- Following on from Tropical Cyclone Debbie, the Pacific region is slated to experience storm activity for the next few weeks.
- The Pacific has said a sad farewell to trailblazing scholar and poet Dr Teresia Teawia, who passed away last week. Dr Teawia was widely known for her research on Pacific Islands culture, gender, and post-colonialism.
- Australia will not replace its $558 million aid program to PNG with direct budgetary support, as requested by the PNG government.
- This week the Development Policy Centre released the PNG Budget Information Database. The spreadsheet collates information from PNG government budgets over the last 28 years.
- Sedition charges against The Fiji Times newspaper over a letter to the editor due to be heard earlier this week have been delayed until until May. Describing them as 'politically motivated', Amnesty International has called for the charges to be dropped.
- The Sydney Morning Herald's Nick McKenzie reports on the exploitation of 22 seasonal workers from Vanuatu, who were not paid for months spent working in Australia.
- The Vanuatu Government and UNICEF are studying the feasibility of delivering medical supplies to remote health clinics in the country via drone.
- Ecologists have documented deepwater areas in the Pacific Remote Island Marine National Monument near Kiribati:
