Clinical studies on the effectiveness of kava use for reducing anxiety have shown some significant results, and ongoing studies are also looking at the question of liver toxicity.

A group representing some foreign landowners in Fiji says it'll be mounting a campaign against travel to the country as a protest over land law changes.

The Parties Nauru to the Nauru Agreement or PNA are pushing for a "Harvest Control Strategy" to be adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

A Canadian woman living in Fiji has been forcibly deported just hours after appearing before a parliamentary select committee.

Papua New Guinea police have been unable to at a loss to prevent a surge in tribal fighting this year in Hela Province, as the role of the police mobile squad police comes into question.

A Canadian woman is forcible deported from Fiji just hours after making a submission to parliament; Police are at a loss to prevent tribal fighting in PNG's Highlands; The Parties to the Nauru Agreement countries push for tighter tuna controls; Amnesty International says action needs to follow Fiji's talk of ending torture; And, more mass arrests after West Papua demonstrations.

Pita Taufatofua is taking up skiing in a bid to qualify for the Winter Olympics.

Everyday three women die giving birth in the Pacific. A new training programme hopes to be able to do something about that.

A training programme hopes to improve maternal health in the Pacific; A Canadian woman is forcibly deported from Fiji just hours after making a submission to parliament; Police are at a loss to prevent tribal fighting in PNG's Highlands; The Parties to the Nauru Agreement countries push for tighter tuna controls; And, he can't ski, but a Tongan athlete hopes to make it to the winter olympics anyway.

Tonga has sent its first ever consignment of squash to China.