7 March, 2016. China has donated another 1 million US dollars to Fiji as relief after Cyclone Winston.

6 March, 2016. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, the daughter of the first prime minister of Samoa, has been picked to be the country's new deputy prime minister.

6 March, 2016. Voters in Samoa delivered a resounding mandate to the governing party in elections on Friday, almost completely removing the opposition from parliament.

3 March, 2016. The American Tunaboat Association has confirmed an agreement has been reached for US vessels to purchase treaty licenses from the Fisheries Forum Agency for the remainder of 2016.

27 February, 2016. A group of Pacific islanders are being paid less than $10 a week after deductions to pick fruit and vegetables on Australian farms by a company that sponsored their visas under a federally-run worker program.

27 February, 2016. A Pacific community leader in Auckland is upset at what he calls 'a heartless approach' from the New Zealand government to the collection of aid for cyclone-hit Fiji.

26 February, 2016. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister and Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Peter O'Neill, has written to the Prime Minister of Fiji, Voreqe Bainimarama, offering coordinated regional assistance and support following the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Winston.

23 February, 2016. The death toll in Fiji from Cyclone Winston has risen to 29, and one island has been nearly flattened, the Fijian government says. Lovu settlement near Lautoka, on Viti Levu.