Pacific Waves

The home accommodation provider Airbnb is holding a workshop this week in the Cook Islands as part of a regional push to try to attract more locals to join.

The chef de mission of Fiji's Commonwealth Games team says he is hoping for medals in sevens and weightlifting on Australia's Gold Coast.

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

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.

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.

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; There is a call in Fiji for Viti Levu to be declared a disaster zone after a category one cyclone caused severe flooding over the weekend; Solomon Islands MPs accused of using foreign aid and development to divert attention away from their misuse of domestic funds.

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.

There is a call in Fiji for Viti Levu to be declared a disaster zone after a category one cyclone caused severe flooding over the weekend; the chair of Transparency Solomen Islands says local MPs are using foreign aid and development projects to divert public attention away from the misuse of domestic funds; PNG landowners whose forests were plundered detail their experience; the lawyer for Manus Islands refugees says the prosecution is compromised; and, the finalists are announced for the 2018 Pacific Music Awards.