UNICEF has hit back at online measles antivaxxers saying their message is extremely damaging and its impact has the potential to kill young vulnerable children and in fact good progress is being made in Samoa to tackle the measles epidemic through mass immunisation efforts; Australian judge Geof Muecke was brought in by the Nauru Government in 2018 to hear the trial of a group that had protested over the removal of the judiciary and suspension of much of the opposition from parliament in 2015; the director of the Pacific Community's Oceanic Fisheries Programme says there is no room for complacency in the way the region's tuna stocks are managed, and; the International Finance Corporation wants to show investors in the Pacific how to tap into the enormous potential in green buildings.

UNICEF has hit back at online measles antivaxxers saying their message is extremely damaging and its impact has the potential to kill young vulnerable children.

Australian judge Geof Muecke was brought in by the Nauru Government in 2018 to hear the trial of a group that had protested over the removal of the judiciary and suspension of much of the opposition from Parliament in 2015.

The director of the Pacific Community's Oceanic Fisheries Programme says there is no room for complacency in the way the region's tuna stocks are managed.

The International Finance Corporation wants to show investors in the Pacific how to tap into the enormous potential in green buildings.

Papua New Guinea's government is appealing to the public for patience to allow time to process Bougainville's overwhelming vote for independence: the former prime minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, headed the Referendum Commission, which oversaw preparations for the vote; Samoa's measles death toll now at 72 with 5000 sick over past two months and vulnerabilities remain for Pacific despite mass vaccination efforts; more than $5000 NZ dollars was raised on Tuesday night in Porirua for the families affected by the measles epidemic in Samoa; the last of the group of Nauru anti government protestors, charged over a protest more than four years ago, have been convicted and placed in custody; Preparations for Fiji's first semi-professional rugby league team are well underway, with a 45-man squad turning up for pre-season training and a final squad of 30 players to be selected after the Christmas break.

Papua New Guinea's government is appealing to the public for patience to allow time to process Bougainville's overwhelming vote for independence.

The former prime minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, headed the Referendum Commission, which oversaw preparations for the vote.

Samoa's measles death toll now at 72 with 5000 sick over past two months and vulnerabilities remain for Pacific despite mass vaccination efforts.

More than $NZ5000 was raised on Tuesday night in Porirua for families affected by the measles epidemic in Samoa.