Honiara, Solomon Islands: John is his name although everybody in his village calls him ‘Dion’.

Pacific peoples are one of the fastest growing communities in New Zealand. But they are also among the fattest, with waistlines bigger than ever.

Tarawa, Kiribati: A decision to swim rather than cling to a capsized ferry was probably the difference between life and death for Kiribati teenager Teibi Tearikua.

As Samoa laid to rest the victims of last month’s tsunami and counted the cost of the damage to top $200 million, its government and tourism industry began telling the world this week that the c

Taipei, Taiwan: With the spread of the U.S. financial crisis, the global economy has become mired in recession and rising unemployment.

SOPAC will cease to exist as a regional geoscience organisation in less than four months, a meeting of Pacific islands government officials have resolved.

Tokyo, Japan: Countries in the Pacific need to be prepared incase of a pandemic outbreak of Influenza A H1N1, despite uncertainties pertaining to the virus.

For the people of the Maldives, the prediction from the Copenhagen International Climate Congress last month of a sea level rise of one to two metres by 2100 carried extra sting.

Suva, Fiji: Delegates from across the region gathered this week to review the findings of a draft feasibility study on regional approaches to targeted customs services in Forum Island Countries.

The Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and Parliamentary Secretary for Aid Bob McMullan will tour the Pacific this week to meet with national counterparts to discuss a possible free trade agree