Nic Maclellan

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Japan has made assurances the wastewater it's dumping in the Pacific is safe – but not everyone is convinced.  Audio

The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum have to make a decision soon on who should be the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum Audio

New Wallisian Party wins kingmaker roll in New Caledonia's Congress. Audio

Voters in New Caledonia will choose new provincial assemblies, a Congress and a government for a five-year term Audio

Commemorations have been held in New Caledonia to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the pro-independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou. Audio

Pacific Islands Forum leaders sign a major agreement on regional security - with a focus on the threat from climate change. Audio

A Chinese official who reportedly stormed out of a meeting of Pacific Island Forum leaders in Nauru, has been accused of trying to bully Forum members. The incident has highlighted tensions between… Audio

Reports from Nauru say some delegates to the Pacific Islands Forum have been concerned at the way China's visiting diplomats have been treated. Audio

Pacific leaders are converging on Nauru this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum. Audio

Sixty years after Britain conducted its largest nuclear test in Kiribati, veterans who were there are continuing to demand recognition and compensation, but Britain continues to insist its tests were… Audio