8 January, 2016. Fiji's gay community is calling on the prime minister Frank Bainimarama to apologise for what it says are derogatory and homophobic statements.

8 January, 2016. A US Congressman has asked the State Department to step in and assist American tuna boats which have been shut out from a large part of the Pacific.

7 January, 2015. Frank Bainimarama was responding to comments made by Shamima Ali, the head of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, on a news programme where she said Fiji should consider allowing same-sex marriage.

2 January, 2016. A fishing agency that oversees multi-million dollar deals with the United States says the US has jeopardised an important treaty for the region.

27 December, 2015. The chief executive of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement says the US tuna fleet has till the end of the month to pay up or lose its fishing licence.

23 December, 2015. A number of issues affecting the Pacific Islands were discussed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10), which concluded in Nairobi, Kenya on 20 December.

15 December, 2015. Papua New Guinea's Abigail Havora has been crowned Miss Pacific Islands 2015 in a ceremony held in Rarotonga.

9 December, 2015. Pacific weather forcasters say their latest models show Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, the southern Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and New Caledonia can expect below normal rain levels over the next three months.