Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency, with one in 60 adults now living with the disease.

A wildlife park in Papua New Guinea's capital says it's carrying out an internal review after one of its workers was attacked and killed by a crocodile in front of crowds. 

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

After seven long years, Bougainville's independence referendum has been tabled in Papua New Guinea's Parliament.

An Australian judge is defiant after Fiji's High Court finds a Commission of Inquiry he ran appeared biased, with its findings ruled null and void.

A pumice raft from an undersea volcanic eruption ends up 3,000km away.

Melbourne Storm's Fijian player Tui Kamikamica to be honoured at Kaiviti Silktails match.

FBI and Fiji authorities have arrested and deported an American citizen wanted for masterminding a $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme.

Vanuatu's president is refusing to bow to a public backlash over a pardon for two child sex offenders.

Two New Zealand climbers were rescued by helicopter after they were stranded for six days on Solomon Islands' highest mountain.

Australia overtakes China as the Pacific's biggest lender, according to new Lowy Institute data.

Several Tongan women detail how they were lured into arranged marriages in China.

More than 300 foreign workers have been arrested as Timor-Leste cracks down on suspected scam centres in the capital, Dili.