Provincial governments and aid organisations are still working to provide emergency supplies and assistance to people in Solomon Islands who were affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in December.

Work is still being done to get emergency supplies and help to Solomon Islanders affected by a major earthquake two months ago; it is just months before Papua New Guineans go to the polls but just 3 of the 111 MPs in the current parliament are women, and there are hopes this figure can be improved; Fiji is defending its decision to forcibly deport an Iranian asylum seeker, amid accusations that it has bungled an important human rights opportunity;The Marshall Islands Government has emphasised its commitment to fighting human trafficking; in sport, the coach of Hekari United's biggest rival says it was wrong for them to undermine the Papua New Guinea Football Association and called for the rival factions to come together.

The New Zealand Samoa boxer, the WBO heavyweight champion, Lupesoli'ai Laaulialemalietoa Joseph Parker, has been given Samoa's highest honour.

Tuvalu leads the way in the Pacific by establishing a national human rights plan.

Bougainville quake response hampered by lack of funds; Work is still being done to get emergency supplies and help to Solomon Islanders affected by a major earthquake two months ago; SPC lauds Tuvalu over human rights focus; More efforts are to be made to get more women into the PNG parliament in the national elections coming up in the middle of the year; Boxer Joseph Parker gets a gong in Samoa.

The Government of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea says it is struggling to respond to a major earthquake that hit the east and south of the main island last month.

The Papua New Guinea Football Association has welcomed the disqualification of Hekari United from this month's OFC Champions League.

Rival coach urges Hekari United boss and PNG Football to settle differences.

New Zealand's historic founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, is to be published into 30 different languages including two from the Pacific.

Tonga's government has doubled the earnings goals for the tourism sector in the hope that it will play a bigger part in building a strong economy.