The church in PNG speaks out against suspect land sales; Moves to protect Pacific seasonal workers in New Zealand; Hawaii businesses challenged over the use of plastic straws; A bid to clamp-down on illegal trade in Marshall Islands babies.

The EU blacklist on Pacific countries is labelled 'ridiculous'; Solomons incident raises safety concerns for RSE work scheme recruiters; Business confidence on the up in Solomon Islands.

Fiji trials new form of transparency and accountability for tuna fishing; Linking agriculture and tourism in the Pacific; the end of plastic bags in Vanuatu.

SPREP is pleased with progress on fisheries; Australia axes its Pacific Leadership Programme; More research into the effects of kava.

PNG's budget figures are being doubted; Questions remain about Cook Islands seabed mining; a call for Solomon Islands tourism to opt for local produce.

Doubts are cast on Fiji's sugar production figures; Solomon Islands rethinks its underwater cable plans and pleases Australia; Continued rifts over the state of the Norfolk Island economy.

The Norfolk Islands economy slips into a crisis; Concerns about overfishing in Hawaii; Bougainville's Panguna mine on track for reopening.

Samoa re-launches a new national carrier; Tonga's Chamber of Commerce looks ahead to the elections; Could Bougainville develop a tourism industry

An agricultural summit in Vanuatu; how big should tourism get in the Cook Islands; Ratu Rum causes a stir in Fiji.

Violence at Papua's Grasberg mine is linked to divestment talk; tendering for a Nauru job invokes ethical questions; Iceland touted as a model for Pacific fishing endeavours.