25 August, 2016. At the Talofa Airways launched this week, Samoa Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi suggested Talofa could learn from the mistakes of Polynesian Airlines.

25 August, 2016. Police in Fiji say they have not received any reports in relation to the hacking of a prominent website.

23 August, 2016. Regional trade unions have raised concerns about the lack of representation of workers at the inaugural Pacific labour meeting which takes place this week in Christchurch.

18 August, 2016. Difficulties with negotiating the PACER plus trade agreement for Pacific islands have come to light at a public presentation in Auckland.

17 August, 2016. The first standing meeting of Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers was held at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on 12 August.

15 August, 2016. The Supreme Court in Samoa has convicted a 41 year old former theological college student to eleven years and nine months in jail for attempting to kill his girlfriend - a 44-year-old widow and mother of two.

13 August, 2016. The foreign ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum countries met in Fiji this afternoon, where climate change was a key focus.

12 August, 2016. Creating a space for civil society representatives to discuss key issues and priorities that will be put to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, is the purpose of the “Civil Society Regional Forum” which begins yesterday in Suva.