Doug Dingwall

Program: Pacific Beat Presented by In Vanuatu where there's been a dramatic political development with the President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolving parliament.

Half a world away from France, a city sometimes called "Paris in the Pacific" is counting the cost of violent unrest.

A landmark case that began in a Pacific classroom and could change the course of future climate talks is about to be heard in the International Court of Justice.

Program: AM Presented by Australia and Pacific nations will lead countries in addressing the International Court of Justice in the

Vanuatu has called for the International Court of Justice to find greenhouse gas-emitting nations have acted unlawfully by causing climate change.

The collapse of France's government has thrown New Caledonia into fresh uncertainty as it tries to recover from its worst civil unrest in decades.

Tonga's prime minister has resigned ahead of an expected vote of no-confidence in parliament.

There are grave fears the number of people killed and injured by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck near Vanuatu's capital city of Port Vila could rise significantly.

Vanuatu's tourism operators had their hopes set on a bumper summer before Tuesday's deadly magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck Port Vila.

When the dust cleared from the pancaked Billabong surf shop on Port Vila's main street, bystanders ran straight towards the rubble.