Dateline

The World Mosquito Programme is seeing a significant decline in rates of dengue, zika and chikungunya in the Western Pacific as it continues to release mosquitos infected with the wolbachia bacteria… Audio

A New Zealand Minister has confirmed his government will assist Tokelau with building up sea walls and other defences against climate change. Audio

A Pacific-wide development agency says money aimed at climate change is not reaching the region's poorest and most vulnerable. Audio

The Australian Conservation Foundation says emissions data showing a rise in climate pollution of 1.3 per cent in the year to March 2018 was delayed by several weeks by the Australian government. Audio

An academic who was part of a Nobel Prize-winning campaign for a treaty against nuclear weapons says more research needs to be done into the effects of nuclear testing in the wider Pacific. Audio

The East New Britain governor in Papua New Guinea says having more autonomy will mean his province exerts more control of its own finances. Audio

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has hit out at a World Bank report which suggests Pacific labour could fill shortfalls in the Aged Care sectors. Audio

The administrator on Norfolk Island is assuring residents that services will not be affected if New South Wales ends its links with the island in 2021. Audio

A Samoan-Tokelaun reverend elected leader of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand hopes to mark his two year tenure by promoting multi-cultural interaction and relationship building. Audio

A play commemorating the centenary of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Samoa will debut in London. Audio

Maritime New Zealand has recently committed $US6.3million to a further three years of initiatives to improve safety at sea in the Pacific region. Audio

A charity, Soroptomist International, is hoping to bring down Fiji's high rates of violence against women building new shelters, counselling programmes and law reform. Audio

Domestic violence, abortion and suicide are issues that are only spoken about behind closed doors for many Pacific people. Audio

Police in Tonga are hoping to improve their own behaviour after the introduction of training in gender bias. Audio

Infusing local ingredients and flavours into a specially created menu is what two Māori award-winning chefs hope to pull off at Niue's biennial food festival. Audio