The limitations of resilience, elections in PNG, the UN Oceans Conference and more.

It is not clear whether Australian Defence Force and police engagement has helped Pacific Island communities prevent conflict.

This week's links include the UN Oceans' Conference and detail on the PACER Plus trade deal.

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.

Authoritative news, delivered to mobile phones, could be a stabilising influence in an era characterised by destabilising external forces.

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.

Storm activity in the Pacific, Australia rebuffs PNG on aid request, drone deliveries and more.

The latest news, research and commentary from around the region.

News, analysis and research from around the region.

This week's news from around the Pacific.

Also in this week's links: Manus Island refugees, the ADB, the Solomon Islands' Child and Family Bill and the celestial integrity of Disney.

Tanna takes us inside an ancient yet contemporary world that very few people will ever experience.

In Iate 2017 the fourth annual Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue took place at the Queensland Art Gallery.

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.

This week's links include PNG's schools, Rugby World Cup, regional feminism and more.

Tess Newton Cain has outlined her 2017 predictions for the Pacific region, a busy year which will bring elections in Papua New Guinea.

Our nearest neighbours deserve further funding of Pacific-oriented ABC services.

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

Cyclone season in Fiji, a federal constitution in the Solomon Islands, Fiji's police commissioner taking a year off, and more.