RNZ Pacific

Papua New Guinea tennis player Abigail Tere-Apisah is hoping to end a successful year on another high at the Australian Open Asia Pacific Wildcard tournament.

Something was clearly missing at church services in Samoa this weekend - children.

School teacher Fa'i Fruean was taking no risks with his two daughters after the death of a 15-month-old with measles in his village near Apia this week.

An 11-year-old Australian boy of Cook Island Māori descent has been left distressed after he was pointed out as "the big kid" and called to get off the field in the middle of a junior rugby tournament in Sydney earlier this month.

There's a sense of optimism in Bougainville's future as polling continues in its independence referendum.

First Person - Australia is deliberately prolonging the suffering of refugees it detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island who are now languishing in Port Moresby, writes refugee Shaminda Kanapathi.

As Bougainville nears its self-determination referendum, the mine that sparked its bloody civil war is seen as the key to potential independence from Papua New Guinea.