Pacific Waves

Manus Island refugees from Muslim countries banned by President Trump say they are not a threat to the United States.

Samoa keen to impress at Brisbane 10s.

Australia's environment diplomat says Canberra will help Fiji in its presidency of the next big meeting on climate change; A medical ship that's just had an eye surgery clinic installed on board will soon be bound for Vanuatu; Rapa Nui inspires fringe theatre show in NZ; Former militants brandishing weapons in Bougainville cause tension; New Zealand to repatriate cultural items seized from Fiji.

Australia's environment diplomat says Canberra is to help Fiji in its hosting role of the next big meeting on climate change.

People on some of Vanuatu's most isolated islands will soon be undergoing eye surgery in a clinic that's just been installed on a medical vessel

The links between Rapa Nui and New Zealand are brought to the fore in a new NZ Fringe Festival show.

French Polynesia's Nuclear Workers Association says moves to make it easier for victims of nuclear weapons testing to claim compensation is no cause for celebration yet; an inconspicuous red shed nestled in the hills near a small New Zealand town is the unlikely base for an effort to revive the maritime culture of the Marianas Islands, some 6000 kilometres away; a workshop to look at adaption of kava culture by non-Pasifika communities in New Zealand; communities in the north west of Fiji's main island are getting a soaking again as rain continues to lash the country and rivers rise; Tonga's Ministry of Internal Affairs says Tongan fruit pickers were ordered to return home from New Zealand last week because they were not meet their work conditions.

New Zealand's Department of Conservation will repatriate more than 100 Fijian cultural items seized over the last 15 years, back to Fiji.

The head of a civil society agency in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville says the main town of Buka was filled with tension on Wednesday when ex-combatants arrived brandishing guns.

French Polynesia's Nuclear Workers Association says moves to make it easier for victims of nuclear weapons testing to claim compensation is no cause for celebration yet; an inconspicuous red shed nestled in the hills near a small New Zealand town is the unlikely base for an effort to revive the maritime culture of the Marianas Islands, some 6000 kilometres away; a workshop to look at adaption of kava culture by non-Pasifika communities in New Zealand; communities in the north west of Fiji's main island are getting a soaking again as rain continues to lash the country and rivers rise; Tonga's Ministry of Internal Affairs says Tongan fruit pickers were ordered to return home from New Zealand last week because they were not meet their work conditions.