The US Army Small Ships Section was a lesser-known band of civilians who played a crucial role delivering supplies to troops fighting in the Pacific during WWII.

A service to remember the prisoners of war who perished in Australia's worst maritime disaster has taken on a special significance after the Montevideo Maru was found 81 years after it sank.

Almost 1,000 Australians died, when unaware US troops torpedoed the Japanese transport ship with POWs and civilians on board.

There are warnings that millions of children in the Pacific risk losing access to education due to natural disasters and emergencies.

A specialist team of deep-sea experts endured the effects of a tropical cyclone, conducted hours of painstaking research, but also had some extraordinarily good luck, before solving one of Australia's greatest naval mysteries; finding the final resting place of the sunken Montevideo Maru.

Paul Miller, who died during a fundraising walk along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, is being remembered as a much-loved veteran who was a mate to many.

When biocontrol is done well, it's the most powerful tool we have to control pests. Here are a few times that biocontrol has helped Australia's economy and environment.

El Niño has had a devastating impact on farmers in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, now they are preparing for the future, The Pacific program’s Evan Wasuka reports.

South Australian man Paul Miller, who died during a fundraising walk along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, is being remembered as a much-loved veteran and father who was a «mate to many».

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing assistance to the family of an Australian man who died while hiking the Kokoda Track.

The Australian government is providing assistance to the family of a 48-year-old Australian man who died while hiking the popular but gruelling trail in Papua New Guinea.

A 48-year-old Australian man has died while hiking the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, the ABC understands. 

Believed to have crashed into the sea off PNG's Manus Island, the rare interstellar meteor was one of the first ever documented, and it has scientists questioning if it could be artificially made.

Believed to have crashed into the sea off PNG's Manus Island, the rare interstellar meteor was one of the first ever documented, and it has scientists questioning if it could be artificially made.

New Guinea has the most diverse array of tropical island frogs in the world and its mountains and forests are still revealing their secrets. Here are five newly classified species.

Papua New Guinea's largest bank Bank South Pacific is calling for customers to return funds after a technical glitch say them able to withdraw cash while their balance remained unchanged.

A «technical issue» has allowed some customers with Papua New Guinea's largest bank to overdraw money from their accounts, while others have watched their bank balances drop.

A «technical issue» has allowed some customers with Papua New Guinea's largest bank to overdraw money from their accounts, while others have watched their bank balances drop.

As farmers in PNG recover from a long drought and rush to replant in Vanuatu after twin cyclones last month, a forecast El Niño weather pattern could hamper recovery efforts and threaten food supplies. 

Arid south-west Queensland is a long way from the jungle-covered mountains of the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, but that's no deterrent for these outback mates.

A New Zealand pilot being held hostage in Papua could be a step closer to freedom, after his captors dropped a key demand – that Indonesia grant independence for Papua.

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea's East Sepik province.

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea's East Sepik province.

Local villagers are recreating the spectacle of seeing off traditional canoes called lakatois for trading voyages.

United States President Joe Biden is due in Sydney for a meeting with other Quad leaders in late May, with speculation mounting it might be part of a wider regional tour.

Five men have been charged after allegedly organising a «black flight» - where aircraft fly undetected - from Papua New Guinea to smuggle methamphetamines into Australia.

Thousands of Papua New Guineans fall victim to a scheme that promises money in return for reviews of 15-second blockbuster movie clips. 

Fego Kiniafa was a top PNG businessman who workers called «The Chief». Last year he was brutally murdered and now an investigation has uncovered secret business deals that raise serious questions about who Australia chooses to partner with under its foreign assistance programs.

After a 17-year absence, the Western Clydesdales are back to the Queensland Cup, with a historic first meeting against the PNG Hunters on Sunday marking their return.

Papua New Guinea police say a powerful official in charge of a massive Australian government-funded project may have been lured to his death in a murder conspiracy.

The powerful official in charge of a massive Australian Government-funded project overseas previously blocked a Chinese-backed project.

In a remote corner of Papua New Guinea, locals fear the extraordinary Sepik river region, sometimes called the second Amazon, is under threat as companies seek out its resources.

The extraordinary Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea, known as the second Amazon, is under threat. Tensions are running high over logging and a mine proposal amidst claims of land grabs, police brutality, even killings.  

It's a little-known natural wonder just north of Australia, but the Sepik River is at the centre of a bitter dispute over development.

The pristine river lands on Australia's doorstep is in the midst of a bitter dispute over logging and mining projects