The clean-up is underway in Fiji's west following severe flooding created by Cyclone Josie at the weekend.Fiji has found itself in a cycle of extreme weather and is bracing for more.

The clean-up is underway in Fiji's west following severe flooding created by Cyclone Josie at the weekend. Fiji has found itself in a cycle of extreme weather and is bracing for more; claims of intimidation and obstruction in the run-up to French Polynesia's election; an Australian law academic says Nauruans and asylum seekers on the island are in a legal limbo after the government scrapped access to the Australia High Court; an environmental NGO has accused a major palm oil company in Indonesia's Papua province of failing to honour the spirit of a moratorium on new forest clearing; a woman from Tanna in Vanuatu hopes her concept for empowering women is embraced across Vanuatu and around the region.

Claims of intimidation and obstruction in the run-up to French Polynesia's election.

The finalists have been announced for the 2018 Vodafone Music Awards celebrating its 30th anniversary.

A Melbourne couple who've invested everything in Fiji, are warning others not to.

New Zealand's English-language rules are strangling the country's supply of early childhood teachers who speak Pasifika languages, threatening the future of Pasifika early childhood centres.

A lawyer representing Manus Island refugees wants the chief justice disqualified from hearing their case.

A Papua New Guinea landowner says it appears foreign forrestry companies have been bribing government officials to illegally fell ancient trees on private land in remote areas.

PNG landowers whose forests were plundered detail their experience; The lawyer for Manus Islands refugees says the prosecution is compromised; New Zealand's English language rules are said to be strangling Pasifika early learning centres; A Melbourne couple say their experience should serve as a warning about investment in Fiji; And, the finalists are announced for the 2018 Pacific Music Awards.

The chair of Transparency Solomon Islands says local MPs are using foreign aid and development projects to divert public attention away from the misuse of domestic funds.