Vanuatu hosts the Pacific Week of Agriculture; Coastal waters in Vanuatu at risk of being overfished; Imbalances in PNG ignore the potential of farming.

Seasonal workers from Ambae are keen to get back to work to defray evacuation costs; the OECD's upgrading of the Cook Islands criticised; another assessment of the value of PACER-Plus.

Business news; Fiji landowners are unhappy with the owner of the closed Vatulele resort; The Cook Islands nearing developed nation status, and: Suggestions to improve New Zealand's labour mobility scheme.

A PNG coffee farmer is revolutionising his business after being given a taste of his own coffee; Vanuatu welcomes up to 200 delegates for Pacific agriculture week; An academic in Hawaii is critical of more funding requests for Honolulu's overblown rail project; And Pasifika youth are encouraged to apply for new programme encouraging entrepreneurship in New Zealand.

Concern over new public service job contracts in Fiji; A step forward for Honolulu's rail project; A Fiji economist queries the auditing process; A push in Samoa to plant more trees.

FFA urges caution over new tuna data; New employment opportunities announced for ex-Yazaki workers in Samoa; CNMI tourism concerned US military plans will affect their rapid growth; and Auckland fono aims to inspire Pasifika entrepreneurs in NZ.

Continued opposition to renewed mining in Bougainville; Yazaki is pulling out of Samoa; Vanuatu's Santo gets a huge wharf.

PNG is advised to move away from mining dependence, Sumitomo pulls out of Solomon Islands nickel sector, a report points to mismanagement of Tonga agencies.

Calls to curb illegal logging in PNG; Niue's opposition warns of economic strain; Fiji's unemployment figures are being described as too rosy.

Business news; PNG's new treasurer on the challenges ahead; Pacer Plus under scrutiny in New Zealand, and; Local handicrafts get boost in Vanuatu.