PNG govt under pressure to account for suspicious land deal; Bougainville and PNG called on to talk out budgetary concerns; Quarantines in place in Hawai'i to stop tree fungus spread; Cooks on path to decriminalising homosexuality; Miner's withdrawal from Solomons prompts call for better regulation.

A new pilot project funded by the EU and Oxfam will help community groups to drive development, enhance democracy and the rule of law in the region.

Vanuatu's biosecurity director Timothy Tumukon says he wants an illegal shipment of gravel aggregate from China gone by the weekend.

Protests continued on Manus this week as Australia's High Court confirmed the legal status of the detention centre while Canberra continue moves to close it down.

Following the recent movement of the Cook Islands in the process of decriminalising homosexuality, there are still a handful of Pacific nations that view homosexuality as a crime.

Cooks on path to decriminalising homosexuality; Miner's withdrawal from Solomons prompts call for better regulation; Tonga eliminates tropical disease after three centuries; Eighty voters called in Cook Islands by-election; Call for improved financial oversight in Tonga government.

The Solomon Islands' Chamber of Commerce has expressed regret over the withdrawal of the Japanese mining giant Sumitomo.

A new Auditor General's report in Tonga shows widespread mismanagement in the government's ministries and agencies.

A by-election on Mangaia in the Cook Islands to choose successor for former prime minister.

The chief medical officer for Public Health in Tonga is warning against complacency towards lymphatic filariasis, which has finally been eliminated from the kingdom.