On the program today:

The row over transgender athletes that erupted at the Pacific Games escalates, with the IOC under pressure to impose a ban.

On the program today:

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister says his country’s relations with China off limits in talks with Australia;

Foreign Minister Payne say Pacific Island countries should be happy with Australia’s commitment to meet Paris targets;

Vanuatu declares a state of emergency after the appearance of crop destroying rhinoceros beetles;

We meet Jaiya Saelua, the world’s first transgender international soccer player and her return to the American Samoa squad.

In this programme :

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister calls for a timeline for ending asylum seeker processing on Manus Island.

Air safety investigators report that the pilots of Air Niugini flight 73 ignored 13 alerts when their plane crashed in to water in the Federated States of Micronesia.

The biggest sporting event in the region comes to an end in Apia Samoa, with the closing of the Pacific Games.

In this edition:

A massacre of 18 women and children in Papua New Guinea raises concerns over tribal conflict;

Vanuatu's government defends its controversial deportation of six Chinese nationals;

The first week of the Pacific Games comes to an end with Samoa’s Prime Minister taking the field in archery and gold medal wins for Australia.

In this edition:

The arrest of Chinese nationals in Vanuatu has put the spotlight on the country's cash for passports scheme, with calls by the public for more information;

Australia's Pacific Labour Scheme is heading into its first year of operation but one expert is raising concern over what could be a “care drain” in participating countries;

The biggest sporting event in the region, the Pacific Games kicks off in Samoa this weekend with teams from Australia and New Zealand participating but is it a level playing field?

In this edition:

Samoa cracks down on bad behaviour by some of its seasonal workers in New Zealand, who have been blacklisted, named, shamed and kicked out of the country for drug abuse, theft and marital affairs;

The governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia have come to an agreement on the future of a controversial security contract on the island of Manus, worth hundreds of millions of dollars;

With Paris to host the 2024 Olympic Games could surfing be coming to French Polynesia? We take a look at that possibility.

In this edition:

Maritime authorities in New Caledonia carry out a controversial cull of bull sharks following a fatal attack;

Electronic waste is a growing concern across the Pacific, but the people behind a pilot project designed to tackle the problem are struggling to deal with their own success;

And with just two weeks to go before the opening ceremony at the Pacific Games in Samoa, PNG are out to top the medal table again.

In this edition:

Outrage in Samoa over the Principal Censor's decision to ban the Elton John biopic Rocketman from the country's only cinema.

A 25 year deal for one US company to provide a national diabetes treatment in Vanuatu proves controversial.

And three years after shots were fired at students at UPNG, their leader at the time calls for PNG's new PM to order a commission of inquiry.

In this edition:

Growing calls across the Pacific to protect human rights activists who are under threat of further acts of violence;

Could Facebook be doing more to create a model that is better tailored to the needs of Pacific users?

And we hear from a pioneer of Pacific women's theology, who says the church in Samoa is guilty of indifference to towards the scourge of domestic violence that affects nine out of ten women in the country.

In this edition:

Reflections on an extraordinary week in the world of PNG politics, as MPs elect a new Prime Minister, eventually.

Fresh claims of brutality at one of Samoa's most notorious prisons.

And we find out about the soccer team set to represent West Papua that could play in the "alternative" World Cup next year.