The Vanuatu government is close to finalising a legal framework to establish a national university.

Large unmet needs for Pacific adolescents, study finds; IFC helps Solomons cannery overcome absenteeism; Polyfest 2019 kicks off in Auckland; Negotiated solution over Matthew and Hunter still likely; Call for Rotumans to start teaching language in homes.

A growing adolescent population in the Pacific faces far greater health challenges today than 25 years ago, and investment in young peoples' health has not kept pace.

The IFC, which is part of the World Bank group, has helped Solomons tuna canner, SolTuna, to make big cuts in absenteeism by its staff.

The world's biggest Pacific Island dance festival starts today in New Zealand; Vanuatu and France are likely to keep their dispute over two islands out of the courts, a public law professor says; Rotumans take action to save their endangered language; Fiji's opposition calls for local councils to be elected; the Bougainville Government remains committed to rewriting mining law.

The world's biggest Pacific Island dance festival starts today in New Zealand.

Vanuatu and France are likely to keep their dispute over two islands out of the courts, a public law professor says.

It has been eight years since the Rotuman culture was listed as "vulnerable" by UNESCO. In an effort to save their mother tongue, the islanders living in New Zealand have launched Rotuman language classes.

It has been 12 years since a town or city council election was held in Fiji and Opposition MP Biman Prasad says that's undemocratic. He has called on the government to allow the elections to proceed; the Bougainville Government remains committed to rewriting the autonomous Papua New Guinea region's mining law; travellers to the Pacific warned to immunise against measles; young Pacific leaders challenged to make a difference; NZ union looks to explain role in RSE for Pacific countries.

It has been 12 years since a town or city council election was held in Fiji and Opposition MP Biman Prasad says that's undemocratic. He has called on the government to allow the elections to proceed.