RNZ Pacific

When Tonga lost all cell phone and internet connection to the outside world on Sunday evening, Paula Piveni Piukala, the country's cable director happened to be attending a regional Telecommunications conference in Hawai'i.

The flourishing Cook Islands tourism industry is a potential Achilles heel for the country's economy if diversification away from the biggest revenue generator for the Pacific nation doesn't happen, according to the outgoing New Zealand High Commissioner.

Reports from French Polynesia say modifications of the already delayed Chinese fish farm project on Hao atoll will delay work until September.

Solomon Islands is preparing for a historic election this year, the first under new electoral laws and without the presence of the regional intervention force RAMSI. Audio

Rapa Nui's moai, or human figure statues, were ancient markers for freshwater in the territory, also known as Easter Island. Audio

A doctor who blew the whistle on Australia's wilful neglect of refugees detained on Nauru has won an award for free speech.

Reports from French Polynesia say work on the delayed Chinese fish farm on Hao atoll is set to begin in earnest in about three months as the investors again seek to modify the project.