This week's links include the 48th Pacific Islands Forum underway in Samoa, Tonga without a caretaker government, and a parliamentary defection in PNG.
The count in the final undeclared seat in Papua New Guinea’s 2017 national elections has resumed – more than five weeks after polling was supposed to end.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's speech was memorable for both the agenda it set out for relations between Australia and the countries in the Pacific, and the way this was expressed.
This week's links also include a look at the ongoing impact of the 2015-16 drought in PNG, the 2017 Pacific Update and the new documentary, My Father, My Country.
This week's links include the role for religious leaders and churches in climate change strategies, PNG pollies taking to social media, and the end of RAMSI on the Solomons.
Demolition work will soon begin at the Manus Island detention centre while an economist urges PNG's politicians to consider the informal economy in the run up to the election.
The Australian Budget has been released and foreign aid spending has been cut again, but funding for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific remains largely unchanged.
This week's links include new statistics on student migration and workers visas, ruminations on the PNG election, gold mining underway again in The Solomons and an Oscar nomination for Vanuatu film.
The New Zealand earthquake, Australia/US resettlement deal, the fearful prospect of a climate change sceptic in the White House, PNG's grim budget and more