[2] Often, when other countries discuss their future prostitution policy, the "New Zealand Model" is put forward as an example of decriminalisation.

[7] Prostitution in Fiji is legal, but most activities connected with it are illegal: brothel keeping, procuring and buying or selling sex in public.

[16] The Crimes Decree 2009[18] sets out the legislation regarding sex work and replaces the provisions of the earlier Penal Code.

On 12 December 2016, the government added the French Law of June 2016 that criminalised the purchasers of sex to its Penal Code.

Prostitution is generally illegal in Papua New Guinea but widely practised and the laws rarely enforced.

[16] In a further case it was ruled that "occasional transactional sex for small amounts of money was insufficient to warrant a conviction".

[23] Prostitution in the Solomon Islands is legal but related activities such as soliciting and brothel keeping are prohibited.

[24][25] Prostitution occurs mainly in the capital, Honiara,[26] and around logging camps in Makira, Malaita and Isabel islands.

Prostitution in Indonesia is legally considered a "crime against decency/morality", although it is widely practised, tolerated and even regulated in some areas.

[16] Since the Indonesian handover of the Dutch overseas territory of Netherlands New Guinea in 1961 there has been a high military presence in the province.

[37] Purchasing sex, soliciting and operation of organised premises for the purposes of prostitution are also offences in Chuuk and Pohnpei.

The groups most vulnerable to trafficking in FSM include foreign migrant workers, especially from the Philippines, and Micronesian women in prostitution.

FSM women recruited with promises of well-paying jobs in the United States and its territories are subsequently forced into prostitution upon arrival.

Local authorities claim many sex trafficking cases are unreported due to social stigma and victims’ fear of possible repercussions in their home communities.

[40] The Department of Public Health and Social Services mandates STI testing massage parlour workers[42] There have been ongoing discussions about establishing a red-light district since 2006.

[51] Prostitution normally takes place on Japanese, South Korean or Taiwanese fishing boats moored in the lagoons.

[54] In 2015 it was reported that security guards in the Australian run Nauru Regional Processing Centre had allegedly circulated videos of themselves having sex with asylum seekers in exchange for money and cannabis.

Charlotte Wilson, a Save the Children case manager, said "I was told that because prostitution is legal on Nauru that no action was being taken against the staff members involved.

[64] In January 2014, Peleliu governor Temmy Shmull was charged with soliciting prostitutes at a karaoke bar in Koror.

Women from China and the Philippines are recruited to work in Palau as waitresses or clerks, but some are subsequently forced into prostitution in karaoke bars or massage parlours, many operated by Taiwanese, Filipino, or Palauan nationals.

[1] These acts are punishable by law, including a fine of more than $500 or a jail sentence of up to a year for customers of prostitution.

[69] When the first European, Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen, visited Easter Island in 1722, he found the Rapa Nui practised prostitution.

Samoan law also prohibits anyone from living on the earnings of a prostitute, for which the maximum penalty is ten years' imprisonment.

[86] A study carried out in 2016 by the United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF and the University of New South Wales indicated that there were approximately 400 female sex workers in Samoa, serving local and foreign clients.

[87] In February 2017, Samoa Police prepared to launch an investigation into a foreign-owned business alleged to be using local women in a prostitution operation.

[88] In the same year the Ministry of Health put forward plans to offer counselling and educational services to sex workers.

[90] When the Council of Elders were consulted during the drafting the Tokelau Amendment Act 1970, the concept of prostitution had to be explained to them.

[92] Prostitution is legal in Tonga[22] but related activities such as soliciting and brothel keeping are forbidden under the Criminal Offences Act.

East Asian women, especially those from China, are exploited in prostitution in clandestine establishments operating as legitimate businesses; some East Asian women are recruited from their home countries for legitimate work in Tonga, paying large sums of money in recruitment fees, and upon arrival are forced into prostitution.

[33] Whilst the three kings of the islands, assisted by a prime minister and a "chefferie", have limited powers to legislate on local matters, the laws of France are applicable in Wallis and Futuna.