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Nauru has banned Australia's public broadcaster from attending this year's Pacific Islands Forum, in a move that has outraged journalists and media freedom advocates. Audio

There's concern in Papua New Guinea that the violent unrest in Hela and Southern highlands is spreading to other provinces as the defence force confronts the challenge posed by a build-up of illegal… Audio

Tonga is invited to the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise but China is excluded. Audio

Manufacturers of sugar-laden products are stepping up their lobbying efforts in the Pacific, in a move health advocates are calling cynical. Audio

The Melanesian Arts festival in Solomon Islands aims to strengthen and promote culture from around south-west Pacific. Audio

New research shows Pasifika women in New Zealand are twice as likely to die from the breast cancer than their Palagi sisters, and that's not the worst of the data. Audio

Fiji coffee business fundraises for water filtration system for villages. Audio

A group of Australia based supporters of Radio Australia want to see a re-vitalisation of the ABC's broadcasts to the Asia/Pacific region. Audio

A women's rights activist in Vanuatu is urging the government to acknowledge widows as a marginalised group and provide more support. Audio

Members of the Cook Islands environmental group, Te Ipukarea Society, were appalled by the rubbish that they found on a recent trip to isolated Suwarrow Atoll. Audio

Sunpix launches TP Plus, a new on-demand service for the television show Tagata Pasifika. Audio

The Pacific Games Council says its confident Samoa is on track to organising a succesful 16th edition of the games. Audio

As Bougainville and Papua New Guinea prepare for a critical meeting in Arawa on Friday Bougainville's President says the time has come for Port Moresby to stop procrastinating. Audio

The police chief in Papua New Guinea's Manus province has defended the use of an overnight curfew for refugees in Lorengau. Audio