Tonga's rugby union coach believes team has serious x-factor for world cup. Fifteen Pasifika people recognised in King's Birthday Honours list. Fiji and NZ strengthen bilateral relations.

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Princess Siu'ilikutapu a champion for women's rights; Refugee advocates concerned about 'slow process' for Nauru refugees; Oscar Temaru corruption conviction annulled; Cook Islands 2023 budget increases minimum wage; New disaster warning system in place for Tonga; Samoan journalist captures personal journey of the Tatau.

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Coming up...Tokelau went into lockdown on Friday Tokelau after confirmation of their first community case of Covid-19 case; Also..We check in on the recovery effort in the Northen Mariana Islands after Typhoon Mawar; And later on...We sitdown with Iam Tongi the first Pasifika singer to win American Idol.

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Pacific leaders are starting to trickle into Papua New Guinea (PNG) ahead of two high level meetings; New Zealand's Pacific package in its annual budget focuses on strengthening the Pasifika workforce; Tongan triplets graduate from Victoria University's law school; Apology for Girmitya descendents a 'major step for unity'; Moetai Brotherson of the pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira party has been elected president of French Polynesia for a five-year term; Medicinal cannabis in Cook Islands likely to be available in June; USP gearing up for "watershed" Lapita conference.

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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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