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Pacific officials focus on threatened coastal fisheries
Coastal fisheries are vitally important in the Pacific with most people dependent on them for food and income, but they are under threat. Audio
Samoan cancer researchers look at natural resources
Scientists from Samoa are hoping a new collaboration with New Zealand researchers will help them discover new cancer medicines from native plants and marine organisms. Audio
Guam govt looks for abortion doctor after year-long shortage
Guam has been without an abortion doctor for more than a year, forcing women who want the procedure to take expensive flights to other countries. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 10 June 2019
The head of the United Nations Population Fund is calling for sexual and reproductive health to be given more priority and funding in the Pacific and around the world; the threat of the Coconut… Audio
Cooks aims to ensure P doesn't get a foothold
There is a growing push in the Cook Islands to ensure the country doesn't experience drug problems to the extent of neighbouring Pacific states. Audio
Climate crisis knowledge shared between Tonga and Otago
Staff from New Zealand's Otago Museum will take their message on the climate crisis to the Pacific - starting with a visit to Tonga this week, Fiji next month and Samoa in September. Audio
NZ's biggest Pacific cultural event underway in Auckland
New Zealand's headline event on the Pacific cultural calendar got underway in Auckland this week. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 3 June 2019
Waste in the Pacific reaches a tipping point, and experts urging for current waste management practices to be scrapped; a Malaysian logger, the Nendi Five, and a lengthy trial, we look at a bitter… Audio
Tipping point reached for Pacific waste problems
The head of the Regional Environment Programme's waste management says the old Pacific ways of grow, eat and throw, are no longer appropriate in the 21st century. Audio
The battle to save the forests of the Solomons' Nende
In one of the remotest parts of Solomon Islands landowners and environmental activists are struggling to stop what they say is illegal logging by a Malaysia based company. Audio
Mixed reactions to NZ Budget initiatives for Pacific people
While the Ministry of Pacific Peoples has hailed the Budget it as an unprecedented support package for Pacific people, there is concern that it doesn't go far enough to address issues in the… Audio
Pacific initiatives take centre stage at tourism expo
Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, and even Wallis and Futuna gathered for a recent tourism expo in Auckland. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 27 May 2019
Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill has announced that he is to resign after weeks of defections from his government and hand over the position to his coalition partner and former prime… Audio
PNG PM resignation announcement met with caution by opposition
Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill has announced that he is to resign after weeks of defections from his government, and hand over the position to his coalition partner and former prime… Audio
Dateline Pacific for 27 May 2019
Malaria rates are plummeting in Solomon Islands, but new research has found that mosquitoes are adapting their behaviour; was a recent summit in Papua New Guinea another attempt to grab customary… Audio
Malaria rates plummet in Solomons but mosquitos adapt
Research into malaria in Solomon Islands has found that while there have been big reductions in the number of people becoming ill in the past 20 years, the mosquitoes that carry the infectious… Audio
Was a recent PNG summit another attempt to grab customary land?
Two international NGOs believe a recent Land Summit in Papua New Guinea was a dangerous attack on the country's unique customary land tenure system. Audio
Sport: 2021 Pacific Mini Games set to stay in Northern Marianas
The Northern Marianas government has reversed its earlier decision to withdraw from hosting the 2021 Pacific Mini Games. Audio
Gagana Samoa books released for language week
A Wellington educator and mother of two has launched a series of children's books to promote Gagana Samoa in time for Samoan language week, which is now underway. Audio
Dateline Pacific for 20 May 2019
The local government of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands has bought hundreds of acres of land in Hawaii as a climate change bolt-hole; the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea wants… Audio
