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

Tongans say new travel restrictions preventing them from entering the United States are an unfair form of collective punishment.

A brazen daylight robbery at Port Vila's international aiport generates intense public interest and speculation on social media.

Eighty cruise ship passengers have been flown to Australia after spending four days on the grounded Coral Adventurer in Papua New Guinea waters. 

Award-winning PNG musician Mal Meninga Kuri is leading a fight against a surge of AI-generated cover songs to protect the soul of Papua New Guinea’s music.

Lord Fakafanua has been elected as Tonga's new prime minister but the noble has had to defend his appointment against critics who say it marks a decline of Tonga's democratic system.

Villagers on the Vanuatu island of Ambae say their food gardens and water sources have been damaged by volcanic ashfall and sulphur following a low-level eruption.

Thousands of Pacific seasonal workers left undocumented, unemployed and homeless after leaving abusive and exploitative employers.

Surfers in Fiji could soon have to pay to surf, with the government moving to repeal a unique law that opened access to tourists and locals alike.

Pacific activists join indigenous Amazonians for protests on the streets of Belem at the UN's COP30 climate summit.