaster training and PNG Boxing reveals its strategy as it sets out to build a stronger future and maintain its Pacific dominance, inspired by18 year-old Thaddius Katua became a national hero as the youngest boxer to step into the Olympic ring in Rio.

Calls for the Nauru government to allow the former president to seek medical help. Indigenous turtle hunting being questioned in Northern Australia. A Miss Solomon Islands contestant says she's been vilified for having mixed heritage.

The lawyer for detainees on Manus Island files a contempt charge against the PNG government. Rates of obesity in the region under the spotlight. The Solomon Islands adamant that West Papua will be admitted to the Melanesian Spearhead group before the year is out

The Archbishop of Port Moresby becomes the first person from Papua New Guinea to become a Cardinal in the Catholic Church. The impact of salt water in food gardens in Malaita. The World Bank says economic growth across the Pacific is stagnating and remains volatile.

Concerns that violent paybacks are on the rise in PNG's Enga province. Calls for more awareness of Pacific attitudes to mental health. A woman receives death threats after speaking out against homophobia in Papua New Guinea.

The threat of legal action over plans in Papua New Guinea to retain a refugee detention facility on Manus Island. And, as he heads to Canada to take over the rugby sevens squad there, former Samoa coach Damian McGrath breaks his silence on his sudden dismissal.

The threat of legal action over plans in Papua New Guinea to retain a refugee facility on Manus island. Manus Island MP, Ronny Knight talks about the impact asylum seekers are having on his community.

New Zealand's opposition opposes a state visit by Fiji's prime minister. The United Nations says forced evictions in Papua New Guinea breach International Human Rights Law. Rare justice in Vanuatu after a female victim speaks out.