Kiribati

Solomon Airlines and Air Kiribati have launched a new service linking Brisbane and Tarawa via Honiara.

The opposition leader in Kiribati, Titabu Tabane, says he will not apologise to the House for boycotting a session of parliament.

A former Kiribati president says the late Tony de Brum helped deepen climate change discussions.

The Kiribati parliament has approved almost $US24 million to upgrade infrastructure on the outer islands.

Kiribati's former president, Sir Ieremia Tabai, has called on the government to up its game if it wants its people to be fit and healthy.

Concern over poor pay for contractors offloading catch from foreign fishing vessels has been raised in the Kiribati parliament.

Kiribati's former president, Sir Ieremia Tabai, is urging the government to make access to information easy.

A legal battle between members of the Kiribati Uniting Church and the church's trustees over a name change has come to an end with the Court of Appeal dismissing the case.

An opposition MP in Kiribati is urging the government to review its copra subsidy, saying it cannot be sustained in the long run.

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama says people who leave Tuvalu and Kiribati because of climate change will be allowed to settle permanently in Fiji.

A Russian businessman keen to revive the Romanov empire says he has to date received no official decision from the Kiribati government rejecting his investment proposal.

The Pacific Community is issuing schools in Kiribati with a booklet to raise children's awareness on environmental conservation and the need to choose sustainable and healthy foods.

A Taiwanese purse seiner has been fined $US4 million dollars for illegal fishing in Kiribati's Phoenix Islands Protected Area.

The Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is to visit Taiwan's six diplomatic allies in the Pacific in July according to reports from Taipei.

Vegetables that can counter non communicable diseases (NCDs) have been found by Australian scientists to grow well on Pacific atolls. Audio

Kiribati will use its trust funds to address a shortage of fresh water and coastal damage because, according to the president, it can't waste time.

A scientist says further studies are needed to find out if people in the Pacific are being harmed by high levels of mercury.