21 March, 2016. Twenty-eight workers from three Pacific countries will arrive in New Zealand in coming months for a new trades training pilot programme.

18 March, 2016. Samoa's former deputy prime minister, Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo, has been excluded from the new cabinet.

11 March 2016. “The private sector has an important role to play in the economic development of the Pacific Islands region and the Pacific Islands Trade & Invest Network is well-positioned to support this goal,” was the message conveyed by Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor today.

11 March, 2016. Task Group 412 compromise the disaster relief effort from Tonga to Fiji. The Tongan Task Group (TG412) is based on two Tongan Navy vessels: VOEA Pangai a Pacific Class Patrol Boat and VOEA Late a medium landing craft.

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.