In Vanuatu, a proposed constitutional amendment known as the 'two sexes law' has ignited debate over the rights and recognition of LGBTQIA+ people.

The story of the Pacific is more than one of scattered islands, but the story of great oceanic empires, cosmologies, and networks that connected Moanan peoples long before European arrival. 

Burotukula, the fabled Fijian island said to shimmer into view when the heart is pure, reminds us that Pacific stories are not just myths but living cosmologies. 

When Pastor Susan Kingal's husband died suddenly, she found herself leading the ministry they had built together, a role she calls "pastor by circumstance." 

In the face of doubt, loss, and a shrinking congregation, she chose faith and perseverance, keeping the doors open and guiding her community for more than a decade.

Before the Bible reached the Pacific, spirituality was already alive in the land, ocean, and sky.

The family of saint-to-be Blessed Peter To Rot is calling on the government to preserve key historical sites connected to his life to honour his legacy and support the expected influx of visitors.

A powerful shift is unfolding on Lakeba, where the installation of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara marks not only the revival of chiefly power in Fiji but also a historic blending of Christian and iTaukei traditions.

Lefaoali‘i Dr Dion Enari warns that without Pacific research methodologies, we risk being whitewashed and “Margaret Meaded”, meaning spoken over and defined by outsiders, like the early 20th century anthropologist. 

Mal Meninga opens up about what it means to him to be a South Sea Islander, and how his heritage shapes who he is today.

Mal sits down with Imelda Miller for the Say Our Name exhibition at Queensland Museum Kurilpa.