Students at an Auckland school are hoping to help turn the declining rate of Tongan Language speakers in New Zealand.

Pasifika university scholars are burdened with 'invisible cultural labour' says a New Zealand academic.

The Pacific Islands Forum plans to seek a formal apology from China over what it calls bullying and disruptive behaviour at this week's Nauru meeting.

Pacific Islands Forum leaders sign a major agreement on regional security - with a focus on the threat from climate change.

Tonga tests a big step forward for international rugby league.

TVNZ journalist Barbara Dreaver has been released after being detained by police on Nauru while covering the Pacific Islands Forum summit; as Pacific leaders meet in Nauru, the trauma experienced by refugees detained there has been described in a new report; reports from Nauru say some delegates to the Pacific Islands Forum have been concerned at the way China's visiting diplomats have been treated; a trade union leader in Papua New Guinea is outraged at government plans to give police and soldiers immunity during special operations; New Caledonia poll predicts resounding no to independence from France; An irreverent take on the lives of Pasifika youth has propelled a South Auckland playwright into residency as the inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer.

TVNZ journalist Barbara Dreaver has been released after being detained by police on Nauru while covering the Pacific Islands Forum summit.

An irreverent take on the lives of Pasifika youth has propelled a South Auckland playwright into residency as the inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer.

The Papua New Guinea and Bougainville governments can't agree just what question to ask in the Bougainville referendum on possible independence; A refugee advocate says behind the scenes of the Pacific Islands Forum on Nauru human rights abuses are continuing; A Chinese official is accused of bullying members at a Pacific Islands Forum meeting; An irreverent take on the lives of Pasifika youth has seen a South Auckland playwright become the inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer; and the Samoa rugby coach defends recent results after Union re-advertises his position.

The Papua New Guinea and Bougainville governments can't agree just what question to ask in the Bougainville referendum on possible independence.