Richard Pamatatau

Tonga's Attorney General has resigned in protest over government interference in the judiciary saying the country is heading down the same path as Fiji. Audio

A leader of the Niue Community in Auckland says her country's contribution to the first world war has been ignored by many war historians. Audio

The Government's decision to shift its focus on aid to the Pacific Islands is being described as short-sighted. A letter sent to agencies by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, has… Audio

The Aitutaki community in Auckland is dismayed by scant progress on repairing damage on their island after February's cyclone and wants action from the New Zealand and Cook Islands governments. Audio

A flotilla of traditional double-hulled voyaging vaka or canoes, left Auckland last night on a voyage that will take them round the Pacific drawing attention to conservation issues in the region. Audio

Four Pacific Island Vaka or voyaging canoes, made with modern material but based on traditional design, leave Auckland this Wednesday carrying a conservation message to the Pacific. Audio

Harsh new controls on the media are set to be introduced in Fiji. News organisations face being fined half a million Fiji dollars for publishing stories deemed against the public interest or order by… Audio

The Royal Commission's report into the sinking of the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika says the ship was unquestionably unseaworthy and sailed in a horrendous and frightening condition. Audio

The Tongan Royal Commission report into the sinking of the ferry Princess Ashika will be presented to the King of Tonga and the Privy Council today. Audio

Pacific Island leaders in east-Auckland are unhappy plans for urban renewal have not involved the community. Audio

Pacific Islanders say the Government's move to tighten benefit rules will adversely affect their community. The Government this week announced changes to the welfare system which aim to get more… Audio

A Tongan church minister says churches have a moral obligation to back the government's Pacific Island Health strategy being launched today. Audio

This year's Pasifika Festival at Auckland's Western Springs is looking to give audiences more than just traditional dances. Audio

The Building and Construction Minister says a guide to building affordable houses being launched in Manukau City this morning will help low income Pacific Island and Maori families buy a home. Audio

An infrastructure engineer says cyclone shelters are a must for the northern Cook Islands if the people living on them are to be safe as weather patterns change. Audio

A Cook Island's MP is stranded after the airforce decided to postpone it's second delivery of aid to a storm hammered atoll. Audio

The leader of a community living on an atoll more than a thousand kilometres north of Rarotonga is pleading for the Cook Islands government to build his community a cyclone shelter. Audio

The captain of the Princess Ashika has been arrested over the ship's sinking. Audio

The Tongan Prime Minister has admitted at the inquiry into the sinking of the Princess Ashika that no reports on the condition of the rusting ferry were tabled to cabinet before it was bought last… Audio

The lawyer acting for a family whose relative died in the Princess Ashika ferry disaster wants charges laid against all those who broke the law by failing to ensure the ship was seaworthy. Audio