Vanuatu copes with the evacuation of thousands from a volcano affected island and alllegations chinese teenagers were trafficked to Fiji,and Australian military jets arrive in Port Moresby.

Comments about Bougainville's independence referendum by PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill endangered the peace process, and a petition from West Papuans asking for their own referendum sparks a way of words with Indonesia.

PNG police frustrated by lack of cooperation from villagers over a suspected sorcery killing. And, New Zealand's Maori Party claims of support from the King of Tonga are denied.

Asylum-seekers who have already spent four years on Manus Island are now facing the prospect of an indefinite stay elsewhere in Papua New Guinea. And, an angry confrontation between Indonesian diplomats and Samoan journalists at the Pacific Island Forum leaders summit in Apia last week is being blamed on one reporter becoming aggressive over the issue of West Papua.

PNG slashes spending and vows to stop borrowing to get it's budget under control. And, a Tonga cabinet minister refuses to accept his sacking by the Prime Minister.

The new system of wireless internet using light bulbs to transfer data that could soon supersede WiFi. And, this year's winner of the Eureka prize for infectious diseases research tells us about the work his team has been doing in Fiji and Solomon islands to help tackle the scourge of scabies.

Traditional landowners in Papua New Guinea's national capital say it will cost at least two million kina to rebuild their homes after a series of fires in Hanuabada village destroyed nearly 20 houses. The Australian government has been accused of being in denial about corruption in Papua New Guinea, because it doesn't want to upset the refugee detention arrangement it has with its northern neighbour.

PNG's Prime Minister is digging his heels in over attempts to arrest him. PNG's new lands minister says his department is corrupt from top to bottom, and cleansing it will be one of his most important tasks.

The Governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, posted a nationwide address on Youtube and called for calm in the wake of threats from North Korea to launch an attack on the US Pacific territory. An activist leader who was among the group of settlers thrown off a waterfront settlement in Port Moresby is seeking asylum in the United Kingdom.

Peter O'Neill was elected as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea's 10th Parliament earlier this week. Peter O'Neill is now in a weakened position, having lost several supporters as a result of the election.