Nick Sas is the executive producer of the Pacific Local Journalism Network, leading a team of ABC journalists based in the Pacific Islands. He previously worked as the digital lead of the the ABC's Specialist Reporting Team and started his ABC career in the Sydney newsroom. Nick also works with the ABC's International Development program and the The Pacific Media Assistance Scheme, training journalists in the region.
Before joining the ABC, Nick worked as a business-technology reporter with The West Australian and spent 2017 volunteering with the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation through the Australian Volunteers International program.
After months of delays, Pacific leaders this week completed a tour of riot stricken French Pacific territory New Caledonia, suggesting a Pacific police force could help lower the temperature.
Residents of Papua New Guinea's Enga province say they're fearful a "new brand of tribal warfare" has started after gunmen stormed a passenger bus, killing at least six people.
For the developing country, logging is a catch 22: It is the country's biggest export and a source of income for thousands, but it is causing irreversible environmental damage and a raft of social issues.
The Miss Universe Fiji voting drama has seen accusations of racism, vote-rigging, conflicts of interest and "conspiracy theories". But in Fiji, the saga is triggering a different kind of response: one of embarrassment and anger.
Hundreds of thousands flock to Timor-Leste's capital to welcome Pope Francis as he holds a mass in the world's most Catholic nation outside of the Vatican.
Former drug traffickers have revealed how they manipulated often under-resourced border controls and isolated ports and airports, to bring drugs into the Pacific.
Almost a million tourists come to Fiji every year. But behind the sun and sand, there's a dark side to the islands, with cartels using Fiji to import drugs into lucrative markets — a drug problem that has now spread into communities.
As many as 700,000 people are expected to attended an outdoor mass with Pope Francis next month in Dili, so authorities are bulldozing the homes of about 200 of the city's poorest residents to make room.
Unlike Eric Moussambani's celebrated swim at the Sydney Olympics, a Solomon Islands marathon runner's selection for the Paris 100m sprint has drawn anger and raised questions back home.
A gruesome video showing a bush-knife-wielding gang decapitating the dead body of a villager in PNG's East Sepik province emerges on social media, as local police use the footage to track down the alleged perpetrators. Warning, this story contains graphic content.
One of only two Solomon Islands athletes at the Paris games, marathon runner Sharon Firisua was offered the country's wildcard spot in the flagship 100m heats, which kick off on Friday night.
Family and friends have paid tribute to boxer Lemuel Silisia who died in hospital days after competing in a professional bout in regional New South Wales.
An alleged murder involving two well-known writers and former friends has shocked the Pacific island nation of Samoa. Police are still piecing together what happened.
Large sections of the community support a ban, hoping it will help put a stop to violence, but martial arts leaders and advocates are outraged.
It comes after Bainimarama's conviction over his role in influencing a police investigation into funding of the region's biggest university.
Manasseh Sogavare switched his country's diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China and amplified combative stoushes with Western democracies. What does his departure as prime minister mean for Solomon Islands and the region?
Solomon Islands' pro-China leader, Manasseh Sogavare, has withdrawn from the race to be the next prime minister following the country's national election.
An intense period of political horse-trading is underway in Solomon Islands after no political party won enough seats in last week's election to form government on its own.
Solomon Islands heads to the polls on Wednesday in what experts are calling the most important election in its history. Will the "master of mayhem" get a record fifth term?
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has defended the "Chinese style" of governing while questioning the values of democracy in a fiery pre-election campaign speech insiders say will create nervousness in Canberra.
In the same week a prominent female Fiji MP was demoted after an alleged affair, two Solomon Islands female MPs announced they would not be contesting next month's election. The kicker? They'd be replaced by their husbands.
Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs, a organisation banished for almost two decades, has returned to re-establish its place in modern Fiji. But not everyone is convinced.
It's been an area of dispute for centuries, and now hundreds of local farmers have been told that 270 hectares of land they use for farming will be handed over to Indonesia.
In Tonga the royal family is almost universally revered, yet this week's drama has left many Tongans questioning their king's logic — and left many questions unanswered.
Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama will spend the night in police custody after being charged with abuse of office.