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.

Vanuatu's prime minister has joined the backlash over a provincial government ban against women preparing and selling food while on their period. 

As Toa Samoa prepares to take on New Zealand in the Pacific Cup rugby league final, Samoans around the world will be celebrating but in Samoa police have banned parades.

On the program: questions over Vanuatu patrol boat grounding; mixed responses to Solomon Islands defence force proposal; campaigning starts ahead of Tonga's national election; pride in Tonga as netballers play first home series; and Solomon Islands soccer stars get a taste of professional sporting life.

Pride in Papua New Guinea as Pope Leo XIV canonises Saint Peter ToRot, a layman killed for preaching the Catholic faith during World War II.

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Excitement is building in Papua New Guinea ahead of the canonization of the country's first Catholic Saint, Peter ToRot.

Pain still lingers 50 years after the murders of the Balibo Five in Timor Leste as relatives continue to call for justice. 

Micronesia's World War II shipwrecks are a magnet for divers but they're also a ticking environmental "time bomb"

Solomon Islands police say they are investigating the discovery of a low-profile semi-submersible boat found abandoned in Malaita Province.

Papua New Guinea and Australia are on track to sign a historic security treaty next week.