Biden's stop-over in PNG labelled 'muscle flexing'; PNG's Foreign Minister hits back at critics over daughter's Tiktok video; Budget Australia 2023: Billions to go towards the Pacific; Samoan beauty queen determined to improve health system for children; Coe bows out after 30 years in the Niue parliament;

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Mixed feelings among Pacific peoples surrounding King Charles' coronation; Dawn Raids: Aupito William Sio calls for urgent change within Immigration NZ; Rebuild from flash floods in Tahiti to cost millions; Fiji night-clubs: Public Consultations on closing times ends this week; Push for more visible democracy in Niue

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American Samoa confirms second measles case, Niueans vote this weekend but 30 percent of seats already decided, US to assist PNG government prevent conflict and promote stability in Hela, Fiji concludes its two-day National Economic Summit, Pacific soldiers both past and present honoured in this year's Anzac Day

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A new report has revealed Tonga's underwater volcano disaster was more powerful than the largest U.S nuclear test...triggering massive waves; The Cook Islands Parliament has decriminalised homosexuality; We chat with a double gold medal Powerlifting Champion.

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Halo oketa wantok iu here kam lo Tagata O Te Moana from RNZ Pacific me Koroi Hawkins; Papua New Guinea residents thankful to be alive after massive magnitude seven earthquake; Pacific elders condemn AUKUS security pact as going against the spirit of the Blue Pacific continent; And the Vanuatu government expresses disappointment in New Zealand's 'national carrier' for not coming to the aid of Air Vanuatu while its only Boeing 737 was down.

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Fiji journalists celebrate as draconian media law is repealed, RNZ's Iliesa Tora recalls period of Fiji media censorship, Increase in mental health support for Vanuatu, Justice non-existent in Kiribati - Sir Ieremia Tabai, Posie Parker counter-protest a 'distraction' for Pacific traditional systems, Pushing Samoan language into mainstream spaces through music.

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Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan militant group holding Mehrtens, Vanuatu celebrates its historic climate resolution at the UN, Housing crisis in NZ impacts Pasifika children, A new fisheries app launched in the Pacific, Programme in Kiribati underway to help youth into employment, The legacy of the late Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa widely remembered

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Pacific needs to stand up and pay attention to AUKUS - Dame Meg Taylor; 'Hope in the Pacific keeps dwindling due to climate inaction' - Greenpeace; Tonga PM pleased with Pacific Education Ministers conference; Pacific leaders selected for Dawn Raids scholarship programme; Talanoa with 'Red, White and Brass' film director Damon Fepulea'i.

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Coming up first -An Australian academic says Pacific countries cannot take Canberra at face value when it comes to AUKUS and its committment to the Rarotonga Treaty. Communities are still without power in Vanuatu after tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin tore through the country about a fortnight ago. Samoa has started a new MMR vaccine campaign to boost its rates following suspected measles cases in the country and A new collection of poetry from Pasifika students across Aotearoa is being published in a book to be released on World Poetry Day next week.

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Australian MPs snub chance to close the government's offshore centres for detaining asylum seekers and refugees; Pacific celebrates agreement on High Seas Treaty as a win for ocean protection; And later on; Pacific dance, language and culture celebrated in Auckland as Polyfest returns in full force

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