Anthony Stewart

The original case against the Nauru 19 was thrown out last year after an Australian judge found it was a "shameful affront to the rule of law", but a retrial of the former opposition MPs has now begun in the island nation.

A performance at the Port Moresby headquarters of oil giant Exxon Mobil sparks controversy in Papua New Guinea, with some locals saying the show disrespected their culture.

Twenty years after the Timorese people overwhelming backed independence in a UN-sanctioned vote on August 30, 1999, members of the Australian-Timorese community reflect on their role in the country's fight for freedom.

After competing for Nauru at last year's Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast — and picking up a silver medal — 20-year-old Charisma Amoe-Tarrant now lifts for Australia.

Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele fails at his second attempt to win a medal at the 2019 Pacific Games as 18-year-old Samoan girl claims nation's first gold

The Pacific Games have kicked off, welcoming Australian athletes for the second time as they hunt for gold and a chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Giant clams are a delicacy in the Marshall Islands but they've been found to contain high levels of plutonium — the remnants of a long history of American nuclear tests — prompting fears health issues in the country could be linked.

What sort of stink does a nappy ban create? Vanuatu is about to find out

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's suggestion that Australia should offer citizenship to residents of Tuvalu, Kiribati and Nauru in exchange for control of their seas has been met with condemnation in the Pacific.

Seven months after the town of Yarloop was razed by fire it has reopened to the public.